U.S. patent application number 17/492291 was filed with the patent office on 2022-03-24 for sin nombre virus full-length m segment-based dna vaccines.
The applicant listed for this patent is The Government of The United States, as represented by The Secretary of The Army, The Government of The United States, as represented by The Secretary of The Army. Invention is credited to Jay HOOPER.
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HOOPER; Jay |
March 24, 2022 |
SIN NOMBRE VIRUS FULL-LENGTH M SEGMENT-BASED DNA VACCINES
Abstract
The invention contemplates a new synthetic, codon-optimized Sin
Nombre virus (SNV) full-length M gene open reading frame (ORF) that
encodes a unique consensus amino acid sequence. The SNV ORF was
cloned into a plasmid to form the first stable recombinant SNV
full-length M gene that elicits neutralizing antibodies. The gene
can be engineered into a vaccine system, and is useful to protect
mammals against infection with Sin Nombre virus.
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HOOPER; Jay; (New Market,
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The Government of The United States, as represented by The
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Fort Detrick |
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October 1, 2021 |
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C12N 15/86 20060101
C12N015/86; A61K 39/12 20060101 A61K039/12; C07K 14/005 20060101
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Claims
1. A therapeutic composition for ameliorating symptoms after onset
of Sin Nombre virus infection comprising antibodies specific for
peptides encoded by the nucleic acid having the sequence set forth
in SEQ ID NO:3.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser.
No. 16/553,556, filed 28 Aug. 2019, which is a divisional of U.S.
application Ser. No. 15/081,218, filed 25 Mar. 2016, issued as U.S.
Pat. No. 10,443,073 on 15 Oct. 2019, which is a continuation of
U.S. application Ser. No. 13/982,606, filed 30 Jul. 2013, issued as
U.S. Pat. No. 9,315,826 on 19 Apr. 2016, which is a national stage
entry of PCT Application No. PCT/US11/23098, filed 31 Jan. 2011,
the contents of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety by
reference.
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING SUBMITTED AS A COMPLIANT ASCII TEXT
FILE (.txt)
[0002] Pursuant to the EFS-Web legal framework and 37 C.F.R. .sctn.
1.821-825 (see M.P.E.P. .sctn. 2442.03(a)), a Sequence Listing in
the form of an ASCII-compliant text file (entitled
"Sequence_Listing_3000050-007001_ST25.txt" created on 30 Sep. 2021,
and 152,769 bytes in size) is submitted concurrently with the
instant application, and the entire contents of the Sequence
Listing are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Hantaviruses are considered Category A Priority Pathogens by
the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease. These
viruses cause a spectrum of vascular-leak syndromes including
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with
renal syndrome (HFRS). Many HPS and HFRS hantaviruses pose a
natural threat to persons working, living or traveling in endemic
regions, including military personnel. There is one hantavirus
(Andes virus) that has unique properties that make amenable to use
as a biological weapon.
[0004] Andes virus (ANDV) and Sin Nombre virus (SNV) are the
predominant causes of HPS in South and North America, respectively.
These rodent-borne viruses were discovered in the early 1990's and
have caused severe disease in several hundred persons.
[0005] Since the discovery of SNV in 1993, it has caused severe
disease in .about.500 persons in the United States and Canada,
resulting in .about.200 deaths (35% case-fatality rate). SNV is
carried by the deer mouse and transmitted via inhalation or
ingestion of contaminated secreta/excreta, or by rodent bite. Most
of the fatalities occurred in previously healthy working-age males.
HPS is a disease with rapid onset, and rapid progression from mild
to severe disease (i.e., can occur over the weekend). The disease
begins as an influenza-like illness including fever, headache,
nausea, cough, and can progress rapidly to respiratory failure and
cardiogenic shock. There is no specific therapeutic or vaccine to
treat or prevent HPS. Hammerbeck, C. D., Wahl-Jensen, V., Hooper,
J. W. Hantavirus. In: Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and
Neglected Diseases (A. D. T. Barrett and L. R. Stanberry, Eds.),
pp. 379-411. London: Academic Press, 2009; Jonsson C. B, J. Hooper,
and G. Mertz (2008). Treatment of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Antiviral Res. Antiviral Res. 78:162-169.
[0006] There is no population with pre-existing immunity to SNV or
ANDV and this virus is lethal in 35-40% of the people it infects.
Note that this 35-40% case-fatality rate occurs despite treatment
in modern intensive care units. All ages and both sexes are
susceptible to ANDV and SNV. Most cases occur in previously healthy
working-age males. The incubation period is approximately two
weeks. Disease onset-to-death is rapid (over the weekend). In an
animal model of HPS (Syrian hamsters), ANDV is highly lethal by all
routes tested including the oral route. SNV is highly infectious
(infectious dose 50% is 2 plaque forming units in Syrian hamsters
but does cause lethal disease (Hooper et al., 2001). Thus, an
infection model, rather than a lethal disease model, is used to
evaluate medical countermeasures to prevent SNV infection.
[0007] New-World hantaviruses have been associated with outbreaks
of a highly lethal disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), in
the Americas (reviewed in Schmaljohn and Hjelle, 1997, Emerg.
Infect Dis. 3, 95-104). The disease is characterized by fever and
vascular leakage resulting in non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema
followed by shock. Case-fatality for HPS caused by the most
prevalent North American and South American hantaviruses, Sin
Nombre virus (SNV) and Andes virus (ANDV), respectively is
30-50%.
[0008] Currently, there are four known hantaviruses associated with
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS): Hantaan virus (HTNV),
Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV), Puumala virus (PUUV), and Seoul
virus (SEOV). Because distinct hantaviruses are usually carried by
only one principal rodent host species, their distribution is
generally limited to the range of that host (reviewed in Schmaljohn
and Hjelle, 1997, Emerg. Infect. Dis. 3, 95-104). HTNV, carried by
Apodemus agrarius, is found in Asia; DOBV, carried by Apodemus
flavicollis, and PUUV, carried by Clethrionomys glareolus, are
found in Europe. SEOV is more widely disseminated than any other
recognized hantaviruses because its host, the common urban rat
(Rattus norvegicus), is found throughout the world.
[0009] There is an alarming paucity of existing medical
countermeasures to prevent or treat HPS. There is no vaccine
against SNV, ANDV or any other HPS-associated hantavirus. Moreover,
aside from basic research, there are no funded HPS vaccine
development efforts. There is no specific drug to prevent or treat
HPS. The treatment for HPS is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
therapy (ECMO) with costs as much as $500,000 per patient.
Expertise at performing adult ECMO resides at only a few hospitals
in the world. Thus, we are poorly prepared to deal with naturally
occurring HPS cases (there have been .about.2500 cases including
.about.500 in the US since 1993), or the use of hantaviruses as
biological weapons.
[0010] Viruses in the Hantavirus genus (family Bunyaviridae) are
enveloped and contain a genome comprised of three single-stranded
RNA segments designated large (L), medium (M), and small (S) based
on size (reviewed in Schmaljohn, 1996, In The Bunyaviridae Ed. R.
M. Elliott. New York, Plenum Press p. 63-90). The hantavirus L
segment encodes the RNA dependent RNA polymerase, M encodes two
envelope glycoproteins (G1 and G2, also known as G.sub.n, and
G.sub.c), and S encodes the nucleocapsid protein (N).
[0011] A number of inactivated HFRS vaccines derived from cell
culture or rodent brain were developed and tested in Asia (Lee et
al., 1990, Arch. Virol., Suppl. 1, 35-47; Song et al., 1992,
Vaccine 10, 214-216; Lu et al., 1996, J. Med. Virol. 49, 333-335).
Drawbacks of these traditional killed-virus vaccines include a
requirement for appropriate containment for the growth and
manipulation of virus, and the necessity to ensure complete
inactivation of infectivity without destroying epitopes on the
virion important for protective immunity. In order to overcome
these drawbacks, vaccine approaches involving recombinant DNA
technology were developed including: vaccinia-vectored vaccines
(Schmaljohn et al. 1990, J. Virol. 64, 3162-3170; Schmaljohn et al.
1992, Vaccine 10, 10-13; Xu et al. 1992, Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 47,
397-404), protein subunit vaccines expressed in bacteria or insect
cells (Schmaljohn et al. 1990, supra; Yoshimatsu et al., 1993,
Arch. Virol. 130, 365-376; Lundkvist et al., 1996, Virology 216,
397-406), and a hepatitis core antigen-based recombinant vaccine
(Ulrich et al., 1998, Vaccine 16, 272-280). For a review of
hantavirus vaccine efforts see the review by Hooper and Li (Hooper
and Li, 2001).; Hammerbeck, C. D., Wahl-Jensen, V., Hooper, J. W.
Hantavirus. In: Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected
Diseases (A. D. T. Barrett and L. R. Stanberry, Eds.), pp.
379-411).
[0012] Vaccination with vaccinia recombinants expressing the M
segment of either HTNV or SEOV elicited neutralizing antibodies and
protected rodents against infection with both HTNV and SEOV,
suggesting that an immune response to Gn-Gc alone can confer
protection (Schmaljohn et al. 1990, supra; Xu et al. 1992, supra;
Chu et al. 1995, J. Virol. 69, 6417-6423). Similarly, vaccination
with Gn-Gc protein expressed in insect cells (baculovirus
recombinant virus system) elicited neutralizing antibodies and
protected hamsters from infection with HTNV (Schmaljohn et al.
1990, supra). In both the vaccinia and baculovirus systems,
vaccination with Gn-Gc provided more complete protection than Gn or
Gc alone (Schmaljohn et al. 1990, supra). There are reports that
candidate DNA vaccines comprised of around 500 nucleotide stretches
of the Sin Nombre virus (SNV) M gene, or the full-length S gene,
are immunogenic in mice (Bharadwaj, et al., 1999, Vaccine 17, 2836,
43) and conferred some protection against infection with SNV in a
deer mouse infection model (Bharadwaj, et al., 2002, J. Gen. Virol.
83, 1745-1751). The protection was surmised to be cell-mediated
because there was no convincing evidence that these constructs
elicited a neutralizing, or otherwise protective, antibody
response.
[0013] There have been several publications reporting the
successful use of plasmid DNA vaccines containing the full-length M
gene of SEOV, HTNV, ANDV, including the following reports: [0014]
1. Hooper, J. W., K. I. Kamrud, F. Elgh, D. Custer, and C. S.
Schmaljohn (1999). DNA vaccination with hantavirus M segment
elicits neutralizing antibodies and protects against Seoul virus
infection. Virology, 255:269-278. [0015] 2. Hooper, J. W., D.
Custer, E. Thompson, and C. S. Schmaljohn (2001). DNA Vaccination
with the Hantaan virus M gene protects hamsters against three of
four HFRS hantaviruses and elicits a high-titer neutralizing
antibody response in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Virology
75:8469-8477. [0016] 3. Custer, D. M., E. Thompson, C. S.
Schmaljohn, T. G. Ksiazek, and J. W. Hooper (2003). Active and
passive vaccination against hantavirus pulmonary syndrome using
Andes virus M genome segment-based DNA vaccine. Journal of Virology
79:9894:9905. [0017] 4. Hooper, J. W., D. M. Custer, J. Smith, and
Victoria Wahl-Jensen. Hantaan/Andes virus DNA vaccine elicits a
broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibody response in nonhuman
primates (2006). Virology 347:208-216.
[0018] In all cases high titer neutralizing antibodies were
detected in animals (including nonhuman primates) vaccinated with
the full-length M gene DNA vaccines, and protection from infection
was achieved in rodent models. Neutralizing antibody responses to
Gn-Gc in the aforementioned vaccine studies correlated with
protection, suggesting that neutralizing antibodies not only play
an important role in preventing hantavirus infection, but also
might be sufficient to confer protection. Passive transfer of
neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific to either Gn or
Gc protected hamsters against HTNV infection (Schmaljohn et al.,
1990, supra; Arikawa et al., 1992, J. Gen. Virol. 70, 615-624),
supporting the idea that neutralizing antibodies alone can confer
protection. This is further supported by the finding that serum
from nonhuman primates vaccinated using a gene gun with DNA
vaccines containing the HTNV or ANDV full-length M genes protected
hamsters from infection with HTNV or lethal disease caused by ANDV
Custer, D. M., E. Thompson, C. S. Schmaljohn, T. G. Ksiazek, and J.
W. Hooper (2003). Active and passive vaccination against hantavirus
pulmonary syndrome using Andes virus M genome segment-based DNA
vaccine. Journal of Virology 79:9894:9905). Similarly, sera from
rabbits vaccinated with the ANDV M gene-based DNA vaccine using
electroporation protected hamsters from a lethal challenge with
ANDV (Hooper J. W., A. M. Ferro, and V. Wahl-Jensen Immune Serum
Produced by DNA Vaccination Protects Hamsters Against Lethal
Respiratory Challenge with Andes Virus (2008). Journal of Virology
82:1332-1338.) Hitherto, attempts to produce vaccines that produce
neutralizing antibodies against SNV have been unsuccessful. For
instance, Hjelle et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 6,316,250) attempted to
vaccinate with the entire SNV Gn or fragments of G1 to generated
antibodies. However, their vaccine did not produce high titer
neutralizing antibodies. There are currently no serious efforts to
develop an HPS vaccine anywhere in the world, including SNV
vaccine. (refs 17, 18 below) NIH is currently funding a handful of
academic laboratories working on hantavirus basic research.
