Patent Application: US-80360397-A

Abstract:
the invention involves polypeptides which correspond to amino acid sequences of protein p57 or protein p9 . 5 of borna disease virus . these polypeptides , as well as dna and rna fragments are used in test kits and vaccines .

Description:
the entire and the c - terminal region of the open reading frame of the p57 bdv - protein [ p57 / c ; bp 2685 - bp 3747 , cubitt et al ., ( 1994 ) j . virol . 68 , 7669 - 7675 , briese et al . ( 1994 ) p57 bp x -- 3747 ] was amplified from rna isolated from bdv - infected rats using the following primers : c - terminal region : 3 &# 39 ; primer ( anti - sense ) gtagaattc ttattcctgccaccggccgaggcgtc seq id no : 6entire p57 orf : 5 &# 39 ; primer ( sense ): gatggatcc atgtactgcagtttcgcggactgtag seq id no : 7 rna was isolated from bdv - infected rat brain using the standard acid guanidium isothiocyanate - phenol - chloroform method and 2 pg rna was used for rt - reaction . the conditions for the rt - reaction and the pcr were described by richt et al ., [ med . microbiol . immunol . 182 ( 1993 ) s . 293 - 304 ]. the amplified product was purified from agarose gels and cloned into the plasmid vector pgex - 2t ( pharmacia , # 27 - 4801 - 01 ) after the restriction sites were cleaved using the restriction enzymes bamhi and ecori ( promega , madison , usa ). the viral gene was fused to the glutathion - s - transferase ( gst ) gene of schistosoma japonicum controlled by the tac promotor . the expression plasmid was transformed into competent e . coli sure ™- cells . recombinant plasmids were analyzed using restriction analysis and dna - sequencing methods . the amino acid sequence of the fragment p57c deduced from the sequenced dna fragment is shown in fig3 ( seq id no : 3 ). expression and purification of the p57 and p57 / c bdv - proteins in e . coli : 100 ml of pgex - p57 / c containing e . coli were grown overnight in lb - medium with 0 . 1 mg / ml ampicillin ( serva , heidelberg ). this overnight culture was diluted in 1 liter of lb - medium with ampicillin and grown to log phase for 2 - 4 hours . the expression of the gst - p57 / c and gst - p57 fusion proteins were induced with iptg ( 0 . 1 nm ; promega , heidelberg , germany ) for 4 hours . the bacteria were pelleted by centrifugation ( 5900 g , 10 min , 4 ° c .) and resuspended in pbs . the cells were lysed by sonication on ice and the cell debris pelleted by centrifugation ( 9800 rpm , 10 min , 4 ° c .). the sonicated fusion protein supernatants were added to an affinity matrix with glutathione ( glutathione sepharose 4 b ; pharmacia , nr . 27 - 4570 - 01 ). the purification of the gst - p57 / c and gst - p57 fusion proteins using glutathione sepharose 4b was done according to the protocol of the manufacturer . the eluted fusion proteins were dialyzed against 1 × pbs for 24 hours at 4 ° c . the expression product was analyzed in sds - page and immunoblot assays . the expression of the virus - specific gst - p57 / c and gst - p57 fusion protein by recombinant pgex - p . 57 / c or pgex - p57 clones were analyzed by immunoblotting using e . coli lysates treated with and without iptg . as a control an e . coli lysate transformed with the nonrecombinant pgex - 2t plasmid was used . the quality of the eluted fusion protein was then analyzed in western blot analyses using bdv - specific rat and rabbit antisera . the purified gst - p57 / c as well as gst - p57 were easily detected by virus - specific antisera from rat and rabbit as a distinct band with a mw of ca . 65 or 80 kilodalton , where 26 kd of the fusion protein represent the gst protein and ca . 