Patent Application: US-36147994-A

Abstract:
this invention refers to peptides binding to antibodies that show neutralizing activity against different strains and clinical isolates of hiv - 1 and that inhibit the fusion of cells caused by hiv - 1 . these peptides are applied with an adjuvant , as recombinant fusion proteins , chemically coupled to carrier molecules , as recombinant chimeric viruses or as recombinant antibodies .

Description:
peptides comprising 6 amino acid residues ( aa ) that bind specifically to the monoclonal antibody 2f5 were used as immunogens to induce neutralizing antibodies against hiv - 1 . for identification of these peptides overlapping fragments of gp41 ( hiv - 1 isolate bh10 ) were cloned as fusion peptides with glutathiontransferase . the different fusion peptides were obtained through hybridization of gp41 corresponding oligonucleotides which were cloned between the bam hi and the eco ri site of the plasmid pgex - 2t ( pharmacia ). the recombinant plasmids were transformed into the e . coli strain dh5α and expression of the fusion proteins was induced with isopropylthiogalactoside ( iptg ). the e . coli extract was then purified with glutathion - sepharose 4b columns , loaded on sodiumdodecylsulfate - polyacrylamide gels , separated by electrophoresis and protein expression was analyzed by silver staining . fusion peptides that were reactive with the monoclonal antibody 2f5 were identified by immunoblotting . using this method peptides which bind to the monoclonal antibody 2f5 were identified : fig1 shows western blots of fusion peptides with overlapping fragments of gp160 of hiv - 1 ( isolate bh10 ). in contrast to constructs that comprise aa 597 to 677 , 634 to 677 and 648 to 677 ( the numbering of amino acid residues corresponds to gp160 of hiv - 1 isolate bh10 , as described in the swissprot database entry env $ hiv10 ) which were reactive with the antibody 2f5 , a fusion peptide comprising aa 667 to 677 did not show a positive reaction . this was the first indication that the epitope of the monoclonal antibody 2f5 is formed by aa within the sequence from position 648 to 667 of gp160 . based on these results , overlapping 6 - mer peptides of this region were fused with the glutathion s - transferase . as shown in fig1 b the peptide containing the aminoacid sequence glu leu asp lys trp ala ( aa 662 - 667 ) seq id no : 1 was highly reactive with the antibody 2f5 whereas for peptides containing the aminoacid sequence leu asp lys trp ala ser ( aa 663 - 668 ) or asp lys trp ala ser leu ( aa 664 - 669 ) reactivity with the monoclonal antibody was significantly lower . a peptide containing amino acid sequence leu glu leu asp lys trp ( aa 661 - 666 ) showed no reactivity at all . these data suggest that the epitope of the monoclonal antibody comprises the amino acid sequence glu leu asp lys trp ala seq id no : 1 that correspond to aa 662 - 667 on gp160 of the hiv - 1 bh10 isolate . in this context both , a synthetic peptide corresponding to this epitope sequence and a fusion protein containing this sequence were able to inhibit neutralization mediated by the 2f5 antibody ( fig4 ). sequence comparison of that region revealed that the corresponding aminoacid sequence is highly conserved between otherwise genetically highly divergent hiv - 1 isolates ( table 2a ). we also were able to show that fusion peptides with aminoacid substitutions -- according to different hiv - 1 isolates -- in this region were also reactive with the 2f5 antibody ( fig1 c ). the presence of antigenic domains around this region has been reported previuosly ( 21 , 22 ). teeuwsen et al . reported a monoclonal antibody , that reacted with a peptide corresponding to aa 643 to 692 of gp160 . in addition broliden et al . reported that hiv - 1 antibody - positive human sera were reactive with a peptide corresponding to region 657 - 671 . however , in both cases a specific epitope was not identified . the monoclonal antibody reported by teeuwsen et al . had no neutralizing activity . also the sera reactive with the peptide 657 - 671 of broliden et al . showed just partial neutralizing activity . in different neutralization assays this group was able to show neutralizing activity against hiv - 1 isolate iiib but not against sf2 and rf . in contrast to this result the monoclonal antibody 2f5 neutralizes a variety of different hiv - 1 isolates including sf2 and rf ( table 1 ). these data suggest that the antibodies of the sera reported by broliden et al . as well as the monoclonal antibody reported by teeuwsen et al . have a different specificity and recognize a different epitope than the antibody 2f5 . the application of the peptides described in the present invention as an immunogen has several advantages . they comprise just 6 aa . thus other gp160 peptide sequences which induce antibodies that enhance hiv - 1 infection or lead to immunosuppression can be avoided ( 2 , 3 ). furthermore an effective hiv - 1 vaccine should induce an immune response against hiv - 1 isolates that vary considerably in their genomic sequences . in this context sequence comparison