[0019] The inventors have produced DNA vaccines against other
hantaviruses including Seoul virus (SEOV), Hantaan virus, (HTNV)
Puumala virus (PUUV) and Andes virus (ANDV) (refs 1, 5 and 6
below). There are a number of issued and pending patents related to
these vaccines (refs 23-26 below). SEOV, HTNV, and PUUV cause
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). All of these DNA
vaccines are based on the full-length M gene open reading frame
that encodes the Gn and Gc proteins, and all of these vaccines
elicit neutralizing antibodies in animal models. Neutralizing
antibodies produced by DNA vaccination have been shown to protect
against infection and disease in passive transfer studies (refs 3,4
below). In addition, the Hantaan and Puumala DNA vaccines have been
tested in a phase 1 clinical trial (ongoing). The immunogenicity
data generated in this phase 1 trial demonstrates that DNA vaccines
against hantaviruses were capable of eliciting neutralizing
antibodies in humans. This was the first time hantavirus
neutralizing antibodies have been produced in humans using plasmid
DNA. The overall seroconversion rate in this phase 1 trial was 43%
(12 of 28). One of the most notable findings was that very high
titers of neutralizing antibodies were achievable. Two of the peak
anti-Hantaan virus titers were >1,000 and four of the peak
anti-Puumala virus titers were >1,000. Neutralizing antibody
titers as high as 10,240 were achieved for both Hantaan virus and
Puumala virus.
[0020] The antibody response elicited by the hantavirus M
gene-based DNA vaccines have been shown to cross-neutralize some,
but not other hantaviruses. For example, the HTNV DNA vaccine was
shown to elicit neutralizing antibodies against Seoul virus and
Dobrava virus (a major cause of HFRS in the Balkans)(ref 1 below).
In some cases the cross-neutralizing antibody response is produced
in certain species using certain delivery technologies, but not
others. This was the case with our ANDV DNA vaccine. When nonhuman
primates were vaccinated with the ANDV DNA vaccine using a gene gun
the sera contained antibodies that not only neutralized ANDV but
also neutralized SNV and Black Creek Canal virus (ref. 3 below).
Based on those results we concluded that the development of a
SNV-specific DNA vaccine was unnecessary. However, recently we
found that when rabbits were vaccinated with the ANDV DNA vaccine
using muscle electroporation the sera was unable to neutralize SNV
despite exhibiting very high titer ANDV-neutralizing activity (ref
4 below). It is speculated that this could be due to antibody
specificity differences, antibody avidity differences, or antibody
isotype differences.
[0021] This finding prompted us to reinitiate the development of a
SNV M gene-based DNA vaccine rather than depend on the ANDV DNA
vaccine to cross-protect against SNV.
[0022] The inventor is named as an inventor on other U.S. patents
and publications, related to vaccines for hantaviruses and
poxviruses, namely U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,451,309; 6,620,412; 6,562,376,
7,217,812, and U.S. Patent application publication US-2010-03203024
A1. The entire contents of these patents are incorporated herein by
reference.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0023] Key to the invention is a novel synthetic, codon-optimized
Sin Nombre virus full-length M gene open reading frame (ORF). To
date, there are no reports of a full-length M gene, or SNV M gene
ORF, being successfully engineered into a DNA vaccine plasmid or
other mammalian expression vector. This SNV M gene DNA sequence has
been altered (or optimized) in such a way as to increase the
stability of the mRNA and to, theoretically, eliminate sequences
that destabilize the plasmid in E. coli. In addition, four amino
acids that were unique to our full-length clone were changed to
consensus amino acids based on alignments with five hantavirus M
gene seuquences from GeneBank. The ORF nucleic acid sequence was
changed without altering the coded amino acid sequence of the Sin
Nombre M gene product, other than the four aforementioned amino
acids. This was accomplished by codon optimizing the ORF. The
process of codon optimization not only changed the nucleic
sequence, but also it was intended to allow more efficient codon
usage and increased stability of the mRNA produced by the plasmid.
An algorithm called GeneOptimizer (patent pending), owned by
GeneArt was used to allow more efficient codon usage and
stabilization of the mRNA. It is noted that, while the ORF was
codon optimized, the flanking sequence was unchanged.
[0024] This synthetic M gene has been engineered into a
plasmid-based vaccine system, (i.e, pWRG/SN-M(opt)), and is
believed could be subcloned into a virus-vectored vaccine. The
preferred DNA plasmid containing this sequence is designated
pWRG/SN-M(opt), and its DNA sequence is described in detail below.
pWRG/SN-M(opt) is capable of eliciting good neutralizing antibody
responses against Sin Nombre virus. In fact, pWRG/SN-M(opt), as a
DNA vaccine delivered by gene gun, is the first vaccine of any kind
that has elicited convincing levels of neutralizing antibodies
against Sin Nombre virus in animals.
[0025] The development of this novel SNV full-length M segment and
its use as a vaccine can be summarized as follows. As mentioned
above, it had been hoped that an Andes virus M gene-based DNA
vaccine would cross-neutralize with the other HPS virus, Sin Nombre
virus. In fact, early results gave indication that this would be
the case. When nonhuman primates were vaccinated with the ANDV DNA
vaccine using a gene gun the sera contained antibodies that not
only neutralized ANDV but also neutralized SNV and Black Creek
Canal virus (6). Based on those results the inventor concluded that
the development of a SNV-specific DNA vaccine was unnecessary.
However, recently the inventor found that when rabbits were
vaccinated with the ANDV DNA vaccine using muscle electroporation
the sera was unable to neutralize SNV despite exhibiting very high
titer ANDV-neutralizing activity (11). The data is published in
Hooper J. W., A. M. Ferro, and V. Wahl-Jensen Immune Serum Produced
by DNA Vaccination Protects Hamsters Against Lethal Respiratory
Challenge with Andes Virus (2008). Journal of Virology
82:1332-1338. The inventor realized that the ANDV DNA vaccine would
not be suitable as a vaccine to cross-protect against SNV, so
sought a vaccine specifically for SNV.
[0026] The inventor cloned the full-length M gene from SNV, strain
CC107 into a DNA vaccine vector, producing a plasmid with an intact
open reading frame--pWRG/SN-M(2a). pWRG/SNV-M(2a) was tested for
immunogenicity in rabbits, and it was discovered that high-titer
neutralizing antibodies were produced after 4 vaccinations. This
represented the first time high-titer SNV neutralizing antibodies
were ever produced by any vaccine.
[0027] However, it required more vaccinations than the inventor
would have preferred, so pWRG/SNV-M(2a) was re-designed for
optimization. It was found that the M gene sequence in
pWRG/SNV-M(2a) produced amino acids that were unique to our clone
(i.e., not in published GeneBank SNV M sequences). This is shown in
the Table 1 below, by identifying possible cloning errors in
pWRG/SN-M(2a) M gene ORF and determining consensus amino acid
sequence. In Table 1, SN-M(2a) is the amino acid sequence of the
SNV M open reading frame (ORF) cloned into pWRG/SN-M(2a). This
sequence as aligned with several SNV M gene ORFs from Genebank:
AAA68036 (SNV strain CC107), AAA68036 (SNV strain CC107 isolate
74), NP_941974 (SNV strain NMH10), 083887 (New York virus),
AAC54561 (NY-2 virus), and AC54559 (Rhode Island 1 virus). The four
amino acids so identified were changed to the consensus amino acids
in the synthetic gene cloned into pWRG/SN-N(opt), see below.
[0028] These consensus amino acids were identified at these
positions and then an optimized version of this gene was
synthesized. Next, we cloned the synthetic M gene (SN-M(2a)) into a
DNA vaccine vector and named the plasmid pWRG/SN-M(opt). This
plasmid pWRG/SN-M(opt) was deposited on Jan. 26, 2011 in the
American Type Culture Collection, located at 10801 University Blvd.
Manassas, Va. 20110. The deposit was made under the terms of the
Budapest Treaty.
[0029] Table 2 shows the nucleic acid differences between the
original cloned M gene (SN-M[2a]) and the optimized M gene
(SN-M[opt]).
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 The amino acid sequence encoded by the ORF
cloned into pWRG/SN-M(2a) (SEQ ID NO: 15) was aligned with six SNV
M sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 16-21, respectively, in order of
appearance) from genebank (accession numbers are shown). There were
four positions (the first "Q" in line 1; the first "A" in the line
beginning with nucleic acid 241; the first "G" in the line
beginning with nucleic acid 421; and the third "P" in the line
beginning with nucleic acid 481) that were unique to the cloned ORF
(highlighted in bold type and underlined). These amino acids were
changed to the consensus amino acids when the new gene was
synthesized to produce pWRG/SN-M(opt). SN-M(2a) 1
MVGWVCIFLVVLTTATAGLTRNLYELQIECPHTVGLGQGYVTGSVETTPILLTQVADLKI
AAA6800 1
..........................K.................................
AAA68036 1
..........................K.................................
NP_941974 1
..........................K...................I............. Q83887
1 .......S....A.T...........K............................T....
AAC54561 1
...F........A.T...........K..................G.........T....
AAC54559 1
............A.T...........K............................T....
consensus 1
***.***.****.*.***********.******************..********.****
SN-M(2a) 61
ESSCNFDLHVPATTTQKYNQVDWTKKSSTTESTNAGATTFEAKTKEVNLKGTCNIPPTTF
AAA6800 61
............................................................
AAA68036 61
............................................................
NP_941974 61
..............................................I............. Q83887
61 ...........S.SI......E.A.........S.............S........V...
AAC54561 61
.............S.SI....E.A.........S.............S........V...
AAC54559 61
.............S.SI....E.A.........S.............S........V...
consensus 61
***********.*..******.*.*********.************..********.***
SN-M(2a) 121
EAAYKSRKTVICYDLACNQTHCLPTVHLIAPVQTCMSVRSCMIGLLSSRIQVIYEKTYCV
AAA6800 121
............................................................
AAA68036 121
...F........................................................
NP_941974 121
............................................................ Q83887
121 ............................................................
AAC54561 121
............................................................
AAC54559 121
....................Y.......................................
consensus 121
***.****************.***************************************
SN-M(2a) 181
TGQLIEGLCFIPTHTIALTQPGHTYDTMTLPVTCFLVAKKLGTQLKLAVELEKLITGVSC
AAA6800 181
............................................................
AAA68036 181
............................................................
NP_941974 181
............................................................ Q83887
181 ....V..........................I..............I.........ASG.
AAC54561 181
....V..........................I..............I.........ASG.
AAC54559 181
....V..........................I..............I.........ASG.
consensus 181
****.**************************.**************.*********...*
SN-M(2a) 241
AENSFQGYYICFIGKHSEPLFVPTMEDYRSAELFTRMVLNPRGEDHDPDQNGQGLMRIAG
AAA6800 241
T...........................................................
AAA68036 241
T...........................................................
NP_941974 241
T........................................................... Q83887
241 T...........L..........M.D..................................
AAC54561 241
T...........L..........M.D..................................
AAC54559 241
T...........L.......S..M.D..................................
consensus 241
.***********.*******.**.*.**********************************
SN-M(2a) 301
PVTAKVPSTETTETMQGIAFAGAPMYSSFSTLVRKADPEYVESPGIIAESNHSVCDKKTV
AAA6800 301
............................................................
AAA68036 301
............................................................
NP_941974 301
............................................................ Q83887
301 .I....................................D....................I
AAC54561 301
.I...........A........................D....................I
AAC54559 301
.I......................T.............D...................AI
consensus 301
*.**********************.*************.*******************..
SN-M(2a) 361
PLTWTGFLAVSGEIERITGCTVECTLAGPGASCEAYSETGIFNISSPTCLVNKVQKFRGS
AAA6800 361
............................................................
AAA68036 361
............................................................
NP_941974 361
...............K............................................ Q83887
361 ...............K..........V.................................
AAC54561 361
...............K..........V.................................
AAC54559 361
...............K..........V......K..........................
consensus 361
***************.**********.******.**************************
SN-M(2a) 421
EQRINFMCQRVDQGVVVYCNGQKKVILTKTLVIGQCIYTFTSLFSLIPGVAHSLAVELCV
AAA6800 421
.............D..............................................
AAA68036 421
.............D..............................................
NP_941974 421
.............D.............................................. Q83887
421 .............D.I............................................
AAC54561 421
.............D.I............................................
AAC54559 421
.............D.I...............I............................
consensus 421
*************.*.***************.****************************
SN-M(2a) 481
PGLHGWATTALLITFCFGWLLIPTVTLIILKILRLLTFPCSHYSTESKEKVILERVKVEY
AAA6800 481
......................................S.....................
AAA68036 481
......................................S.....................
NP_941974 481
.......................A..............S..................... Q83887
481 ........................I.M...........S...........A.........