40 kd or 57 kd represent the c - terminal part of the p57 bdv - protein or the entire p57 bdv - protein . polyvalent monospecific antiserum against the gst - p57 / c fusion protein was obtained from a rabbit immunized subcutaneously with 1 mg gst - p57 / c fusion protein in complete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant ( cfa ). after 4 and 8 weeks the rabbit received a booster immunization with the same amount of antigen and was bled 1 week after the last immunization procedure . the serum was tested for its reactivity in indirect immunofluorescence assays on bdv - infected and uninfected mdck cells as well as in western blot analyses with the fusion protein . monoclonal antibodies were prepared using published procedures ( kohler & amp ; milstein , 1975 ). spleen cells were obtained from a balb / c mouse immunized three times with 100 μg gst - p57 / c in cfa . ; the animal had a strong antibody reponse at the time of sacrifice . the supernatants of hybridomas were tested for bdv - specific antibodies by the indirect immunofluorescence assay ( ifa ) on persistently infected mdck cells . additionally , elisa and western blot analysis was performed . hybridoma cells were cloned twice by picking single cells under a light microscope . polyvalent monospecific antiserum against the gst - p57 / c fusion protein was obtained from a rabbit immunized subcutaneously with the gst - p57 / c fusion protein as described above . this antisera was applied to persistently bdv - infected mdck cells fixed in acetone ( 60 min at - 20 ° c .) or 4 % paraformaldehyde ( pfa ) for 30 min at room temperature . the monospecific antiserum recognized virus - specific proteins in acetone - fixed cells scattered throughout the cytoplasm of infected mdck cells . when the cells were fixed with pfa in order to stain for surface antigen , intensive staining was found on the surface of bdv - infected mdck cell . furthermore , brain sections of experimentally bdv - infected rats were incubated with the monospecific and monoclonal anti - p57 / c antisera . viral antigen was detected mainly throughout the cytoplasm of infected neurons in the cns of rats . screening of antibody - producing hybridomas and sera from bdv - infected rats was performed using recombinant gst - p57 / c protein and gst as the control protein . ninety - six well microtiter plates ( greiner , germany ) were coated overnight at 4 ° c . with 31 and 125 ng of recombinant gst - p57 / c or gst protein per well in 50 μl of buffer ( 1 . 59 g na 2 co 3 , 2 . 93 g nahco 3 and 0 . 20 g nan 3 in 1000 ml h 2 o ). plates were washed three times with washing buffer ( 0 . 5 % tween - 20 in pbs ) and incubated 1 hour with blocking buffer ( 0 . 5 % gelatin , 1 % bsa , 0 . 1 % thimerosal in pbs with 0 . 5 % tween - 20 ) at room temperature . the microtiter plate was washed three times with washing buffer and 2 fold dilutions of the sera were prepared in the blocking buffer . 50 μl of the respective sera diluted from 1 : 20 to 1 : 10240 was added to each well and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature . plates were washed three times with washing buffer and biotin - conjugated rabbit anti - rat or anti - mouse igg and igm diluted 1 : 10 000 in blocking buffer were added to each well and incubated 1 hour at room temperature . after washing three times the plates were incubated with horseradish peroxidase conjugated to streptavidin ( amersham , braunschweig ), diluted 1 : 10 000 in blocking buffer for 1 hour at room temperature . after washing the plates three times , 200 μl of substrate solution was added to each well . the substrate solution consisted of 0 . 5 m na 2 po 4 , 0 . 1 m citric acid , 20 mg phenyldiamine and 20 ml 30 % h 2 o 2 in 50 ml h 2 o . the plates were incubated for 5 - 10 min at room temperature and the reaction stopped by the addition of 50 μl sulphuric acid to each well . the absorbance at 492 nm was determined for each well using a microplate reader . negative control wells without the primary antisera were used for calibration . the elisa titer for each serum was defined as the endpoint dilution that yielded an optical density of 0 . 