in the region of the 2f5 epitope revealed that the epitope of the 2f5 antibody is highly conserved between different hiv - 1 isolates ( table 2a ). since peptides with aa substitutions -- corresponding to genetically different hiv - 1 isolates -- were reactive with the 2f5 antibody ( fig1 c ), it is likely that antibodies induced by peptides described in the present invention are directed against a variety of divergent hiv - 1 isolates . in addition the 2f5 antibody showed neutralizing activity against a wide variety of genetically different hiv - 1 isolates which proves that peptides described in the present invention are presented as neutralizing epitopes ( table 1 ). in order to know which variations of the epitope sequence are binding to the monoclonal antibody 2f5 we undertook a peptide mapping with a random hexapeptide library displayed on protein iii of a filamentous phage ( 22a ). the hexapeptide sequences of the eluted phage particles were compiled ( table 2b ). there is a wide range of variation in the progression of hiv - 1 related disease in different hiv - 1 infected persons . in many cases hiv - 1 infection ends up in aids - related complex ( arc ) and aids within some years , while some hiv - 1 positive persons remain asymptomatic . it has been shown that antibody - titers against certain peptide epitopes are much lower in aids - patients compared to asymptomatic states ( 23 ). we found a significant correlation between the antibody - titers to the peptides described in the present invention and hiv - 1 related disease progression ( fig2 ), patients number 20 , 25 , 29 , 35 , 41 , 44 and 46 who have a high antibody - titer to peptides described in this invention ( fig2 ), did not show any progression in disease within the last five years so far . this means that generation of antibodies induced by peptides described in the present invention can inhibit or at least reduce the progression of hiv - 1 related disease . the fact that there are rarely high antibody - titers to peptides described in this invention found in sera of hiv - 1 positive patients indicates that these epitopes on gp160 are not recognized readily by the human immune system , resulting in low hiv - 1 neutralizing antibody titers specific to these eptitopes . an objective of the present invention is also to present the peptides described in the invention in a proper form and to induce a sufficient neutralizing immune response . the cloning and expression of peptides described in the invention as fusion proteins with glutathion s - transferase ( gst ) and immunizations of mice with these peptides is described . all cloning methods were done according to standard procedures ( 24 ). oligonucleotides corresponding to the peptides described in the invention were hybridized and cloned between the bam hi and eco ri site of the plasmid pgex - 2t ( pharmacia ). by this the nh 2 - terminal ends of these peptides were fused with the cooh - terminal ends of the gst . in addition , a stop codon was added to the cooh - terminal ends of the gp41 peptide sequences . these constructs were transformed into e . coli dh5α and expression of the fusion proteins was induced with isopropylthiogalactoside ( iptg ). after three hours of induction bacteria were harvested by centrifugation , suspended in phosphate buffered saline ( pbs , ph 7 . 2 ) containing 1 % triton - x - 100 and sonicated . bacterial debris were spun down by centrifugation and the supernatant was loaded on glutathion - sepharose 4b columns ( pharmacia ). elution of the fusion proteins was done with 20 mm glutathion and 120 mm nacl in 100 mm tris - hcl ( ph 8 . 0 ). purified fusion proteins obtained with this procedure were used for immunizing mice according to standard procedures . as a control , mice were immunized with gst prepared in the same way as the fusion proteins . sera from mice taken one week after the last immunization showed high neutralizing titers against peptides described in the invention and inhibited hiv - 1 replication in vitro ( fig3 b and 3c ). example 2 describes the expression of peptide sequences described in the invention as part of the hemagglutinin of influenza a virus . in vitro mutagenesis was used to introduce this peptide sequence into the antigenic sites a , b , c , d , and e of the hemagglutinin of influenza a virus ( 25 , 26 ). according to kohl et al . ( 27 ) at page 107 thereof , restriction sites were introduced in the cdnas by oligonucleotide - directed site - specific mutagenesis ( in vitro mutagenesis system , amersham , uk ) at the 5 &# 39 ; and 3 &# 39 ; ends of the two variable regions as well as a start codon at the 5 &# 39 ; end of the heavy chain variable region and a stop codon at the 3 &# 39 ; end of the light chain variable region . the domains coding for the variable regions of the antibody were then isolated using the introduced restriction sites and were ligated in the presence of a synthetic double - stranded oligonucleotide according to standard procedures . after this , the engineered gene was cloned and sequenced . further , wiley et al . ( 26 ) at pages 375 - 377 