AAC54561 481
........................I.M...........S...........A.........
AAC54559 481
........A...............I.M...........S...........A.........
consensus 481
********.**************..*.***********.***********.*********
SN-M(2a) 541
QKTMGSMVCDICHHECETAKELETHKKSCPEGQCPYCMTITESTESALQAHFSICKLTNR
AAA6800 541
............................................................
AAA68036 541
............................................................
NP_941974 541
....................................................A....... Q83887
541 ..........V........................... M....................
AAC54561 541 ..........V...........................
M.................... AAC54559 541
..........A........................... M........L...........
consensus 541
**********.****************************.********.***.*******
SN-M(2a) 601
FQENLKKSLKRPEVRKGCYRTLGVFRYKSRCYVGLVWGILLTTELIIWAASADTPLMESG
AAA6800 601
...I........................................................
AAA68036 601
...I........................................................
NP_941974 601
............................................................ Q83887
601 ..............KQ......................V.......V.............
AAC54561 601
..............KQ......................V.......V.............
AAC54559 601
..............KQ.R....................V.......V.............
consensus 601
***.**********..*.********************.*******.*************
SN-M(2a) 661
WSDTAHGVGIVPMKTDLELDFALASSSSYSYRRKLVNPANQEETLPFHFQLDKQVVHAEI
AAA6800 661
............................................................
AAA68036 661
............................................................
NP_941974 661
..........I................................................. Q83887
661 ........................................K...................
AAC54561 661
....................................D...K...................
AAC54559 661
........................................K...................
consensus 661
**********.*************************.***.*******************
SN-M(2a) 721
WSDTAHGVGIVPMKTDLELDFALASSSSYSYRRKLVNPANQEETLPFHFQLDKQVVHAEI
AAA6800 721
............................................................
AAA68036 721
............................................................
NP_941974 721
............................................................ Q83887
721 ............................................................
AAC54561 721
............................................................
AAC54559 721
............................................................
consensus 721
************************************************************
SN-M(2a) 781
CTACGVYLDKLRSVGKAYKIVSLKYTRKVCIQLGTEQTCKHIDVNDCLVTPSVKVCMIGT
AAA6800 781
............................................................
AAA68036 781
............................................................
NP_941974 781
............................................................ Q83887
781 .............G..........F...............................L...
AAC54561 781
.............G..........F...............................L...
AAC54559 781
.............G..........F...............................L...
consensus 781
*************.**********.*******************************.***
SN-M(2a) 841
ISKLQPGDTLLFLGPLEQGGIILKQWCTTSCVFGDPGDIMSTTSGMRCPEHTGSFRKICG
AAA6800 841
............................................................
AAA68036 841
............................................................
NP_941974 841
............................................................ Q83887
841 ...........................................T..K.............
AAC54561 841
...........................................T..K.............
AAC54559 841
...........................................T..K.............
consensus 841
*******************************************.**.*************
SN-M(2a) 901
FATTPTCEYQGNTVSGFQRMMATRDSFQSFNVTEPHITSNRLEWIDPDSSIKDH1NMVLN
AAA6800 901
............................................................
AAA68036 901
............................................................
NP_941974 901
............................................................ Q83887
901 .............I..............................................
AAC54561 901
.............I..............................................
AAC54559 901
.............I..............................................
consensus 901
*************.**********************************************
SN-M(2a) 961
RDVSFQDLSDNPCKVDLHTQSIDGAWGSGVGFTLVCTVGLTECANFITSIKACDSAMCYG
AAA6800 961
............................................................
AAA68036 961
............................................................
NP_941974 961
............................................................ Q83887
961 ............................................................
AAC54561 961
............................................................
AAC54559 961
............................................................
consensus 961
************************************************************
SN-M(2a) 1021
ATVINLLRGSNTVKVVGKGGHSGSLFKCCHDTDCTEEGLAASPPHLDRVTGYNQIDSDKV
AAA6800 1021
............................................................
AAA68036 1021
............................................................
NP_941974 1021
............................................................ Q83887
1021 ............................................................
AAC54561 1021
............................................................
AAC54559 1021
......................S.....................................
consensus 1021
**********************.*************************************
SN-M(2a) 1081
YDDGAPPCTIKCWFTKSGEWLLGILNGNWVVVAVLIVILILSILLFSFFCPVRNRKNKAN
AAA6800 1081
...............R............................................
AAA68036 1081
............................................................
NP_941974 1081
.....................................................S...... Q83887
1081 ...................................................I.G....S.
AAC54561 1081
...................................................I.G....S.
AAC54559 1081
...................................................I.G....S.
consensus 1081
***************.***********************************.*.****.*
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 The sequence starts at the Not 1 site and
ends at the BstB1 or BglII site depending on the construct (BstB1
for SN-M(2a) (SEQ ID NO: 22) and BglII for SN-M(opt) (SEQ ID NO:
2). SN-M(2a) 1
GCGGCCGCGGATCTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAGAGTAGTAGACTCCGCACGAAGAAGCAAA
SN-M(opt) 1
............................................................
SN-M(2a) 61
CACTGAATAAAGGATATACAGAATGGTAGGGTGGGTTTGCATCTTCCTCGTGGTCCTTAC
SN-M(opt) 61
...........................G..C.....G...........G.....G..G..
SN-M(2a) 121
TACTGCAACTGCTGGATTGACACGGAATCTCTATGAATTACAGATAGAATGTCCACATAC
SN-M(opt) 121
C..C..C..A..C..CC....C.....C..G..C..GC.GA....C..G..C..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 181
TGTGGGTCTAGGTCAAGGTTATGTGACAGGTTCTGTAGAAACTACACCTATTCTCTTAAC
SN-M(opt) 181
C.....C..G..C..G..C..C.....C..CAGC..G..G..A..C..C..C..GC.G..
SN-M(2a) 241
ACAGGTAGCTGACCTCAAGATTGAGAGTTCTTGCAATTTTGACTTGCATGTCCCAGCCAC
SN-M(opt) 241
C.....G..C.....G...........CAGC.....C..C...C....C..G..C.....
SN-M(2a) 301
TACTACTCAGAAATACAATCAAGTTGACTGGACTAAAAAAAGTTCTACTACAGAAAGCAC
SN-M(opt) 301
C..C..C...........C..G..G........C..G..G..CAGC..C..C..G.....
SN-M(2a) 361
GAATGCAGGTGCAACTACATTTGAGGCTAAAACAAAAGAGGTAAATTTAAAAGGCACATG
SN-M(opt) 361
C..C..C..A..C..C..C..C.....C..G..C.....A..G..CC.G..G.....C..
SN-M(2a) 421
TAATATTCCTCCAACTACGTTTGAGGCTGCATACAAGTCAAGGAAGACAGTGATTTGTTA
SN-M(opt) 421
C..C..C..C..C..C..A........C..C......AGC..A.....C.....C..C..
SN-M(2a) 481
TGATTTGGCCTGTAATCAAACACATTGTCTTCCTACAGTCCATCTGATTGCTCCTGTTCA
SN-M(opt) 481
C..CC.......C..C..G..C..C..C..G..C..C..G..C.....C..C..C..G..
SN-M(2a) 541
AACATGTATGTCTGTACGGAGCTGTATGATAGGTCTGTTATCTAGCAGGATCCAGGTTAT
SN-M(opt) 541
G..C..C...AGC..G........C.....C..C...C.G..C...C..........G..
SN-M(2a) 601
CTACGAGAAGACATATTGTGTCACGGGTCAGTTAATAGAAGGGCTATGTTTCATTCCAAC
SN-M(opt) 601
.........A..C..C..C..G..C..C...C.G..C..G..C..G..C.....C..C..
SN-M(2a) 661
ACATACAATTGCACTTACACAGCCTGGTCATACTTATGATACTATGACATTGCCTGTGAC
SN-M(opt) 661
C..C.....C..C..G..C.....C..C..C..C..C..C..C.....CC....C.....
SN-M(2a) 721
TTGTTTTTTAGTAGCCAAAAAGTTGGGGACGCAGCTTAAGCTGGCTGTTGAGTTAGAGAA
SN-M(opt) 721
C..C...C.G..G.....G...C....C..C.....G........C..G...C.G..A..
SN-M(2a) 781
ATTGATTACTGGTGTGAGCTGCGCAGAGAATAGCTTCCAAGGTTATTACATCTGTTTTAT
SN-M(opt) 781
GC....C..C..C.........A.C.....C........G..C..C........C..C..
SN-M(2a) 841
TGGAAAACATTCAGAGCCCTTATTTGTACCAACAATGGAAGATTATAGATCAGCTGAGTT
SN-M(opt) 841
C..C..G..CAGC......C.G..C..G..C..C...........C...AGC..C...C.
SN-M(2a) 901
ATTTACTCGTATGGTTTTAAATCCAAGAGGTGAAGATCATGACCCTGATCAAAATGGACA
SN-M(opt) 901
G..C..C..G.....GC.G..C..C..G..C..G..C..C.....C..C..G..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 961
AGGGTTGATGAGAATAGCTGGACCTGTTACTGCCAAGGTACCATCTACAGAAACGACTGA
SN-M(opt) 961
G..CC.....C.G..C..C.....C..G..C........G..CAGC..C..G..A..C..
SN-M(2a) 1021
AACAATGCAAGGAATTGCATTTGCTGGGGCACCAATGTATAGTTCATTCTCAACTCTTGT
SN-M(opt) 1021
...C.....G..C.....C..C..C..A..C..C.....C..CAGC...AGC..C..G..
SN-M(2a) 1081
GAGAAAAGCTGATCCTGAATATGTCTTTTCTCCAGGTATAATTGCAGAATCAAATCATAG
SN-M(opt) 1081
.C.G..G..C..C..C..G..C..G..CAGC..C..C..C.....C..GAGC..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 1141
TGTTTGTGATAAAAAGACAGTGCCCCTAACATGGACTGGGTTTCTAGCAGTTTCAGGAGA
SN-M(opt) 1141
C..G..C..C..G..A..C........G..C.....C..C..C..G..C..GAGC..C..
SN-M(2a) 1201
GATAGAAAGGATAACAGGCTGTACAGTTTTCTGTACATTGGCTGGACCTGGTGCCAGTTG
SN-M(opt) 1201
...C..GC....C..C.....C..C..G.....C..CC....C........C.....C..
SN-M(2a) 1261
TGAAGCATACTCAGAAACAGGAATCTTCAACATAAGCTCCCCAACTTGCTTGGTAAATAA
SN-M(opt) 1261
C..G..C...AGC..G.....C...........C...AG...C..C...C....G..C..
SN-M(2a) 1321
AGTCCAAAAATTTAGAGGTTCAGAACAAAGAATTAATTTTATGTGTCAAAGGGTTGATCA
SN-M(opt) 1321
G..G..G..G..CC.G..CAGC..G..GC.G..C..C..C.....C..GC....G..C..
SN-M(2a) 1381
AGGTGTTGTGGTTTACTGTAATGGACAGAAGAAAGTCATTCTTACCAAAACCCTAGTAAT
SN-M(opt) 1381
G.AC..G.....G.....C..C..C.....A.....G..C..G.....G.....G..G..
SN-M(2a) 1441
AGGTCAATGTATCTACACATTTACTAGTCTGTTTTCACTGATCCCTGGAGTTGCTCATTC
SN-M(opt) 1441
C..C..G..C........C..C..C..C.....CAGC...........C..G......AG
SN-M(2a) 1501
CCTTGCTGTGGAGTTATGTGTTCCAGGTCTTCATGGCTGGGCTACAACAGCACTACTTAT
SN-M(opt) 1501
...G..A..C..AC.G..C..G..T..C..G..C..A.....C..C..C..C..G..G..
SN-M(2a) 1561
TACTTTCTGCTTTGGCTGGCTTCTCATACCAACAGTTACTTTAATTATACTAAAAATCTT
SN-M(opt) 1561
C..C........C........G..G..C..C.....G..CC.G..C..C..G..G...C.
SN-M(2a) 1621
AAGGCTATTGACCTTCCCATGCTCGCACTATTCTACAGAATCAAAATTCAAAGTCATTTT
SN-M(opt) 1621
GC....GC........AGC...AGC.....CAGC..C..G..C..G........G...C.
SN-M(2a) 1681
AGAAAGAGTCAAGGTGGAGTATCAAAAGACAATGGGTTCAATGGTGTGTGACATTTGTCA
SN-M(opt) 1681
G...C.C..G...........C..G..A..C.....CAGC........C.....C..C..
SN-M(2a) 1741
CCATGAATGTGAGACGGCAAAAGAGCTCGAAACACATAAGAAAAGTTGCCCAGAAGGTCA
SN-M(opt) 1741
...C..G..C.....A..C........G.....C..C.....G..C.....C..G..C..