2 . the results of this test using a convalescent and control rat serum are shown in fig6 . in order to establish a specific and sensitive elisa for the recombinant bdv p57 / c protein , the optimal antigen concentration was determined by checkerboard titration of positive and negative rat sera versus the following antigen concentrations : 31 , 62 , 125 , 250 ng / well . the optimal concentration with the greater linear response was 31 ng / well . the sensitivity of the elisa system for the recombinant p57 / c bdv - protein was established using sera from experimentally infected rats on days 40 , 50 and 60 post infection ( p . i .) known to be reactive by ifa ( titers ranging from 1 : 2280 to 1 : 5120 ) and western blot analysis . all sera that has been found positive by these methods were also positive in the elisa - system using the recombinant p57 / c protein . the specificity was tested using sera from 5 noninfected rats and recombinant gst protein . each elisa proved to be highly specific for the detection of antibodies to the recombinant p57 / c bdv - protein : at a dilution of 1 : 80 the noninfected rat sera had an od - range from 0 . 026 to 0 . 051 , the bdv - infected rat sera from 0 . 363 to 0 . 566 . no nonspecific background was observed at dilutions 1 : 40 or higher . the open reading frame of the p9 . 5 bdv - protein was amplified from cdna of the b8 clone [ vandewoude et al ., ( 1990 ) science 250 , p . 1278 - 1281 ] and from a field isolate of bdv ( horse ) using the following primers : 3 &# 39 ; primer ( anti - sense ) gcggaattc tcatcattcgatgctgctccc ( seq id no : 8 ) 5 &# 39 ; primer ( sense ): ataggatcc atgagttccgacctccggc ( seq id no : 9 ) the conditions for the pcr reaction were described in example 1 . the amplified product was purified from agarose gels and cloned into the plasmid vector pgex - 2t ( pharmacia , freiburg , germany ; nr . 27 - 4801 - 01 ) after the restriction sites were cleaved using the restriction enzymes bamhi and ecori ( promega , madison , usa ). the viral gene was fused to the glutathione - s - transferase ( gst ) gene of schistosoma japonicum controlled by the tac promotor . the expression plasmid was transformed into competent e . coli sure ™- cells . recombinant plasmids were analyzed using restriction analysis and dna - sequencing methods . the dna sequence of the cloned fragment ( pgex - p9 . 5 ) from the field isolate is shown in fig5 . 100 ml of pgex - p9 . 5 containing e . coli were grown overnight in lb - medium with 0 . 1 mg / ml ampicillin ( serva , heidelberg ). this overnight culture was diluted in 1 liter of lb - medium with ampicillin and grown to log phase for 2 - 4 hours . the expression of the gst - p9 . 5 fusion protein was induced with iptg ( 0 . 1 mm ; promega , heidelberg , germany ) for 4 hours . the bacteria were pelleted by centrifugation ( 5900 g , 10 min , 4 ° c .) and resuspended in pbs . the cells were lysed by sonication on ice and the cell debris pelleted by centrifugation ( 9800 g , 10 min , 4 ° c .). the sonicated fusion protein supernatant was added to an affinity matrix with glutathione ( glutathione sepharose 4 b ; pharmacia , nr . 27 - 4570 - 01 ). the purification of the gst - p9 . 5 fusion protein using glutathione sepharose 4b was done according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s protocol . the eluted fusion protein was dialyzed against 1 × pbs for 24 hours at 4 ° c . the expression product was analyzed in sds - page and immunoblot assays . the expression of the virus - specific gst - p9 . 5 fusion protein by a recombinant pgex - p . 9 . 5 clone was analyzed by immunoblotting using e . coli lysates treated with and without iptg . as a control an e . coli lysate transformed with the nonrecombinant pgex - 2t plasmid was used . the quality of the eluted fusion protein was analyzed by western blot analyses using bdv - specific rat and rabbit antisera . the purified gst - p9 . 5 was easily detected by virus - specific antisera from rat and rabbit as a distinct band with a mw of ca . 35 kilodalton ; 26 kd of the fusion protein represent the gst protein and ca . 9 kb represent the p9 . 5 bdv - protein . 10 ml of the purified recombinant gst - p9 . 