suggested locations for the antigenic sites . an antigenic site is a region of a molecule involved in antibody binding . although there are no exhaustive immunochemical data such as those used in studies defining the antigenic sites on lysozyme and myoglobin , a combination of the amino acid sequence information and the three - dimensional structure of the 1968 hemagglutinin allows identification of four regions of the hong kong hemagglutinin molecule in which amino acid substitutions seem to affect antibody binding . site a : an unusual protruding loop from amino acids 140 to 146 , which projects 8 å from the local molecular surface , forms the center of the most obvious antibody - binding site . clearly the hemagglutinin of each antigenically distinct virus of epidemic significance has a mutation in this region : a / memphis / 102 / 72 : residue 144 , gly to asp , and residue 122 , thr to asn ; a / victoria / 1 / 75 and a / victoria / 3 / 75 : residue 145 , ser to asn , and residue 137 , asn to ser respectively . furthermore , the hemagglutinins of a group of monoclonal antibody - selected variants neutralization by single amino acid substitutions in this region : 143 , pro to his , ser , thr , leu ; 144 , gly to asp , and 133 , asn to lys . conserved amino acids gly 134 , ala 138 , cys 139 , phe 147 and phe ( tyr ) 148 occurring at each end of the antigenically variable loop provide the structural foundation of the site in all 10 hemagglutinins examined ( including one avian and one asian subtype ). site b : this comprises the external residues 187 - 196 of an α helix , and adjacent residues along the upper edge of a pocket tentatively implicated in virus receptor binding . two substitutions in the hemagglutinin of the 1972 virus , a / memphis / 102 / 72 : 188 , asn to asp , and 155 , thr to tyr ; and two more in that of the 1975 virus , a / victoria / 3 / 75 : 189 , gln to lys and 193 , ser to asn characterize the site , but the lack of sequence information for this region of the hemagglutinins of several variants leaves the comparison incomplete . the substitution 186 , ser to ile in the hemagglutinin of the 30d virus , selected using ` avid - fraction ` antisera , may also support the site designation . in addition , the existence of this structure in other hemagglutinins is suggested by the observed conservation of neighboring residues . on the inward face of the helix residues 190 glu , 191 gln , 194 leu and 195 tyr are conserved in all the known sequences , as are 153 trp and 154 leu . however , because no amino acid substitutions in the hemagglutinins of variants selected by monoclonal antibodies comparable with those which support the delineation of site a have yet been reported , more direct evidence of antibody binding to this region is not available . site c : a bulge in the tertiary structure at the disulfide bond between cys 52 and cys 277 , 60 å from the distal tip of the molecule , comprises another antibody - binding site . the hemagglutinins of the viruses from both epidemic periods have substitutions clustered in this region : a / memphis / 102 / 72 : 275 , asp to gly ; a / victoria / 1 / 75 and victoria / 3 / 75 : 53 , asn to asp and 278 , ile to ser respectively . the absence of amino acid sequences for the 275 to 278 region of ha 1 from a number of partial sequences may also mean that this list is incomplete . a substitution at position 54 , asn to lys , in a variant selected by monoclonal antibody prevents its neutralization and variant 30d also fails to react with the same monoclonal antibody . again the variable amino acids seem to be anchored in a matrix of conserved residues : 50 lys , 51 ile ( leu ), 52 cys , 277 cys , 281 cys and 286 gly . the variable residues at all four positions are in direct contact . in the structure of the 1968 hemagglutinin , asp 275 is hydrogen bonded to asn 53 , ile 278 is packed against asn 54 , and cys 52 bonds to cys 277 . changes in the types of contact between these residues may be the structural alterations to which antibody binding is sensitive . site d : in the first three sites , the amino acid substitutions suggested as causing antigenic variation are external and , in principle , directly recognizable by molecules of the immune system . site d departs from this apparently simple situation ( site c may also ). several amino acid substitutions in the hemagglutinins of both natural and laboratory - selected antigenic variants occur in the interface region between subunits in the hemagglutinin trimer : a / memphis / 102 / 72 : 207 , arg to lys ; a / victoria / 3 / 75 : 201 , arg to lys and 217 , ile to val ; monoclonal variant : 205 , ser to tyr , and ` avid - fraction ` variants 34c : 201 , arg to gly , and 30d : 220 , arg to ile . these amino acids may be recognized directly as a result of a relative movement of the globular domains of ha 1 to expose the interface regions . however , it is also possible that the actual antibody binding site is remote from these amino acids but affected by the exact fit at the interface , which might be disturbed by the substitutions listed . a site which