SN-M(2a) 1801
ATGCCCATACTGCATGACAATAACTGAGTCCACTGAGAGTGCATTACAAGCTCATTTTTC
SN-M(opt) 1801
G.....C...........C..C..A...AG...C.....C..CC.G..G..C..C..CAG
SN-M(2a) 1861
AATCTGTAAGCTAACGAACAGGTTCCAGGAAAATCTAAAAAAATCATTAAAACGTCCAGA
SN-M(opt) 1861
C.....C.....G..C...C.............C..G..G..GAGCC.G..G..G..C..
SN-M(2a) 1921
AGTAAGGAAAGGTTGTTACAGGACATTAGGAGTATTCCGCTACAAGAGCAGGTGCTATGT
SN-M(opt) 1921
...GC....G..C..C...C....CC.G..C..G.....G.........C..........
SN-M(2a) 1981
TGGCTTAGTATGGGGGATCCTCTTGACGACAGAGCTGATTATATGGGCTGCTAGTGCAGA
SN-M(opt) 1981
G...C.G..G.....C..T..GC....C...........C..C.....C..C..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 2041
TACCCCTCTAATGGAGTCTGGTTGGTCAGATACAGCACATGGTGTAGGTATAGTCCCTAT
SN-M(opt) 2041
C.....C..G.....AAGC..G...AGC..C..C..T.....C..G..A..C..G..C..
SN-M(2a) 2101
GAAAACAGATTTAGAGCTTGACTTTGCCTTGGCCTCATCATCTTCTTATAGTTATAGAAG
SN-M(opt) 2101
......C..CC.G..A..G.....C...C.....AGCAGCAGCAGC..C..C..CC.GC.
SN-M(2a) 2161
AAAGCTTGTAAACCCTGCCAATCAAGAGGAGACACTCCCTTTTCATTTCCAGTTAGATAA
SN-M(opt) 2161
G.....G..G.....C.....C..G..A........G..C..C..C.....AC.G..C..
SN-M(2a) 2221
GCAAGTAGTGCATGCAGAAATACAGAACCTAGGGCATTGGATGGATGGCACATTCAACAT
SN-M(opt) 2221
...G..G.....C..C..G..C........G..C..C........C.....C.....T..
SN-M(2a) 2281
AAAGACTGCTTTCCATTGCTATGGAGAATGTAAAAAATATGCCTATCCTTGGCAGACAGC
SN-M(opt) 2281
C.....C..C.....C.....C..C..G..C..G..G..C.....C..C........C..
SN-M(2a) 2341
CAAGTGTTTCTTTGAAAAAGATTATCAGTATGAAACAAGCTGGGGCTGTAACCCACCAGA
SN-M(opt) 2341
......C.....C..G..G..C..C.....C..G..............C.....C..C..
SN-M(2a) 2401
TTGCCCAGGAGTAGGGACAGGTTGTACAGCCTGTGGGGTATACTTAGACAAGCTCCGTTC
SN-M(opt) 2401
C..T..T..C..G..C..C..C.....C.....C..C..G...C.G........G..GAG
SN-M(2a) 2461
AGTTGGGAAAGCCTATAAAATTGTATCACTCAAATACACGCGAAAGGTGTGTATTCAATT
SN-M(opt) 2461
C..G..C..G.....C..G..C..G..C..G..G.....C..G..A.....C..C..GC.
SN-M(2a) 2521
GGGGACAGAACAAACCTGTAAACATATAGATGTTAATGATTGTTTGGTCACCCCGTCTGT
SN-M(opt) 2521
...C.....G..G..A..C..G..C..C..C..G..C.....CC....G.....CAGC..
SN-M(2a) 2581
TAAAGTTTGCATGATAGGTACCATCTCGAAGCTTCAGCCAGGTGACACCTTATTGTTTTT
SN-M(opt) 2581
G.....C..T.....T..C......AGC.....G.....C..C..T...C.GC....CC.
SN-M(2a) 2641
GGGCCCTTTAGAGCAAGGTGGGATTATTCTAAAACAATGGTGCACAACATCATGTGTGTT
SN-M(opt) 2641
......CC.G..A..G..C..C..C.....G..G..G.....T..C..C..C..C.....
SN-M(2a) 2701
TGGAGACCCTGGTGATATCATGTCAACAACAAGTGGGATGAGATGCCCTGAGCACACAGG
SN-M(opt) 2701
C..C.....C..C..C......AGC..C..CTCC..C...C.G.....C........C..
SN-M(2a) 2761
GTCTTTTAGAAAAATCTGTGGATTTGCTACAACACCTACATGTGAATATCAAGGTAATAC
SN-M(opt) 2761
CAGC..CC.G..G..T.....C..C..C..C..C.....C..C..G..C..G..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 2821
AGTGTCTGGATTCCAACGCATGATGGCAACTCGAGATTCTTTTCAATCATTCAATGTGAC
SN-M(opt) 2821
C.....C..C.....G..G........C..C..G...AGC..C..GAGC.....C.....
SN-M(2a) 2881
AGAACCACATATTACCAGCAATCGACTGGAATGGATTGATCCAGATAGTAGTATTAAAGA
SN-M(opt) 2881
C..G..C..C..C........C..G...........C..C..C..C..C..C..C..G..
SN-M(2a) 2941
CCATATCAACATGGTTTTGAATAGAGATGTTTCCTTCCAAGATCTAAGTGATAATCCATG
SN-M(opt) 2941
...C...........GC.C...C.G..C..GAG......G..C..G..C..C..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 3001
TAAGGTTGATTTGCATACACAATCTATTGATGGGGCTTGGGGATCAGGAGTGGGCTTTAC
SN-M(opt) 3001
C.....G..CC....C..C..GAGC..C..C..C..C.....CAGC..C........C..
SN-M(2a) 3061
ATTAGTATGTACTGTAGGTCTTACAGAGTGTGCAAATTTCATAACTTCAATTAAGGCGTG
SN-M(opt) 3061
.C.G..G..C..A..G..C..G..C.....C..C..C.....C..C..C..C.....C..
SN-M(2a) 3121
TGATTCTGCTATGTGTTATGGGGCCACAGTTACAAATCTACTCAGAGGGTCTAACACAGT
SN-M(opt) 3121
C..CAGC..C.....C..C..C.....C..G..C..C..G..GC.G..C..C........
SN-M(2a) 3181
TAAAGTTGTCGGTAAAGGTGGGCATTCTGGGTCCTTGTTCAAGTGCTGCCATGATACTGA
SN-M(opt) 3181
G..G..G..G..C..G..C..C..CAGC..CAG.C....T...........C..C..C..
SN-M(2a) 3241
CTGTACTGAAGAAGGTTTAGCAGCATCACCACCTCATTTAGATAGGGTTACTGGTTACAA
SN-M(opt) 3241
...C..C..G.....CC.G..C..CAGC..C.....CC.G..C..A..G..C..C.....
SN-M(2a) 3301
TCAAATAGATTCTGATAAGGTTTATGATGACGGTGCACCGCCCTGTACAATTAAATGTTG
SN-M(opt) 3301
C..G..C..CAGC..C.....G..C..C..T..C..C..T.....C..C..C..G..C..
SN-M(2a) 3361
GTTCACAAAGTCAGGTGAGTGGTTGCTAGGAATTCTTAATGGCAATTGGGTAGTAGTTGC
SN-M(opt) 3361
......C...AGC..C......C....G..C..C..G..C.....C.....C..C..G..
SN-M(2a) 3421
TGTTTTGATTGTAATTTTGATACTATCAATACTCCTGTTCAGCTTCTTTTGTCCTGTTAG
SN-M(opt) 3421
C..GC....C..G..CC....C..G..T..C..G..............C..C..C..GC.
SN-M(2a) 3481
AAATAGAAAAAATAAGGCCAATTAGCAAACATATATGTAAGTAAGGGTATGATCATATTA
SN-M(opt) 3481
G..CC.G..G..C........C......................................
SN-M(2a) 3541
TATCATTATGCGTATACTCTTATATCTATAATATCTATGTATCCTTATACTCTAACTATT
SN-M(opt) 3541
............................................................
SN-M(2a) 3601
TATATTAATTTTTACTTTTATACAAGTATTAACTAACCCATTACCAGCTAAAAAAAACAA
SN-M(opt) 3601
............................................................
SN-M(2a) 3661
ACCCTTAACACCTATATAATCCCATTTGCTTATTACGAGGCTTTTGTTCCTGCGGAGTCT
SN-M(opt) 3661
............................................................
SN-M(2a) 3721 ACTACTATTCGAA SN-M(opt) 3721 .......AGATCT
[0030] This new SNV vaccine was tested for a capacity to elicit
neutralizing antibodies by vaccinating rabbits with the
pWRG/SN-M(opt) using muscle electroporation. Very high titers of
SNV neutralizing antibodies were produced after only a single
vaccination.
[0031] The term "antibody" is art-recognized terminology and is
intended to include molecules or active fragments of molecules that
bind to known antigens. These active fragments can be derived from
an antibody of the present invention by a number of techniques. For
further description of general techniques for the isolation of
active fragments of antibodies, see for example, Khaw, B. A. et al.
J. Nucl. Med. 23:1011-1019 (1982). The term "antibody" also
includes bispecific and chimeric antibodies and antibodies in
nonmammalian species.
[0032] By neutralizing antibodies, or NAb, it is meant an antibody
which defends a cell from an antigen or infectious body by
inhibiting or neutralizing any effect it has biologically. For
instance, a neutralizing antibody for SNV is an antibody which can
inhibit or reduce the biological effects of SNV infection, that is,
it binds to the virus and interferes with its ability to infect a
cell.
[0033] By "high titer" it is meant neutralizing antibody titers
similar to those produced in individuals that were infected with
the virus and survived. As described in greater detail in the
examples, the present inventors have found that serum from a
vaccine immunized with a DNA vaccine comprising the M segment of
Sin Nombre virus contains antibodies able to neutralize Sin Nombre
virus.
[0034] As used herein the term "immunogenically active" designates
the ability to stimulate an immune response, i.e., to stimulate the
production of antibodies, particularly humoral antibodies, or to
stimulate a cell-mediated response. For example, the ability to
stimulate the production of circulating or secretory antibodies or
the production of a cell-mediated response in local mucosal
regions, (e.g., intestinal mucosa), peripheral blood, cerebral
spinal fluid or the like. The effective immunizing amount of the
immunogenically active component(s) of this invention may vary and
may be any amount sufficient to evoke an immune response and
provide immunological protection against Sin Nombre virus
infection. Amounts where a dosage unit comprises at least about 5
micrograms to about 5 milligrams of plasmid DNA are contemplated.
At least one dosage unit per patient is contemplated herein as a
vaccination regimen. In some embodiments, two or more dosage units
may be especially useful. The skilled artisan will quickly
recognize that a particular quantity of vaccine composition per
dosage unit, as well as the total number of dosage units per
vaccination regimen, may be optimized, so long as an effective
immunizing amount of the virus or a component thereof is ultimately
delivered to the animal.
[0035] We next combined the SNV DNA vaccine with an Andes virus
construct, pWRG/AND-M, and a mixture of the two plasmids was used
to vaccinate rabbits using muscle electroporation. High titer
neutralizing antibodies against both SNV and ANDV were produced
after 1 or 2 vaccinations. The SNV neutralizing activity was
especially potent (titers >10,000 after 1 vaccination). Thus,
the combination of the pWRG/SN-M(opt) DNA vaccine and pWRG/AND-M
DNA vaccine effectively elicited high-titer neutralizing antibodies
against the most prevalent and lethal hantavirus in North and South
America. The novelty and potency of this SNV DNA vaccine and its
utility in alone or in combination with other hantavirus DNA
vaccine plasmids is a main focus of this application.
[0036] The amino acid one letter code is defined as the following:
A=Alanine (Ala), I=Isoleucine (Ile), L=Leucine (Leu), M=Methionine
(Met), F=Phenylalanine (Phe), P=Proline (Pro), W=Tryptophan (Trp),
V=Valine (Val), N=Asparagine (Asn), C=Cysteine (Cys), Q=Glutamine
(Q), G=Glycine (Gly), S=Serine (Ser), T=Threonine (Thr), Y=Tyrosine
(Tyr), R=Arginine (Arg), H=Histidine (His), K=Lysine (Lys),
D=Aspartic acid (Asp), and E=Glutamic acid (Glu).
[0037] As would be understood by someone having skill in this art,
this invention covers sequences that are not necessarily physically
derived from the nucleotide sequence itself, but may be generated
in any manner, including for example, chemical synthesis or DNA
replication or reverse transcription or transcription, which are
based on the information provided by the sequence bases in the
region(s) from which the polynucleotide is derived. In addition,
combinations of regions corresponding to that of the designated
sequence may be modified in ways known in the art to be consistent
with an intended use.
[0038] It is also understood in the art that certain changes to the
nucleotide sequence employed in a genetic construct have little or
no bearing on the proteins encoded by the construct, for example
due to the degeneracy of the genetic code. Such changes result
either from silent point mutations or point mutations that encode
different amino acids that do not appreciably alter the behavior of
the encoded protein. It is understood that portions of the coding
region can be eliminated without affecting the ability of the
construct to achieve the desired effect, namely induction of a
protective immune response against Sin Nombre virus. It is further
understood in the art that certain advantageous steps can be taken
to increase the antigenicity of an encoded protein by modifying its
amino acid composition. Such changes in amino acid composition can
be introduced by modifying the genetic sequence encoding the
protein. It is contemplated that all such modifications and
variations of the M segment of Sin Nombre virus are equivalents
within the scope of the present invention.