5 and gst proteins , uninfected and bdv - infected oligotl cell lysates as well as uninfected and bdv - infected rat brain homogenates were suspended in laemmli sample buffer ( laemmli , 1970 ), heated for 2 min at 100 ° c ., and separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ( sds - page ) on gels containing 12 % polyacrylamide . the separated proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membrane by electroblotting . polyclonal antisera from rabbits and rats and monospecific rabbit anti - gst - p9 . 5 antisera were diluted 1 : 100 in pbs containing 0 . 5 % tween - 80 and 5 % bsa . nitrocellulose strips were incubated overnight at 4 ° c . with the respective diluted antisera . after the strips were washed three times with pbs / 0 . 5 % tween - 20 ( washing buffer ) they were incubated with anti - species antibodies marked with biotin ( amersham , braunschweig , germany ) in a dilution of 1 : 1000 . after three washes with washing buffer the nitrocellulose strips were incubated with streptavidin conjugated horseradish peroxidase ( amersham , braunschweig , germany ) diluted 1 : 2000 in washing buffer . finally the strips were washed three times in pbs and stained in a solution of 0 . 5 mg / ml 4 - chloro - 1 - naphthol , 20 % ( v / v ) methanol and 0 . 4 ml / ml h 2 o 2 . tricin - sds - page gels were used for the separation of the affinity purified proteins ; tricin allows the resolution of small proteins . shortly thereafter , 12 % acrylamide gels were prepared as described above . the anode buffer consisted of 0 . 2 m tris ( ph 8 . 9 ), the cathode buffer of 0 . 1 m tris ( ph8 . 25 ), 0 . 1 m tricin and 0 . 1 % sds ( schagger & amp ; jagow , 1987 ). the separated proteins of the tricin - sds - page gel were further analyzed by immunoblot technique as described above . polyvalent monospecific antiserum against the gst - p9 . 5 fusion protein was obtained from a rabbit immunized subcutaneously with 1 mg gst - p9 . 5 fusion protein in complete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant ( cfa ). 4 and 8 weeks later the rabbit received booster immunizations with the same amount of antigen and was bled 1 week after the last immunization procedure . the sera were tested for their reactivity in indirect immunofluorescence assays on bdv - infected and uninfected mdck cells as well as in western blot analyses . these antisera were applied to persistently bdv - infected mdck cells fixed in acetone for 60 min at - 20 ° c . the monospecific antiserum recognized virus - specific proteins mainly located in the nuclei of infected cells . this staining pattern was analogous to the reaction with monoclonal or monospecific antibodies specific for the p38 bdv - protein . double immunofluorescence techniques using fitc and tritc - labelled secondary antibodies revealed that the p9 . 5 bdv - protein colocalizes in the nucleus of infected cells with the p38 bdv - protein , the putative nucleoprotein of bdv . furthermore , brain sections of experimentally bdv - infected rats were incubated with the monospecific anti - gst - p9 . 5 rabbit antiserum . viral antigen was detected in the nucleus and cytoplasm of infected neurons in the cns of rats . the procedure has been described by haas et al . [ j . gen . virol . 67 ( 1986 ), p . 235 - 241 ]. in brief , sepharose cl - 6b was treated with phoroglucinol and epichlorhydrin , activated with cyanogen bromide dissolved in acetonitrile , and conjugated with the gamma globulin fraction of the monospecific rabbit anti - gst - p9 . 5 serum at 4 ° c . overnight . about 300 mg of protein were used per 10 ml of packed , activated sepharose . the column with the antibody - coated sepharose was equilibrated with pbs . after the application of the tissue or cell extracts , the column was washed extensively with pbs / 1m nacl and finally with tris / nacl ( tn ) buffer only . the material retained on the immunosorbent was eluted with pbs / 1m naclo 4 . the eluate was concentrated by centrifugation dialysis using ultrafree - mc 10 kd - filters ( millipore , germany ) at 4 ° c . in order to purify the p9 . 5 bdv - protein from bdv - infected cells , bdv - infected oligotl cells were washed with pbs and scraped from the bottom of culture dishes . the cell suspension was then washed and resuspended with pbs and sonicated three times for 10 seconds . the cell homogenate was centrifuged ( 5000 g , 10 min , 4 ° c .) and the supernatant applied to the affinity column with anti - p9 . 