spans the monomer - monomer boundary or one near the oligosaccharide chain attached at residue 165 , which overlaps that boundary , could be particularly sensitive to alterations in the subunit contact region . residues 242 , val to ile and 226 , leu to gln in a / memphis / 102 / 72 ; 174 , phe to ser in a / victoria / 3 / 75 and 226 , leu to gln ( also near sites a and b ) in laboratory variant 29c ( refs 15 , 16 ) are likely components of this area . the amino acid sequences of peptides in the 174 and 242 regions are absent from many partial sequences . the characterization of new variants may provide evidence for additional sites or extend the size of those proposed . these chimeric dna - constructs were then &# 34 ; rnp - transfected &# 34 ; into influenza hk / wsn virus ( 13 ). according to enami ( 13 ) at page 3802 , the rna polymerase complex was purified from influenza a / pr / 8 / 34 virus as described by parvin et al ., ( 1989 ) j . virol . 63 , 5142 - 5152 and was then used for rnp transfection of mdbk cells . the transfection procedure followed the protocol of luytjes et al ., ( 1989 ) cell 59 , 1107 - 1113 , except that wsn - hk virus was used as a helper virus at a multiplicity of infection of 1 . rnas used for rnp transfection were obtained by phenol extraction of purified virus or by transcription ( using bacteriophage t3 polymerase ) of pt3nav , pt3nav mut1 , and pt3nav mut2 . all plasmids were digested with ksp6321 , end - filled by klenow enzyme ( brl ), and then transcribed in a runoff reaction . these chimeric influenza / hiv viruses had the antigenic properties of said peptide . in antibody - adsorption experiments these chimeric viruses inhibited hiv - 1 neutralization through the antibody 2f5 ( fig3 a ). antisera of mice immunized with the chimeric viruses were reactive with said peptides ( fig3 b ). furthermore , in vitro these antisera neutralized different hiv - 1 isolates ( fig3 c ). example 3 describes the expression of peptides described in the invention as part of a so called &# 34 ; immunological supermolecule &# 34 ;, in where the peptide sequence is inserted into the linker which connects the variable regions of the heavy and light chain of an immunoglobulin molecule . specifically a single chain fv construct of a neutralizing anti - hiv - gp120 antibody was made according to standard procedures ( 27 ) ( i . e . see discussion of kohl et al . in example 1 ). in this construct peptide sequences described in the invention were inserted into the linker which connects the variable region of the light chain with the variable region of the heavy chain . this recombinant protein was expressed in e . coli and purified according to standard procedures . two functions were observed with this construct . first this construct showed the antigen binding properties of the original antibody and in addition this construct induced , when injected into mice , antibodies that neutralized different hiv - 1 isolates ( fig3 c ). this &# 34 ; immunological supermolecule &# 34 ; provides the possibility to obtain an active and passive immunization at the same time . basically in such a construct the antigen binding neutralizing properties of an antibody and the presentation of a neutralizing epitope are combined . in already hiv - 1 infected persons the progression of infection could be slowed down with the first application by the antigen binding neutralizing properties , before the effective onset of the immune system is triggered by the neutralizing epitopes of this molecule . thus the usual observed &# 34 ; time lag &# 34 ; between immunization and effective immune response of a typical active immunization could be overcome . in addition it is most likely that during neutralization of already present hiv - 1 virions the presentation of the epitope is very efficient . example 4 describes the formation of antiidiotypic antibodies to antibody 2f5 as well as the production of an antiidiotypic antibody by means of in vitro recombination techniques . antibody 2f5 was used to immunize mice in order to induce the formation of antiidiotypic antibody . the immunization scheme used was according to standard procedures in order to enhance the frequency at which antiidiotypic antibodies are developed in the animal . the polyclonal sera such obtained were tested for their immunoreactivity , whereby it was determined by means of antigen - competition elisa that a part of the humoral immune response was indeed directed against the combining site of the antibody 2f5 . thus it was proven that in those sera antiidiotypic antibodies where present . in order to test the concept of vaccination by means of antiidiotypic antibodies , the sera containing antiidiotypic antibodies where subsequently used to immunize another group of mice . after completion of this immunization procedure , it was possible to detect an immune response to the antiidiotypic sera that was qualitatively comparable to the above described immune reaction against the hiv - 1 peptide - part of the glutathion - s - transferase fusion protein as described in example 1 . since it was now