[0039] The DNA encoding the desired antigen can be introduced into
the cell in any suitable form including, a linearized plasmid, a
circular plasmid, a plasmid capable of replication, an episome,
RNA, etc. Preferably, the gene is contained in a plasmid. In a
particularly preferred embodiment, the plasmid is an expression
vector, such as pWRG7077. In another embodiment, the DNA encoding
the desired antigen can be introduced into virus-based vaccine
vectors such as recombinant adenovirus, recombinant vesicular
stomatitis virus, or alphavirus replicons. Individual expression
vectors capable of expressing the genetic material can be produced
using standard recombinant techniques.
[0040] This invention entails new recombinant SNV DNA sequences
which are useful to elicit neutralizing antibodies against SNV. The
DNA sequences include the codon-optimized full-length M segment
[designated SN-M(opt)] (SEQ ID NO:1), the optimized ORF plus M gene
flanking sequences (SEQ ID NO:2), and the optimized open reading
frame (ORF) (SEQ ID NO:3).
[0041] Thus in one embodiment the invention entails an isolated
nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, which is as
follows. The Sin Nombre virus M gene (optimized) open reading frame
is underlined. The synthetic open reading frame and flanking
sequence was cloned into the Not I, Bgl II site of pWRG7077
(published). The Not 1 cloning site (GCGGCCGCGG) (SEQ ID NO:7) and
the Bgl II cloning site (GATCT) (SEQ ID NO:8) are in bold. An
extraneous sequence having the sequence "ATCTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAG"
(SEQ ID NO:9) is in italics. The flanking sequences include 5' and
3' non-translated sequence from the SNV M genome segment, and a
24-base sequence (the extraneous sequence) between the Not I site
and position +2 of the M gene (not +1 because the first nucleotide
is missing). This sequence was found to be essential for expression
of the Gn protein from the Hantaan virus and Seoul virus
full-length M gene-based DNA vaccine plasmids, pWRG/HTN-M(x) and
pWRG/SEO-M, respectably. (See U.S. Pat. No. 7,217,812) It is noted
that experiments demonstrated that this 24-base sequence was not
essential for expression of Gn from the Puumala M gene-based DNA
vaccine plasmid or the Andes M gene-based DNA vaccine plasmid, but
was retained in those constructs (See US Patent Application
Publication No. 20100323024 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,217,812,
respectively).
[0042] Two SNV M segment nontranslated regions are indicated by
wavy underline, and are between the extraneous sequence and the
beginning of the ORF, and between the end of the ORF and the Bgl II
cloning site.
TABLE-US-00003 GGGGGGGGGGGGCGCTGAGGTCTGCCTCGTGAAGAAGG
TGTTGCTGACTCATACCAGGCCTGAATCGCCCCATCAT
CCAGCCAGAAAGTGAGGGAGCCACGGTTGATGAGAGCT
TTGTTGTAGGTGGACCAGTTGGTGATTTTGAACTTTTG
CTTTGCCACGGAACGGTCTGCGTTGTCGGGAAGATGCG
TGATCTGATCCTTCAACTCAGCAAAAGTTCGATTTATT
CAACAAAGCCGCCGTCCCGTCAAGTCAGCGTAATGCTC
TGCCAGTGTTACAACCAATTAACCAATTCTGATTAGAA
AAACTCATCGAGCATCAAATGAAACTGCAATTTATTCA
TATCAGGATTATCAATACCATATTTTTGAAAAAGCCGT
TTCTGTAATGAAGGAGAAAACTCACCGAGGCAGTTCCA
TAGGATGGCAAGATCCTGGTATCGGTCTGCGATTCCGA
CTCGTCCAACATCAATACAACCTATTAATTTCCCCTCG
TCAAAAATAAGGTTATCAAGTGAGAAATCACCATGAGT
GACGACTGAATCCGGTGAGAATGGCAAAAGCTTATGCA
TTTCTTTCCAGACTTGTTCAACAGGCCAGCCATTACGC
TCGTCATCAAAATCACTCGCATCAACCAAACCGTTATT
CATTCGTGATTGCGCCTGAGCGAGACGAAATACGCGAT
CGCTGTTAAAAGGACAATTACAAACAGGAATCGAATGC
AACCGGCGCAGGAACACTGCCAGCGCATCAACAATATT
TTCACCTGAATCAGGATATTCTTCTAATACCTGGAATG
CTGTTTTCCCGGGGATCGCAGTGGTGAGTAACCATGCA
TCATCAGGAGTACGGATAAAATGCTTGATGGTCGGAAG
AGGCATAAATTCCGTCAGCCAGTTTAGTCTGACCATCT
CATCTGTAACATCATTGGCAACGCTACCTTTGCCATGT
TTCAGAAACAACTCTGGCGCATCGGGCTTCCCATACAA
TCGATAGATTGTCGCACCTGATTGCCCGACATTATCGC
GAGCCCATTTATACCCATATAAATCAGCATCCATGTTG
GAATTTAATCGCGGCCTCGAGCAAGACGTTTCCCGTTG
AATATGGCTCATAACACCCCTTGTATTACTGTTTATGT
AAGCAGACAGTTTTATTGTTCATGATGATATATTTTTA
TCTTGTGCAATGTAACATCAGAGATTTTGAGACACAAC
GTGGCTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCGGCATGCCTGCAGGTCGA
CAATATTGGCTATTGGCCATTGCATACGTTGTATCTAT
ATCATAATATGTACATTTATATTGGCTCATGTCCAATA
TGACCGCCATGTTGACATTGATTATTGACTAGTTATTA
ATAGTAATCAATTACGGGGTCATTAGTTCATAGCCCAT
ATATGGAGTTCCGCGTTACATAACTTACGGTAAATGGC
CCGCCTGGCTGACCGCCCAACGACCCCCGCCCATTGAC
GTCAATAATGACGTATGTTCCCATAGTAACGCCAATAG
GGACTTTCCATTGACGTCAATGGGTGGAGTATTTACGG
TAAACTGCCCACTTGGCAGTACATCAAGTGTATCATAT
GCCAAGTCCGCCCCCTATTGACGTCAATGACGGTAAAT
GGCCCGCCTGGCATTATGCCCAGTACATGACCTTACGG
GACTTTCCTACTTGGCAGTACATCTACGTATTAGTCAT
CGCTATTACCATGGTGATGCGGTTTTGGCAGTACACCA
ATGGGCGTGGATAGCGGTTTGACTCACGGGGATTTCCA
AGTCTCCACCCCATTGACGTCAATGGGAGTTTGTTTTG
GCACCAAAATCAACGGGACTTTCCAAAATGTCGTAATA
ACCCCGCCCCGTTGACGCAAATGGGCGGTAGGCGTGTA
CGGTGGGAGGTCTATATAAGCAGAGCTCGTTTAGTGAA
CCGTCAGATCGCCTGGAGACGCCATCCACGCTGTTTTG
ACCTCCATAGAAGACACCGGGACCGATCCAGCCTCCGC
GGCCGGGAACGGTGCATTGGAACGCGGATTCCCCGTGC
CAAGAGTGACGTAAGTACCGCCTATAGACTCTATAGGC
ACACCCCTTTGGCTCTTATGCATGCTATACTGTTTTTG
GCTTGGGGCCTATACACCCCCGCTTCCTTATGCTATAG
GTGATGGTATAGCTTAGCCTATAGGTGTGGGTTATTGA
CCATTATTGACCACTCCCCTATTGGTGACGATACTTTC
CATTACTAATCCATAACATGGCTCTTTGCCACAACTAT
CTCTATTGGCTATATGCCAATACTCTGTCCTTCAGAGA
CTGACACGGACTCTGTATTTTTACAGGATGGGGTCCCA
TTTATTATTTACAAATTCACATATACAACAACGCCGTC
CCCCGTGCCCGCAGTTTTTATTAAACATAGCGTGGGAT
CTCCACGCGAATCTCGGGTACGTGTTCCGGACATGGGC
TCTTCTCCGGTAGCGGCGGAGCTTCCACATCCGAGCCC
TGGTCCCATGCCTCCAGCGGCTCATGGTCGCTCGGCAG
CTCCTTGCTCCTAACAGTGGAGGCCAGACTTAGGCACA
GCACAATGCCCACCACCACCAGTGTGCCGCACAAGGCC
GTGGCGGTAGGGTATGTGTCTGAAAATGAGCTCGGAGA
TTGGGCTCGCACCGCTGACGCAGATGGAAGACTTAAGG
CAGCGGCAGAAGAAGATGCAGGCAGCTGAGTTGTTGTA
TTCTGATAAGAGTCAGAGGTAACTCCCGTTGCGGTGCT
GTTAACGGTGGAGGGCAGTGTAGTCTGAGCAGTACTCG
TTGCTGCCGCGCGCGCCACCAGACATAATAGCTGACAG
ACTAACAGACTGTTCCTTTCCATGGGTCTTTTCTGCAG TCACCGTCCAAGCTT
GCGGCCGCGGATCTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAG ##STR00001## ##STR00002##
ATGGTGGGCTGGGTGTGCA TCTTCCTGGTGGTGCTGACCACCGCCACAGCCGGCCTG
ACCCGGAACCTGTACGAGCTGAAGATCGAGTGCCCCCA
CACCGTGGGCCTGGGCCAGGGCTACGTGACCGGCAGCG
TGGAGACAACCCCCATCCTGCTGACCCAGGTGGCCGAC
CTGAAGATTGAGAGCAGCTGCAACTTCGACCTGCACGT
GCCCGCCACCACCACCCAGAAATACAACCAGGTGGACT
GGACCAAGAAGAGCAGCACCACCGAGAGCACCAACGCC
GGAGCCACCACCTTCGAGGCCAAGACCAAAGAAGTGAA
CCTGAAGGGCACCTGCAACATCCCCCCCACCACATTTG
AGGCCGCCTACAAGAGCAGAAAGACCGTGATCTGCTAC
GACCTGGCCTGCAACCAGACCCACTGCCTGCCCACCGT
GCACCTGATCGCCCCCGTGCAGACCTGCATGAGCGTGC
GGAGCTGCATGATCGGCCTGCTGTCCAGCCGGATCCAG
GTGATCTACGAGAAAACCTACTGCGTGACCGGCCAGCT
GATCGAGGGCCTGTGCTTCATCCCCACCCACACAATCG
CCCTGACCCAGCCCGGCCACACCTACGACACCATGACC
CTGCCCGTGACCTGCTTTCTGGTGGCCAAGAAGCTGGG
CACCCAGCTGAAGCTGGCCGTGGAGCTGGAAAAGCTGA
TCACCGGCGTGAGCTGCACCGAGAACAGCTTCCAGGGC
TACTACATCTGCTTCATCGGCAAGCACAGCGAGCCCCT
GTTCGTGCCCACCATGGAAGATTACAGAAGCGCCGAGC
TGTTCACCCGGATGGTGCTGAACCCCAGGGGCGAGGAC
CACGACCCCGACCAGAACGGCCAGGGCCTGATGCGGAT
CGCCGGACCCGTGACCGCCAAGGTGCCCAGCACCGAGA