5 antibodies . the column was washed and eluted as described above . similarly , a 10 % homogenate of a bdv - infected rat brain in tn - buffer was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature after the addition of 1 % triton x - 100 and 0 . 5 % deoxycholate . the homogenate was centrifuged for 2 hours at 30 000 r . p . m . in a beckman 45 ti rotor to remove cell debris . the supernatant was applied to the affinity column and processed as described above . the antibody - mediated affinity purification procedure with both antigen sources resulted clearly in the isolation of a virus - specific protein with a mw of approximately 9 . 5 kd ; the 9 . 5 bdv - protein does not contain carbohydrate side chains as analyzed using a dig glycon detection kit . screening of antibody - producing hybridomas and sera from bdv - infected rats were performed using recombinant gst - p9 . 5 protein and gst as the control protein . ninety - six well microtiter plates ( greiner , germany ) were coated overnight at 4 ° c . with 31 and 125 ng of recombinant gst - p9 . 5 or gst protein per well in 50 μl of buffer ( 1 . 59 g na 2 co 3 , 2 . 93 g nahco 3 and 0 . 20 g nan 3 in 1000 ml h 2 o ). plates were washed three times with washing buffer ( 0 . 5 % tween - 20 in pbs ) and incubated 1 hour with blocking buffer ( 0 . 5 % gelatin , 1 % bsa , 0 . 1 % thimerosal in pbs with 0 . 5 % tween - 20 ) at room temperature . the microtiter plate was washed three times with washing buffer and 2 fold dilutions of the sera were prepared in the blocking buffer . 50 μl of the respective sera diluted from 1 : 20 to 1 : 10240 were added to each well and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature . plates were washed three times with washing buffer and biotin - conjugated rabbit anti - rat or anti - mouse igg and igm diluted 1 : 10 000 in blocking buffer were added to each well and incubated 1 hour at room temperature . after washing three times the plates were incubated with horseradish peroxidase conjugated to streptavidin ( amersham , braunschweig ), diluted 1 : 10 000 in blocking buffer for 1 hour at room temperature . after washing the plates three times , 200 pl of substrate solution was added to each well . the substrate solution consisted of 0 . 5 m na 2 po 4 , 0 . 1 m citric acid , 20 mg phenyldiamine and 20 ml 30 % h 2 o 2 in 50 ml h 2 o . the plates were incubated for 5 - 10 min at room temperature and the reaction stopped by the addition of 50 μl sulphuric acid to each well . the absorbance at 492 nm was determined for each well using a microplate reader . negative control wells without the primary antisera were used for calibration . the elisa titer for each serum was defined as the endpoint dilution that yielded an optical density of 0 . 2 . the results of this test using a convalescent and control rat serum are shown in fig7 . in order to establish a specific and sensitive elisa for the recombinant bdv p9 . 5 protein , the optimal antigen concentration was determined by checkerboard titration of positive and negative rat sera versus the following antigen concentrations : 31 , 62 , 125 , 250 ng / well . the optimal concentration with the most linear response was 31 ng / well . the sensitivity of the elisa system for the recombinant p9 . 5 bdv - protein was established using sera from experimentally infected rats on days 40 , 50 and 60 post infection ( p . i .) known to be reactive by ifa ( titers ranging from 1 : 2280 to 1 : 5120 ) and western blot analysis . all sera that has been found positive by these methods were also positive in the elisa - system using the recombinant p9 . 5 protein . the specificity was tested using sera from 5 noninfected rats and recombinant gst protein . each elisa proved to be highly specific for the detection of antibodies to the recombinant p57 / c bdv - protein : at a dilution of 1 : 80 the noninfected rat sera had an od - range from 0 . 