proven , that the described peptide has the quality necessary to act as an immunogen , and since furthermore it had been shown that by using antiidiotypic antibodies with internal image quality of the described peptide it was possible to induce a hiv - 1 neutralizing immune response , an antiidiotypic antibody was constructed by means of in vitro recombination techniques . in order to achieve this goal , one or more hypervariable regions ( or parts thereof ) of an existing , molecularly cloned antibody where substituted by peptide sequences described in the invention . the respective constructs where expressed as single chain fv fragments in e . coli , and the recombinant proteins where purified according to standard methods . immunization of mice with the antiidiotypic proteins such produced lead to a hiv - 1 neutralising immune response ( fig3 c ). example 5 describes the peptide mapping with a random hexapeptide library and immunizations of mice with phages containing peptides according to seq id no : 10 through seq id no : 25 . the monoclonal antibody 2f5 was coated onto polystyrol tubes ( maxisorp , nunc , denmark ) at a concentration of 5 ug / ml in coating buffer ( 0 . 1m na - carbonate buffer , ph 9 . 6 ) overnight at 4 ° c . after washing with pbs , the surface was blocked with pbs containing 5 % w / v skimmed milk powder at 36 ° c . for 2 hours . washing with pbs was followed by incubation of a hexapeptide phage display library ( 10 11 transduction units in tpbs ( pbs including 0 . 5 % v / v tween 20 ) overnight at 5 ° c . extensive washing with tpbs was followed by elution of phage with elution buffer ( 0 . 1n hcl / glycine ph 2 . 2 , 1 mg bsa / ml ). the eluate is neutralized with 1m tris and used for infection of e . coli k91kan . phage is prepared from the infected culture by the methods described ( 22a ). according to scott et al . ( 22a ) at page 389 , phage for sequencing and elisa were propagated in nzy - tc medium and partially purified by two precipitations with polyethylene glycol ( peg ) and one precipitation in acid . after cells were removed by centrifugation , phage from 1 . 8 ml of supernatant were precipitated twice with peg ; all the supernatant was removed and the redissolved precipitate from the first precipitation was centrifuged for 1 minute in a microfuge before reprecipitation from the supernatant . phage from the second peg precipitation were dissolved in 210 μl of 0 . 15m nacl , microfuged for 1 minute , precipitated from 200 μl of the supernatant by adding 21 . 2 μof 1m acetic acid , and incubated for 10 minutes at room temperature (˜ 21 ° c .) and 10 minutes on ice w . wickner , proc . natl . acad . sci . u . s . a . 72 , 4749 ( 1975 )!. phage were sedimented ( microfuge , 45 minutes , 4 ° c ., with removal of all supernatant ) and dissolved in 62 μl of tbs . phage concentrations were ˜ 10 10 particles per microliter as determined by gel electrophoresis of viral dna . the procedure is repeated 3 times . the final eluate was used to produce transduced e . coli k91kan . dna of these clones was sequenced and the respective phage displayed hexapeptide sequence was derived by computer translation . clones with the seq id no : 10 through 25 ( table 2 ) were used for phage preparation and the respective phages were injected into mice . after two booster injections the respective sera were tested for hiv - 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378 27 . kohl , j ., f . ruker , g . himmler , e . razazzi , and h . katinger . 1991 . cloning and expression of a hiv - 1 specific single - chain fv region fused to escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase , ann . new york acad . sci . 646 : 106 - 114 ______________________________________ isolate iiib mn rf sf2 a c______________________________________a ) in vitro neutralization assays : number of 8 / 8 2 / 2 2 / 2 n . t . 8 / 8 4 / 4positive testsneutralizing concentration ( ig / ml ) 10 10 10 50 10b ) syncitia inhibition assay : number of 18 / 18 l1 / ll 6 / 10 l / 1 1 / l 2 / 3positive testsec . sub . 50 ( ig / ml ) 12 , 8 12 13 , 7 1 , 9 27 10______________________________________ a ) in vitro neutralization assay : different concentrations of the 2f5 antibody were incubated with cellfree virus preparations ( 10 2 - 10 3 tcid 50 ) 1 h at 37 ° c . aliquots of 10 5 h9 cells were added to virus / antibody mixtures and incubated for an additional hour at 37 ° c . after 20 days p24 antigen concentration as indicator for virus replication was determined from supernatants according to standard procedures . b ) syncytia inhibition assay : antibody / virus mixtures were prepared as described in table 1a . to this mixtures 10 5 aa2 cells were added and incubated at 37 ° c . after 5 days syncitia formation as indicator for hiv - 1 replication was evaluated . abbrevations : a and c are clinical isolates from vienna ______________________________________ | e | l | d | k | w | a | seq id no : 1 43 a )| a |: |: |: |: |:| seq id no : 4 5 |: |: | n |: |: |:| seq id no : 2 1 |: |: |: |: |: | d | seq id no : 3 2 | a |: |: t |: |:| seq id no : 8 3 | q |: |: |: |: |:| seq id no : 6 2 |: |: |: | t |: |:| seq id no : 7 1 | g |: |: |: |: |:| seq id no : 5 1 | k |: |: | e |: |:| seq id no : 9 1 |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- ------ seq id no :| s |: |: |: |: |:| seq id no : 10 seq id no :| g | r |: |: |: |:| seq id no : 11 seq id no :| g | a |: |: |: |:| seq id no : 12 seq id no :| a | h | e |: |: |:| seq id no : 13 seq id no :| a | c |: | q |: |:| seq id no : 14 | g | a |: |: |: | g | seq id no : 15 | g | a |: |: |: | n | seq id no : 16 | g | a |: |: |: | c | seq id no : 17 | g | a |: |: |: | v | seq id no : 18 | g | a |: |: |: | h | seq id no : 19 | g | a |: |: | c | h | seq id no : 20 | g | a |: |: | c | q | seq id no : 21 | a | y |: |: |: | s | seq id no : 22 | a | f |: |: |: | v | seq id no : 23 | g | p |: |: |: | g | seq id no : 24 | a | r |: |: |: | a | seq id no : 25______________________________________ a : sequences present on gp160 of different hiv - 1 isolates . the number on the right side of each sequence indicates the number of incidences in the databases that were screened ( swissprot and genpept ). b : binding sequences found by screening a random hexapeptide library expressed on the surface of filamentous phage ( sequences already described in a ) are not included ). __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 50 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type :( a ) description : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : bh10 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 662 to 667 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of human monclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : gluleuasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : js4 / 26 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 655 to 660 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 . ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : gluleuasnlystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acids ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : patient 3l ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 164 to 169 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : gluleuasplystrpasp615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : sf170 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 667 to 672 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : alaleuasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : jh3 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 673 to 678 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : glyleuasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : z - 84 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 669 to 674 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : glnleuasplystrpala616 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : cam1 proviral genome ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 662 to 667 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : gluleuaspthrtrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : js4 / 6 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 659 to 664 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : alaleuaspthrtrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : sbb ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : gp160 fragment ( b ) location : residue 413 to 418 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : epitope of a human monoclonal antibodydirected against hiv - 1 gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : lysleuaspglutrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : serleuasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : glyargasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : glyalaasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : alahisglulystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : alacysaspglntrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : glyalaasplystrpgly615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : glyalaasplystrpasn615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : glyalaasplystrpcys615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : glyalaasplystrpval615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : glyalaasplystrphis615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 : glyalaasplyscyshis615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 : glyalaasplyscysgln615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 22 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 22 : alatyrasplystrpser615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 23 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 23 : alapheasplystrpval615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 24 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 24 : glyproasplystrpgly615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 25 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 6 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein fragment ( b ) location : residue 4 to 9 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : hexapeptide from a random libraryscreening and its binding to monclonal antibody 2f5 