CAACCGAAACCATGCAGGGCATTGCCTTCGCCGGAGCC
CCCATGTACAGCAGCTTCAGCACCCTGGTGCGGAAGGC
CGACCCCGAGTACGTGTTCAGCCCCGGCATCATTGCCG
AGAGCAACCACAGCGTGTGCGACAAGAAAACCGTGCCC
CTGACCTGGACCGGCTTCCTGGCCGTGAGCGGCGAGAT
CGAGCGGATCACCGGCTGCACCGTGTTCTGCACCCTGG
CCGGACCTGGCGCCAGCTGCGAGGCCTACAGCGAGACA
GGCATCTTCAACATCAGCAGCCCCACCTGCCTGGTGAA
CAAGGTGCAGAAGTTCCGGGGCAGCGAGCAGCGGATCA
ACTTCATGTGCCAGCGGGTGGACCAGGACGTGGTGGTG
TACTGCAACGGCCAGAAAAAAGTGATCCTGACCAAGAC
CCTGGTGATCGGCCAGTGCATCTACACCTTCACCAGCC
TGTTCAGCCTGATCCCTGGCGTGGCTCATAGCCTGGCA
GTCGAACTGTGCGTGCCTGGCCTGCACGGATGGGCCAC
CACCGCCCTGCTGATCACCTTCTGCTTCGGCTGGCTGC
TGATCCCCACAGTGACCCTGATCATCCTGAAGATCCTG
CGGCTGCTGACCTTCAGCTGCAGCCACTACAGCACCGA
GTCCAAGTTCAAAGTGATTCTGGAACGCGTGAAGGTGG
AGTACCAGAAAACCATGGGCAGCATGGTGTGCGACATC
TGCCACCACGAGTGCGAGACAGCCAAAGAGCTGGAAAC
CCACAAGAAGAGCTGCCCCGAGGGCCAGTGCCCCTACT
GCATGACCATCACAGAGAGCACCGAGAGCGCCCTGCAG
GCCCACTTCAGCATCTGCAAGCTGACCAACCGGTTCCA
GGAAAACCTGAAGAAGAGCCTGAAGCGGCCCGAAGTGC
GGAAGGGCTGCTACCGGACCCTGGGCGTGTTCCGGTAC
AAGAGCCGGTGCTATGTGGGCCTGGTGTGGGGCATTCT
GCTGACCACAGAGCTGATCATCTGGGCCGCCAGCGCCG
ACACCCCCCTGATGGAAAGCGGGTGGAGCGACACCGCT
CATGGCGTGGGAATCGTGCCCATGAAAACCGACCTGGA
ACTGGACTTCGCCCTGGCCAGCAGCAGCAGCTACAGCT
ACCGGCGGAAGCTGGTGAACCCCGCCAACCAGGAAGAG
ACACTGCCCTTCCACTTCCAACTGGACAAGCAGGTGGT
GCACGCCGAGATCCAGAACCTGGGCCACTGGATGGACG
GCACCTTCAATATCAAGACCGCCTTCCACTGCTACGGC
GAGTGCAAGAAGTACGCCTACCCCTGGCAGACCGCCAA
GTGCTTCTTCGAGAAGGACTACCAGTACGAGACAAGCT
GGGGCTGCAACCCCCCCGACTGTCCTGGCGTGGGCACC
GGCTGTACCGCCTGCGGCGTGTACCTGGACAAGCTGCG
GAGCGTGGGCAAGGCCTACAAGATCGTGTCCCTGAAGT
ACACCCGGAAAGTGTGCATCCAGCTGGGCACAGAGCAG
ACATGCAAGCACATCGACGTGAACGATTGCCTGGTGAC
CCCCAGCGTGAAAGTCTGTATGATTGGCACCATCAGCA
AGCTGCAGCCCGGCGATACCCTGCTGTTCCTGGGCCCC
CTGGAACAGGGCGGCATCATTCTGAAGCAGTGGTGTAC
CACCTCCTGCGTGTTCGGCGACCCCGGCGACATCATGA
GCACCACCTCCGGCATGCGGTGCCCCGAGCACACCGGC
AGCTTCCGGAAGATTTGTGGCTTCGCCACCACCCCTAC
CTGCGAGTACCAGGGCAACACCGTGTCCGGCTTCCAGC
GGATGATGGCCACCCGGGATAGCTTCCAGAGCTTCAAC
GTGACCGAGCCCCACATCACCAGCAACCGGCTGGAATG
GATCGACCCCGACAGCAGCATCAAGGACCACATCAACA
TGGTGCTCAATCGGGACGTGAGCTTCCAGGACCTGAGC
GACAACCCCTGCAAGGTGGACCTGCACACCCAGAGCAT
CGACGGCGCCTGGGGCAGCGGCGTGGGCTTCACACTGG
TGTGCACAGTGGGCCTGACCGAGTGCGCCAACTTCATC
ACCTCCATCAAGGCCTGCGACAGCGCCATGTGCTACGG
CGCCACCGTGACCAACCTGCTGCGGGGCTCCAACACAG
TGAAGGTGGTGGGCAAGGGCGGCCACAGCGGCAGCCTG
TTTAAGTGCTGCCACGACACCGACTGCACCGAGGAAGG
CCTGGCCGCCAGCCCCCCTCACCTGGACAGAGTGACCG
GCTACAACCAGATCGACAGCGACAAGGTGTACGACGAT
GGCGCCCCTCCCTGCACCATCAAGTGCTGGTTCACCAA
GAGCGGCGAGTGGCTGCTGGGCATCCTGAACGGCAACT
GGGTCGTCGTGGCCGTGCTGATCGTGATCCTGATCCTG
TCTATCCTGCTGTTCAGCTTCTTCTGCCCCGTGCGGAA CCGGAAGAACAAGGCCAACT
##STR00003## ##STR00004## ##STR00005## ##STR00006## ##STR00007##
##STR00008## ##STR00009## ##STR00010## ##STR00011##
ACGTATGATCAGCCTCGACTGTGCCTTCTAGTTGCCAG
CCATCTGTTGTTTGCCCCTCCCCCGTGCCTTCCTTGAC
CCTGGAAGGTGCCACTCCCACTGTCCTTTCCTAATAAA
ATGAGGAAATTGCATCGCATTGTCTGAGTAGGTGTCAT
TCTATTCTGGGGGGTGGGGTGGGGCAGGACAGCAAGGG
GGAGGATTGGGAAGACAATAGCAGGCATGCTGGGGATG
CGGTGGGCTCTATGGCTTCTGAGGCGGAAAGAACCAGC
TGGGGCTCGACAGCTCGACTCTAGAATTGCTTCCTCGC
TCACTGACTCGCTGCGCTCGGTCGTTCGGCTGCGGCGA
GCGGTATCAGCTCACTCAAAGGCGGTAATACGGTTATC
CACAGAATCAGGGGATAACGCAGGAAAGAACATGTGAG
CAAAAGGCCAGCAAAAGGCCAGGAACCGTAAAAAGGCC
GCGTTGCTGGCGTTTTTCCATAGGCTCCGCCCCCCTGA
CGAGCATCACAAAAATCGACGCTCAAGTCAGAGGTGGC
GAAACCCGACAGGACTATAAAGATACCAGGCGTTTCCC
CCTGGAAGCTCCCTCGTGCGCTCTCCTGTTCCGACCCT
GCCGCTTACCGGATACCTGTCCGCCTTTCTCCCTTCGG
GAAGCGTGGCGCTTTCTCATAGCTCACGCTGTAGGTAT
CTCAGTTCGGTGTAGGTCGTTCGCTCCAAGCTGGGCTG
TGTGCACGAACCCCCCGTTCAGCCCGACCGCTGCGCCT
TATCCGGTAACTATCGTCTTGAGTCCAACCCGGTAAGA
CACGACTTATCGCCACTGGCAGCAGCCACTGGTAACAG
GATTAGCAGAGCGAGGTATGTAGGCGGTGCTACAGAGT
TCTTGAAGTGGTGGCCTAACTACGGCTACACTAGAAGA
ACAGTATTTGGTATCTGCGCTCTGCTGAAGCCAGTTAC
CTTCGGAAAAAGAGTTGGTAGCTCTTGATCCGGCAAAC
AAACCACCGCTGGTAGCGGTGGTTTTTTTGTTTGCAAG
CAGCAGATTACGCGCAGAAAAAAAGGATCTCAAGAAGA
TCCTTTGATCTTTTCTACGGGGTCTGACGCTCAGTGGA
ACGAAAACTCACGTTAAGGGATTTTGGTCATGAGATTA
TCAAAAAGGATCTTCACCTAGATCCTTTTAAATTAAAA
ATGAAGTTTTAAATCAATCTAAAGTATATATGAGTAAA
CTTGGTCTGACAGTTACCAATGCTTAATCAGTGAGGCA
CCTATCTCAGCGATCTGTCTATTTCGTTCATCCATAGT TGCCTGACTC
This is the full-length optimized SNV M gene of pWRG/SN-M(opt). The
nucleic acids outside the Not 1 and Bgl II cloning sites are not
considered significant to the use of the SNV M gene.
[0043] Another valuable sequence is the isolated nucleic acid
sequence of the SNV M gene (optimized) open reading frame plus the
flanking sequence, as shown in SEQ ID NO:2, as follows:
TABLE-US-00004 GCGGCCGCGGATCTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAGAGTAGTAGACTCCGCACG
AAGAAGCAAACACTGAATAAAGGATATACAGAATGGTGGGCTGGGTGTGC
ATCTTCCTGGTGGTGCTGACCACCGCCACAGCCGGCCTGACCCGGAACCT
GTACGAGCTGAAGATCGAGTGCCCCCACACCGTGGGCCTGGGCCAGGGCT
ACGTGACCGGCAGCGTGGAGACAACCCCCATCCTGCTGACCCAGGTGGCC
GACCTGAAGATTGAGAGCAGCTGCAACTTCGACCTGCACGTGCCCGCCAC
CACCACCCAGAAATACAACCAGGTGGACTGGACCAAGAAGAGCAGCACCA
CCGAGAGCACCAACGCCGGAGCCACCACCTTCGAGGCCAAGACCAAAGAA
GTGAACCTGAAGGGCACCTGCAACATCCCCCCCACCACATTTGAGGCCGC
CTACAAGAGCAGAAAGACCGTGATCTGCTACGACCTGGCCTGCAACCAGA
CCCACTGCCTGCCCACCGTGCACCTGATCGCCCCCGTGCAGACCTGCATG
AGCGTGCGGAGCTGCATGATCGGCCTGCTGTCCAGCCGGATCCAGGTGAT
CTACGAGAAAACCTACTGCGTGACCGGCCAGCTGATCGAGGGCCTGTGCT
TCATCCCCACCCACACAATCGCCCTGACCCAGCCCGGCCACACCTACGAC
ACCATGACCCTGCCCGTGACCTGCTTTCTGGTGGCCAAGAAGCTGGGCAC
CCAGCTGAAGCTGGCCGTGGAGCTGGAAAAGCTGATCACCGGCGTGAGCT
GCACCGAGAACAGCTTCCAGGGCTACTACATCTGCTTCATCGGCAAGCAC
AGCGAGCCCCTGTTCGTGCCCACCATGGAAGATTACAGAAGCGCCGAGCT
GTTCACCCGGATGGTGCTGAACCCCAGGGGCGAGGACCACGACCCCGACC
AGAACGGCCAGGGCCTGATGCGGATCGCCGGACCCGTGACCGCCAAGGTG
CCCAGCACCGAGACAACCGAAACCATGCAGGGCATTGCCTTCGCCGGAGC
CCCCATGTACAGCAGCTTCAGCACCCTGGTGCGGAAGGCCGACCCCGAGT
ACGTGTTCAGCCCCGGCATCATTGCCGAGAGCAACCACAGCGTGTGCGAC
AAGAAAACCGTGCCCCTGACCTGGACCGGCTTCCTGGCCGTGAGCGGCGA
GATCGAGCGGATCACCGGCTGCACCGTGTTCTGCACCCTGGCCGGACCTG
GCGCCAGCTGCGAGGCCTACAGCGAGACAGGCATCTTCAACATCAGCAGC
CCCACCTGCCTGGTGAACAAGGTGCAGAAGTTCCGGGGCAGCGAGCAGCG
GATCAACTTCATGTGCCAGCGGGTGGACCAGGACGTGGTGGTGTACTGCA
ACGGCCAGAAAAAAGTGATCCTGACCAAGACCCTGGTGATCGGCCAGTGC
ATCTACACCTTCACCAGCCTGTTCAGCCTGATCCCTGGCGTGGCTCATAG
CCTGGCAGTCGAACTGTGCGTGCCTGGCCTGCACGGATGGGCCACCACCG
CCCTGCTGATCACCTTCTGCTTCGGCTGGCTGCTGATCCCCACAGTGACC
CTGATCATCCTGAAGATCCTGCGGCTGCTGACCTTCAGCTGCAGCCACTA
CAGCACCGAGTCCAAGTTCAAAGTGATTCTGGAACGCGTGAAGGTGGAGT
ACCAGAAAACCATGGGCAGCATGGTGTGCGACATCTGCCACCACGAGTGC
GAGACAGCCAAAGAGCTGGAAACCCACAAGAAGAGCTGCCCCGAGGGCCA
GTGCCCCTACTGCATGACCATCACAGAGAGCACCGAGAGCGCCCTGCAGG
CCCACTTCAGCATCTGCAAGCTGACCAACCGGTTCCAGGAAAACCTGAAG
AAGAGCCTGAAGCGGCCCGAAGTGCGGAAGGGCTGCTACCGGACCCTGGG
CGTGTTCCGGTACAAGAGCCGGTGCTATGTGGGCCTGGTGTGGGGCATTC
TGCTGACCACAGAGCTGATCATCTGGGCCGCCAGCGCCGACACCCCCCTG
ATGGAAAGCGGGTGGAGCGACACCGCTCATGGCGTGGGAATCGTGCCCAT
GAAAACCGACCTGGAACTGGACTTCGCCCTGGCCAGCAGCAGCAGCTACA
GCTACCGGCGGAAGCTGGTGAACCCCGCCAACCAGGAAGAGACACTGCCC
TTCCACTTCCAACTGGACAAGCAGGTGGTGCACGCCGAGATCCAGAACCT