026 to 0 . 051 , the bdv - infected rat sera from 0 . 363 to 0 . 566 . no nonspecific background was observed at dilutions 1 : 40 or higher . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - ( 1 ) general information :- ( iii ) number of sequences : 9 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 503 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - ( v ) fragment type : internal # 1 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- met gln pro ser met ser phe leu ile gly ph - # e gly thr leu val leu # 15 - 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gln ser ser ser ile asn val thr cys ala as - # n tyr thr ser ser cys225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - arg pro arg leu lys arg arg arg arg asp th - # r gln gln ile glu tyr # 255 - leu val his lys leu arg pro thr leu lys as - # p ala trp glu asp cys # 270 - glu ile leu gln ser leu leu leu gly val ph - # e gly thr gly ile ala # 285 - ser ala ser gln phe leu arg gly trp leu as - # n his pro asp ile val # 300 - gly tyr ile val asn gly ile gly val val tr - # p gln cys his arg val305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - asn val thr phe met ala trp asn glu ser th - # r tyr tyr pro pro val # 335 - asp tyr asn gly arg lys tyr phe leu asn as - # p glu gly arg leu gln # 350 - thr asn thr pro glu ala arg pro gly leu ly - # s arg val met trp phe # 365 - gly arg tyr phe leu gly thr val gly ser gl - # y val lys pro arg arg # 380 - ile arg tyr asn lys thr ser arg asp tyr hi - # s leu glu glu phe glu385 3 - # 90 3 - # 95 4 -# 00 - ala ser leu asn met thr pro gln thr ser il - # e ala ser gly his glu # 415 - thr asp pro ile asn his ala tyr gly thr gl - # n ala asp leu leu pro # 430 - tyr thr arg ser ser asn ile thr ser thr as - # p thr gly ser gly trp # 445 - val his ile gly leu pro ser phe ala phe le - # u asn pro leu gly trp # 460 - leu arg asp leu leu ala trp ala ala trp le - # u gly gly val leu tyr465 4 - # 70 4 - # 75 4 -# 80 - leu ile ser leu cys val ser leu pro ala se - # r phe ala arg arg arg # 495 - arg leu ala arg trp gln glu 500 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 87 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - ( v ) fragment type : internal # 2 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- met ser ser asp leu arg leu thr leu leu gl - # u leu val arg arg leu # 15 - asn gly asn ala thr ile glu ser gly arg le - # u pro gly gly arg arg # 30 - arg ser pro asp thr thr thr gly thr ile gl - # y val ala lys thr thr # 45 - glu asp pro lys glu cys ile asp pro thr se - # r arg pro ala pro glu # 60 - gly pro gln glu glu pro leu his asp leu ar - # g pro arg pro ala asn # 80 - arg lys gly ala ala val glu 85 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 353 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( v ) fragment type : internal # 3 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- met tyr cys ser phe ala asp cys ser thr va - # l ser gln gln glu leu # 15 - glu ser gly lys ala met leu ser asp gly se - # r thr leu thr tyr thr # 30 - pro tyr ile leu gln ser glu val val asn ar - # g thr leu asn gly thr # 45 - ile leu cys asn ser ser ser lys ile val se - # r phe asp glu phe arg # 60 - arg ser tyr ser leu thr asn gly ser tyr gl - # n ser ser ser ile asn # 80 - val thr cys ala asn tyr thr ser ser cys ar - # g pro arg leu lys arg # 95 - arg arg arg asp thr gln gln ile glu tyr le - # u val his lys leu arg # 110 - pro thr leu lys asp ala trp glu asp cys gl - # u ile leu gln ser leu # 125 - leu leu gly val phe gly thr gly ile ala se - # r ala ser gln phe leu # 140 - arg gly trp leu asn his pro asp ile val gl - # y tyr ile val asn gly145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - ile gly val val trp gln cys his arg val as - # n val thr phe met ala # 175 - trp asn glu ser thr tyr tyr pro pro val as - # p tyr asn gly arg lys # 190 - tyr phe leu asn asp glu gly arg leu gln th - # r asn thr pro glu ala # 205 - arg pro gly leu lys arg val met trp phe gl - # y arg tyr phe leu gly # 220 - thr val gly ser gly val lys pro arg arg il - # e arg tyr asn lys