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 25 : alaargasplystrpala615 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 26 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : bh10 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 26 : gaattagataaatgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 27 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : js4 / 26 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 27 : gaattgaataagtgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 28 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : patient 3l ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 28 : gaattagataagtgggac18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 29 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : sf170 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 29 : gcattggacaagtgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 30 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : jh3 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 30 : gggttagataaatgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 31 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : z - 84 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 31 : caattggacaaatgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 32 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : cam1 proviral genome ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 32 : gaattggatacgtgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 33 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : js4 / 6 ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 33 : gcattggatacgtgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 34 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : hiv - 1 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate : sbb ( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location :( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : sequence from gp160 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 34 : aagttagatgagtgggca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 35 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location : residues 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 35 : tcgcttgataagtgggcc18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 36 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location : residues 10 - 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 36 : gggcgtgataagtgggcg18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 37 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 37 : ggggctgataagtgggcg18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 38 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 38 : gctcatgaaaagtgggcg18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 39 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key :( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 39 : gcttgtgatcagtgggcg18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 40 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein ( b ) location : residues 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 40 : ggagctgataagtggggt18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 41 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 41 : ggagctgataagtggaat18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 42 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 42 : ggcgctgataaatggtgt18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 43 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 43 : ggcgctgataaatgggtt18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 44 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 44 : ggggctgataagtggcat18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 45 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 45 : ggagctgataaatgtcat18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 46 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 46 : ggagctgataaatgtcag18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 47 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 47 : gcttatgataagtggagt18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 48 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 48 : gcttttgataagtgggtt18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 49 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 49 : gggcctgataaatggggt18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 50 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : polynucleotide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) original source :( a ) organism : filamentous phage fuse5 ( b ) strain :( c ) individual isolate :( d ) developmental stage :( e ) haplotype :( f ) tissue type :( g ) cell type :( h ) cell line :( i ) organelle :( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : p3 fusion protein gene ( b ) location : residue 10 to 27 ( c ) identification method :( d ) other information : polynucleotide from random library ofgene coding the p3 fusion protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 50 : gctcgtgataagtgggcg18__________________________________________________________________________