GGGCCACTGGATGGACGGCACCTTCAATATCAAGACCGCCTTCCACTGCT
ACGGCGAGTGCAAGAAGTACGCCTACCCCTGGCAGACCGCCAAGTGCTTC
TTCGAGAAGGACTACCAGTACGAGACAAGCTGGGGCTGCAACCCCCCCGA
CTGTCCTGGCGTGGGCACCGGCTGTACCGCCTGCGGCGTGTACCTGGACA
AGCTGCGGAGCGTGGGCAAGGCCTACAAGATCGTGTCCCTGAAGTACACC
CGGAAAGTGTGCATCCAGCTGGGCACAGAGCAGACATGCAAGCACATCGA
CGTGAACGATTGCCTGGTGACCCCCAGCGTGAAAGTCTGTATGATTGGCA
CCATCAGCAAGCTGCAGCCCGGCGATACCCTGCTGTTCCTGGGCCCCCTG
GAACAGGGCGGCATCATTCTGAAGCAGTGGTGTACCACCTCCTGCGTGTT
CGGCGACCCCGGCGACATCATGAGCACCACCTCCGGCATGCGGTGCCCCG
AGCACACCGGCAGCTTCCGGAAGATTTGTGGCTTCGCCACCACCCCTACC
TGCGAGTACCAGGGCAACACCGTGTCCGGCTTCCAGCGGATGATGGCCAC
CCGGGATAGCTTCCAGAGCTTCAACGTGACCGAGCCCCACATCACCAGCA
ACCGGCTGGAATGGATCGACCCCGACAGCAGCATCAAGGACCACATCAAC
ATGGTGCTCAATCGGGACGTGAGCTTCCAGGACCTGAGCGACAACCCCTG
CAAGGTGGACCTGCACACCCAGAGCATCGACGGCGCCTGGGGCAGCGGCG
TGGGCTTCACACTGGTGTGCACAGTGGGCCTGACCGAGTGCGCCAACTTC
ATCACCTCCATCAAGGCCTGCGACAGCGCCATGTGCTACGGCGCCACCGT
GACCAACCTGCTGCGGGGCTCCAACACAGTGAAGGTGGTGGGCAAGGGCG
GCCACAGCGGCAGCCTGTTTAAGTGCTGCCACGACACCGACTGCACCGAG
GAAGGCCTGGCCGCCAGCCCCCCTCACCTGGACAGAGTGACCGGCTACAA
CCAGATCGACAGCGACAAGGTGTACGACGATGGCGCCCCTCCCTGCACCA
TCAAGTGCTGGTTCACCAAGAGCGGCGAGTGGCTGCTGGGCATCCTGAAC
GGCAACTGGGTCGTCGTGGCCGTGCTGATCGTGATCCTGATCCTGTCTAT
CCTGCTGTTCAGCTTCTTCTGCCCCGTGCGGAACCGGAAGAACAAGGCCA
ACTAGCAAACATATATGTAAGTAAGGGTATGATCATATTATATCATTATG
CGTATACTCTTATATCTATAATATCTATGTATCCTTATACTCTAACTATT
TATATTAATTTTTACTTTTATACAAGTATTAACTAACCCATTACCAGCTA
AAAAAAACAAACCCTTAACACCTATATAATCCCATTTGCTTATTACGAGG
CTTTTGTTCCTGCGGAGTCTACTACTAAGATCT
The flanking sequences are the cloning sites plus the SNV M segment
non-translated regions of SEQ ID NO:1, and also includes the
"extraneous sequence" at the 5' end. The first flanking sequence
is:
TABLE-US-00005 (SEQ ID:NO 5)
ATCTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAGAGTAGTAGACTCCGCACGAAGAAGCAAA
CACTGAATAAAGGATATACAGA; the second flanking sequence is (SEQ ID NO:
6) CAAACATATATGTAAGTAAGGGTATGATCATATTATATCATTATGCGTAT
ACTCTTATATCTATAATATCTATGTATCCTTATACTCTAACTATTTATAT
TAATTTTTACTTTTATACAAGTATTAACTAACCCATTACCAGCTAAAAAA
AACAAACCCTTAACACCTATATAATCCCATTTGCTTATTACGAGGCTTTT
GTTCCTGCGGAGTCTACTACTAA
[0044] Another valuable sequence is the isolated nucleic acid
sequence of the SNV M gene (optimized) open reading frame by
itself, as shown in SEQ ID NO:3. As a point of reference, the ORF
begins with the ATG start codon and ends with the TAG stop codon.
SEQ ID NO:3 is as follows:
TABLE-US-00006 ATGGTGGGCTGGGTGTGCATCTTCCTGGTGGTGCTGACCACCGCCACAGC
CGGCCTGACCCGGAACCTGTACGAGCTGAAGATCGAGTGCCCCCACACCG
TGGGCCTGGGCCAGGGCTACGTGACCGGCAGCGTGGAGACAACCCCCATC
CTGCTGACCCAGGTGGCCGACCTGAAGATTGAGAGCAGCTGCAACTTCGA
CCTGCACGTGCCCGCCACCACCACCCAGAAATACAACCAGGTGGACTGGA
CCAAGAAGAGCAGCACCACCGAGAGCACCAACGCCGGAGCCACCACCTTC
GAGGCCAAGACCAAAGAAGTGAACCTGAAGGGCACCTGCAACATCCCCCC
CACCACATTTGAGGCCGCCTACAAGAGCAGAAAGACCGTGATCTGCTACG
ACCTGGCCTGCAACCAGACCCACTGCCTGCCCACCGTGCACCTGATCGCC
CCCGTGCAGACCTGCATGAGCGTGCGGAGCTGCATGATCGGCCTGCTGTC
CAGCCGGATCCAGGTGATCTACGAGAAAACCTACTGCGTGACCGGCCAGC
TGATCGAGGGCCTGTGCTTCATCCCCACCCACACAATCGCCCTGACCCAG
CCCGGCCACACCTACGACACCATGACCCTGCCCGTGACCTGCTTTCTGGT
GGCCAAGAAGCTGGGCACCCAGCTGAAGCTGGCCGTGGAGCTGGAAAAGC
TGATCACCGGCGTGAGCTGCACCGAGAACAGCTTCCAGGGCTACTACATC
TGCTTCATCGGCAAGCACAGCGAGCCCCTGTTCGTGCCCACCATGGAAGA
TTACAGAAGCGCCGAGCTGTTCACCCGGATGGTGCTGAACCCCAGGGGCG
AGGACCACGACCCCGACCAGAACGGCCAGGGCCTGATGCGGATCGCCGGA
CCCGTGACCGCCAAGGTGCCCAGCACCGAGACAACCGAAACCATGCAGGG
CATTGCCTTCGCCGGAGCCCCCATGTACAGCAGCTTCAGCACCCTGGTGC
GGAAGGCCGACCCCGAGTACGTGTTCAGCCCCGGCATCATTGCCGAGAGC
AACCACAGCGTGTGCGACAAGAAAACCGTGCCCCTGACCTGGACCGGCTT
CCTGGCCGTGAGCGGCGAGATCGAGCGGATCACCGGCTGCACCGTGTTCT
GCACCCTGGCCGGACCTGGCGCCAGCTGCGAGGCCTACAGCGAGACAGGC
ATCTTCAACATCAGCAGCCCCACCTGCCTGGTGAACAAGGTGCAGAAGTT
CCGGGGCAGCGAGCAGCGGATCAACTTCATGTGCCAGCGGGTGGACCAGG
ACGTGGTGGTGTACTGCAACGGCCAGAAAAAAGTGATCCTGACCAAGACC
CTGGTGATCGGCCAGTGCATCTACACCTTCACCAGCCTGTTCAGCCTGAT
CCCTGGCGTGGCTCATAGCCTGGCAGTCGAACTGTGCGTGCCTGGCCTGC
ACGGATGGGCCACCACCGCCCTGCTGATCACCTTCTGCTTCGGCTGGCTG
CTGATCCCCACAGTGACCCTGATCATCCTGAAGATCCTGCGGCTGCTGAC
CTTCAGCTGCAGCCACTACAGCACCGAGTCCAAGTTCAAAGTGATTCTGG
AACGCGTGAAGGTGGAGTACCAGAAAACCATGGGCAGCATGGTGTGCGAC
ATCTGCCACCACGAGTGCGAGACAGCCAAAGAGCTGGAAACCCACAAGAA
GAGCTGCCCCGAGGGCCAGTGCCCCTACTGCATGACCATCACAGAGAGCA
CCGAGAGCGCCCTGCAGGCCCACTTCAGCATCTGCAAGCTGACCAACCGG
TTCCAGGAAAACCTGAAGAAGAGCCTGAAGCGGCCCGAAGTGCGGAAGGG
CTGCTACCGGACCCTGGGCGTGTTCCGGTACAAGAGCCGGTGCTATGTGG
GCCTGGTGTGGGGCATTCTGCTGACCACAGAGCTGATCATCTGGGCCGCC
AGCGCCGACACCCCCCTGATGGAAAGCGGGTGGAGCGACACCGCTCATGG
CGTGGGAATCGTGCCCATGAAAACCGACCTGGAACTGGACTTCGCCCTGG
CCAGCAGCAGCAGCTACAGCTACCGGCGGAAGCTGGTGAACCCCGCCAAC
CAGGAAGAGACACTGCCCTTCCACTTCCAACTGGACAAGCAGGTGGTGCA
CGCCGAGATCCAGAACCTGGGCCACTGGATGGACGGCACCTTCAATATCA
AGACCGCCTTCCACTGCTACGGCGAGTGCAAGAAGTACGCCTACCCCTGG
CAGACCGCCAAGTGCTTCTTCGAGAAGGACTACCAGTACGAGACAAGCTG
GGGCTGCAACCCCCCCGACTGTCCTGGCGTGGGCACCGGCTGTACCGCCT
GCGGCGTGTACCTGGACAAGCTGCGGAGCGTGGGCAAGGCCTACAAGATC
GTGTCCCTGAAGTACACCCGGAAAGTGTGCATCCAGCTGGGCACAGAGCA
GACATGCAAGCACATCGACGTGAACGATTGCCTGGTGACCCCCAGCGTGA
AAGTCTGTATGATTGGCACCATCAGCAAGCTGCAGCCCGGCGATACCCTG
CTGTTCCTGGGCCCCCTGGAACAGGGCGGCATCATTCTGAAGCAGTGGTG
TACCACCTCCTGCGTGTTCGGCGACCCCGGCGACATCATGAGCACCACCT
CCGGCATGCGGTGCCCCGAGCACACCGGCAGCTTCCGGAAGATTTGTGGC
TTCGCCACCACCCCTACCTGCGAGTACCAGGGCAACACCGTGTCCGGCTT
CCAGCGGATGATGGCCACCCGGGATAGCTTCCAGAGCTTCAACGTGACCG
AGCCCCACATCACCAGCAACCGGCTGGAATGGATCGACCCCGACAGCAGC
ATCAAGGACCACATCAACATGGTGCTCAATCGGGACGTGAGCTTCCAGGA
CCTGAGCGACAACCCCTGCAAGGTGGACCTGCACACCCAGAGCATCGACG
GCGCCTGGGGCAGCGGCGTGGGCTTCACACTGGTGTGCACAGTGGGCCTG
ACCGAGTGCGCCAACTTCATCACCTCCATCAAGGCCTGCGACAGCGCCAT
GTGCTACGGCGCCACCGTGACCAACCTGCTGCGGGGCTCCAACACAGTGA
AGGTGGTGGGCAAGGGCGGCCACAGCGGCAGCCTGTTTAAGTGCTGCCAC
GACACCGACTGCACCGAGGAAGGCCTGGCCGCCAGCCCCCCTCACCTGGA
CAGAGTGACCGGCTACAACCAGATCGACAGCGACAAGGTGTACGACGATG
GCGCCCCTCCCTGCACCATCAAGTGCTGGTTCACCAAGAGCGGCGAGTGG
CTGCTGGGCATCCTGAACGGCAACTGGGTCGTCGTGGCCGTGCTGATCGT
GATCCTGATCCTGTCTATCCTGCTGTTCAGCTTCTTCTGCCCCGTGCGGA
ACCGGAAGAACAAGGCCAACTAG
[0045] SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3 are especially useful as a DNA
cassette. The preferred cassette is the SNV optimized M gene
cassette in the SNV-M (opt) (preferably taken from the Not 1 site
to the BglII site, or minimally the ORF (SEQ ID NO:3) operably
linked to a promoter) which can be subcloned into any other
vaccine/expression system available, and used to generate active or
passive immunity against SN virus. The DNA cassette specifically
includes at least SEQ ID NO:2 linked to a promoter operable in a
eukaryotic expression system. Alternatively, the DNA cassette
includes the sequence in SEQ ID NO:3 (within pWRG/SN-M(opt)) from
the ATG start codon to the TAG stop codon.
[0046] The peptide encoded by DNA sequence SEQ ID NO:3 is as
follows:
SN-M(opt) amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:4).