thr225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - ser arg asp tyr his leu glu glu phe glu al - # a ser leu asn met thr # 255 - pro gln thr ser ile ala ser gly his glu th - # r asp pro ile asn his # 270 - ala tyr gly thr gln ala asp leu leu pro ty - # r thr arg ser ser asn # 285 - ile thr ser thr asp thr gly ser gly trp va - # l his ile gly leu pro # 300 - ser phe ala phe leu asn pro leu gly trp le - # u arg asp leu leu ala305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - trp ala ala trp leu gly gly val leu tyr le - # u ile ser leu cys val # 335 - ser leu pro ala ser phe ala arg arg arg ar - # g leu ala arg trp gln # 350 - glu - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 1512 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna # 4 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- atgcagcctt caatgtcttt tcttatcggc ttcggaacat tggtgttggc cc - # tctcggcc 60 - cggacattcg atcttcaggg ccttagttgc aatactgact ccactcctgg ac - # tgatcgac 120 - ctggagataa ggcgactttg ccacacccca acggaaaatg tcatttcatg cg - # aggttagt 180 - tatcttaacc acacgactat tagcctcccg gcagtccaca catcatgcct ca - # agtaccac 240 - tgcaaaacct attggggatt ctttggtagt tacagcgctg accgaatcat ca - # atcggtac 300 - actggtactg ttaagggttg tttaaacaac tcagcaccag aagacccctt cg - # agtgcaac 360 - tggttctact gctgctcggc gattacaaca gaaatctgcc gatgctctat ta - # caaatgtc 420 - acagtggctg tacaaacatt cccaccgttt atgtactgca gctttgcgga ct - # gtagcacc 480 - gtgagtcagc aggagctaga gagtggaaag gcaatgctga gcgatggcag ca - # cattaact 540 - tatacccctt atatcttaca gtcagaagtc gtgaacagaa cccttaatgg ga - # ccatactc 600 - tgcaactcat cctccaagat agtttccttt gatgaattta ggcgttcata ct - # ccctaacg 660 - aatggtagtt accagagctc atcaatcaat gtgacgtgtg caaactacac gt - # cgtcctgc 720 - cggcccaggt tgaaaaggcg gcgtagggac acccagcaga ttgagtatct ag - # ttcacaag 780 - cttaggccca cactgaaaga tgcatgggag gactgtgaga tcctccagtc tc - # tgctccta 840 - ggggtgtttg gtactgggat cgcaagtgct tctcaatttt tgaggggctg gc - # tcaaccac 900 - cctgacatcg tcgggtatat agttaatgga attggggttg tctggcaatg cc - # atcgtgtt 960 - aatgtcacat tcatggcgtg gaatgagtcc acatattacc ctccagtaga tt - # acaatggg1020 - cggaagtact ttctgaatga tgaggggagg ctacaaacaa acacccccga gg - # cgaggcca1080 - gggctaaagc gggtcatgtg gttcggtagg tacttcctag ggacagtagg gt - # ctggggtg1140 - aaaccgagga ggattcggta caataagact tcacgtgact accacctaga gg - # agtttgag1200 - gcaagtctca acatgacccc ccagaccagt atcgcttcag gtcatgagac ag - # accccata1260 - aatcatgcct acggaacgca ggctgatctc cttccataca ccaggtctag ta - # atataacg1320 - tctacagata caggctcagg ctgggtgcac atcggcctac cctcatttgc ct - # tcctcaat1380 - cccctcgggt ggctcaggga cttacttgca tgggcggcct ggttgggtgg gg - # tcctatac1440 - ttaataagtc tttgtgtttc cttaccagcc tccttcgcga ggaggagacg cc - # tcgcgcgg1500 # 1512 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 264 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna # 5 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- atgagttccg acctccggct gacattgctt gaactagtca ggaggctcaa tg - # gcaacgcg 60 - accatcgagt ctggtcgact ccctggagga cgaagaagat ccccagacac ta - # cgacggga 120 - acgatcgggg tcaccaaggc cacggaagat cccaaggaat gcattgaccc aa - # ccagtcga 180 - ccagctcctg aaggacctca ggaagaaccc ctccatgatc tcagacccag ac - # cagcgaac 240 # 264tcga atga - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 35 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna # 6 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :# 35 tgcc accggccgag gcgtc - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 35 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna # 7 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :# 35 gcag tttcgcggac tgtag - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 31 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna # 8 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :# 31 tcga tagctgctcc c - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 28 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna # 9 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :# 28 ccga cctccggc__________________________________________________________________________