TABLE-US-00007 MVGWVCIFLVVLTTATAGLTRNLYELKIECPHTVGLGQGYVTGSVETTPI
LLTQVADLKIESSCNFDLHVPATTTQKYNQVDWTKKSSTTESTNAGATTF
EAKTKEVNLKGTCNIPPTTFEAAYKSRKTVICYDLACNQTHCLPTVHLIA
PVQTCMSVRSCMIGLLSSRIQVIYEKTYCVTGQLIEGLCFIPTHTIALTQ
PGHTYDTMTLPVTCFLVAKKLGTQLKLAVELEKLITGVSCTENSFQGYYI
CFIGKHSEPLFVPTMEDYRSAELFTRMVLNPRGEDHDPDQNGQGLMRIAG
PVTAKVPSTETTETMQGIAFAGAPMYSSFSTLVRKADPEYVFSPGIIAES
NHSVCDKKTVPLTWTGFLAVSGEIERITGCTVFCTLAGPGASCEAYSETG
IFNISSPTCLVNKVQKFRGSEQRINFMCQRVDQDVVVYCNGQKKVILTKT
LVIGQCIYTFTSLFSLIPGVAHSLAVELCVPGLHGWATTALLITFCFGWL
LIPTVTLIILKILRLLTFSCSHYSTESKFKVILERVKVEYQKTMGSMVCD
ICHHECETAKELETHKKSCPEGQCPYCMTITESTESALQAHFSICKLTNR
FQENLKKSLKRPEVRKGCYRTLGVFRYKSRCYVGLVWGILLTTELIIWAA
SADTPLMESGWSDTAHGVGIVPMKTDLELDFALASSSSYSYRRKLVNPAN
QEETLPFHFQLDKQVVHAEIQNLGHWMDGTFNIKTAFHCYGECKKYAYPW
QTAKCFFEKDYQYETSWGCNPPDCPGVGTGCTACGVYLDKLRSVGKAYKI
VSLKYTRKVCIQLGTEQTCKHIDVNDCLVTPSVKVCMIGTISKLQPGDTL
LFLGPLEQGGIILKQWCTTSCVFGDPGDIMSTTSGMRCPEHTGSFRKICG
FATTPTCEYQGNTVSGFQRMMATRDSFQSFNVTEPHITSNRLEWIDPDSS
IKDHINMVLNRDVSFQDLSDNPCKVDLHTQSIDGAWGSGVGFTLVCTVGL
TECANFITSIKACDSAMCYGATVTNLLRGSNTVKVVGKGGHSGSLFKCCH
DTDCTEEGLAASPPHLDRVTGYNQIDSDKVYDDGAPPCTIKCWFTKSGEW
LLGILNGNWVVVAVLIVILILSILLFSFFCPVRNRKNKAN
[0047] There are four residues that are altered in the M(opt) from
the M(2a): K at position 27, T at position 241, D at position 434,
and S at position 519. The enhanced immunogenicity of
pWRG/SN-M(opt) vs pWRG/SN-M(2a) is speculated to be due to the
nucleic acid changes, one or more of the four amino acid changes,
or a combination thereof.
[0048] In another embodiment, the invention entails a recombinant
DNA construct comprising:
[0049] (i) a vector, and
[0050] (ii) the DNA fragment comprising the nucleic acid sequence
set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3, or a DNA
fragment comprising a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the amino
acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4, operably linked to a
promoter sequence.
[0051] As would be understood by someone having skill in this art,
the DNA constructs of our invention will have all necessary
structural components for expression of the DNA fragment of
interest (e.g., promoters functional in mammals, and the like). The
vector can take the form of a plasmid such as pCRII (Invitrogen) or
pJW4303 (Konishi, E. et al., 1992, Virology 188:714), or any
expression vector such as viral vectors e.g. adenovirus or
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and others known in the art.
Preferably the vector is a recombinant adenovirus or recombinant
vesicular stomatitis virus, or alphavirus replicon. Preferably, a
promoter sequence operable in the target cell is operably linked to
the DNA sequence. Several such promoters are known for mammalian
systems which may be joined 5', or upstream, of the coding sequence
for the encoded protein to be expressed. A suitable and preferred
promoter is the human cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter,
preferably operably linked to intron A. Another preferred promoter
is the beta-actin promoter or the SV40 promoter. A downstream
transcriptional terminator, or polyadenylation sequence, such as
the polyA addition sequence of the bovine growth hormone gene, may
also be added 3' to the protein coding sequence.
[0052] Preferably, the construct is the pWRG/SN-M(opt) DNA vaccine
plasmid, whose sequence is set forth above and referred to as SEQ
ID NO:1.
[0053] In a further embodiment, the present invention relates to
host cells stably transformed or transfected with the
above-described recombinant DNA constructs. The host cell can be
prokaryotic such as Bacillus or E. coli, or eukaryotic such a
Saccharomyces or Pichia, or mammalian cells or insect cells. The
vector containing the Sin Nombre virus M gene sequence is expressed
in the bacteria and the expressed product used for diagnostic
procedures or as a vaccine. Please see e.g., Maniatis et al., 1985
Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual or DNA Cloning, Vol. I and
II (D. N. Glover, ed., 1985) for general cloning methods. The DNA
sequence can be present in the vector operably linked to a highly
purified IgG molecule, an adjuvant, a carrier, or an agent for aid
in purification of Sin Nombre virus proteins or peptides. The
transformed or transfected host cells can be used as a source of
DNA sequences described above. When the recombinant molecule takes
the form of an expression system, the transformed or transfected
cells can be used as a source of the protein or peptide encoded by
the DNA. The DNA can be used as circular or linear, or linearized
plasmid as long as the Sin Nombre virus sequences are operably
linked to a promoter which can be expressed in the transfected
cell.
[0054] In another embodiment, the invention entails vaccines
against infection with Sin Nombre virus. In a method for eliciting
in a subject an immune response against Sin Nombre virus, the
method comprises administering to a subject a DNA fragment
comprising a genome segment of hantavirus. In one preferred
embodiment, the vaccine composition comprises an effective
immunizing amount of SNV plasmid DNA, which plasmid DNA comprises
one or more of the recombinant DNA constructs described above, and
a pharmacologically acceptable carrier. That is, the recombinant
DNA construct should minimally include (i) a vector, and (ii) the
DNA fragment comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ
ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3, or a DNA fragment comprising a
nucleic acid sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence set
forth in SEQ ID NO:4. The DNA fragment is operably linked to a
promoter sequence. The pharmacologically acceptable carrier may be
any carrier that is known in the art, which is safe and effective
for a SNV DNA vaccine. Examples of such carriers include PBS,
water, saline, Tris-EDTA, and mixtures of these.
[0055] The vaccine composition may which further comprise an
adjuvant. The adjuvant may be any one that is known in the art,
which is safe and effective for a SNV DNA vaccine. As used herein
the term "adjuvant" refers to any component which improves the
body's response to a vaccine. The adjuvant will typically comprise
about 0.1 to 50% vol/vol of the vaccine formulation of the
invention, more preferably about 1 to 50% of the vaccine, and even
more desirably about 1 to 20% thereof. Examples of such adjuvants
include CpG (cystein-phosphate-guanine) oligodeoxynucleic acid, or
plasmid DNA-encoded heat labile enterotoxins, or alum.
[0056] The immunizing amount of SNV plasmid DNA is preferably
between about 5 micrograms (e.g., with gene gun administration) and
about 5 milligrams (e.g., electroporation or other forms of
administration). By "immunizing amount", it is meant the amount of
vaccine or immunogenic composition that is needed to raise high
titers of neutralizing antibodies in response to the
composition.
[0057] One unique aspect of our invention is that it can further
comprise one or more additional vaccine components of other
hantaviruses, to make a bi-valent, tri-valent, multivalent or
pan-virus vaccine. In one embodiment, a DNA vaccine is contemplated
that elicits an immune response against multiple HPS-associated
hantaviruses and protects against more than one HPS virus. Such a
DNA vaccine comprises one of the SNV sequences described above (SEQ
ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3), in combination with an HPS
hantavirus M gene DNA vaccine (such as M gene DNA vaccine from one
or more of Black Creek Canal virus, Bayou virus, New York virus,
Andes virus and Laguna Negra virus) such that each M gene is
expressed in the subject. The respective M gene DNA sequences may
each be part of respective recombinant constructs that each include
(i) a vector and (ii) the desired DNA fragment that is operably
linked to a promoter sequence. A preferred HPS virus is Andes
virus.
[0058] In another embodiment, a DNA vaccine elicits an immune
response against both HFRS and HPS hantavirus and protects against
all the hantaviruses causing severe disease by providing to a
subject a DNA vaccine comprising one of the SNV sequences described
above (SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3), in combination
with at least one HFRS hantavirus M gene DNA vaccine (such as
Hantaan M gene DNA vaccine, Puumala M gene DNA vaccine, Seoul M
gene DNA vaccine and Dobrava M gene DNA) such that each M gene is
expressed in the subject. Furthermore, the M gene DNA vaccine from
one or more of another HPS-associated virus (such as Black Creek
Canal virus, Bayou virus, New York virus, Andes virus and Laguna
Negra virus) may be included, to strengthen the HPS component. The
respective M gene DNA sequences may each be part of respective
recombinant constructs that each include (i) a vector and (ii) the
desired DNA fragment that is operably linked to a promoter
sequence. The SNV M gene or the other HPS or HFRS M gene may be
administered separately, i.e. on separate vectors, or may be
combined on the same vector as is described in one aspect of this
invention. For instance, a pan-HPS virus vaccine can include any of
SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, or SEQ ID NO:3, and a suitable Andes M
gene sequence (in whole, or an ORF with flanking sequences, or
simply the ORF). A preferred Andes M gene sequence is SEQ ID NO:10,
which is the full-length ANDV M gene described in U.S. Pat. No.
7,217,812 (and the sequence is referred to as SEQ ID NO:8
therein).
[0059] A preferred Puumala M gene sequence is SEQ ID NO:11, which
is the full-length PUUV M gene described in U.S. patent publication
number 20100323024 (and the sequence is referred to as SEQ ID NO: 1
therein). A preferred Hantaan M gene sequence is SEQ ID NO:12,
which is the full-length HNTV M gene described in U.S. Pat. No.
7,217,812 (and the sequence is referred to as SEQ ID NO:7 therein).
A preferred Seoul M gene sequence is SEQ ID NO:13, which is the
full-length Seoul M gene described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,217,812 (and
the sequence is referred to as SEQ ID NO:3 therein). The preferred
HPS/HFRS vaccine combination includes Hantaan, Puumala, Andes, and
Sin Nombre DNA vaccines, although Seoul DNA vaccine is also a good
component for the combined vaccine. Any of these M genes can be
used in full-length, or just the ORF with flanking sequences, or
simply the ORF. As someone skilled in this art would understand,
this invention entailing the combination of hantavirus M genes is
not limited at all to these specific M genes--these are merely
examples, and any M gene isolated or derived or improved or
otherwise altered from the hantavirus (e.g., an altered Seoul M
gene, or a non-optimized Puumala M gene).
[0060] The vaccine may involve the delivery of pWRG/SN-M(opt) DNA
(SEQ ID NO:1), or the DNA of SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 (or, if a
multivalent vaccine is employed, one or more of the above-described
sequences of the other HPS- or HFRS-associated viruses) by any of
several platforms used to deliver gene-based vaccines. For example,
the vaccine could comprise a composition comprising inert particles
and a nucleic acid coated onto the inert particles producing
nucleic acid coated particles. The nucleic acid will comprise a
promoter operative in the cells of a mammal and further comprise
(or even consist essentially of or consist of) SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID
NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3. As would be understood by someone having skill
in this art, the ORF sequence (SEQ ID NO:3) is essential (and for
the other HPS- or HFRS-associated viruses, the ORF of the
respective M gene). The flanking region between the cloning sites
and the ORF are preferably included, as they may be helpful for
efficient expression. The inert particle may be gold particles,
silver particles, platinum particles, tungsten particles,
polystyrene particles, polypropylene particles, polycarbonate
particles, and the like, as would be understood by someone having
ordinary skill in this art. In particular, it is preferred that the
inert particle is suitable for use in a gene gun.
[0061] The invention further encompasses a method for inducing a
protective immune response against Sin Nombre virus infection in a
mammal, comprising the step of accelerating into epidermal cells of
the mammal in vivo a composition comprising inert particles and a
nucleic acid coated onto the inert particles producing nucleic acid
coated particles, such that said nucleic acid is expressed (e.g.,
gene gun administration). The nucleic acid will comprise a promoter
effective and functional in the cells of a mammal and SEQ ID NO:1,
SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3.
[0062] Electroporation is another method of administration.
Electroporation involves injecting plasmid DNA into a tissue (e.g.
muscle or skin) and then applying micropulses of an electric field
causing transient permeability of the cells of the vaccine. This
transient permeability allows for a more efficient take-up of the
DNA vaccine plasmid.
[0063] In a more general method for inducing a protective immune
response against Sin Nombre virus infection in a mammal, a
composition is administered to a mammal comprising a nucleic acid
comprising a promoter operative in the cells of a mammal and one of
SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3. It is generally preferred
that the chosen sequence be inserted into a plasmid, and the
plasmid administered. To that end, preferably the nucleic acid is a
component of one of the above-referenced DNA constructs. However,
it is known that a linear piece of DNA consisting of only a
promoter and the gene-of-interest can elicit an immune response.
Thus, one option for the composition is that it comprises SEQ ID
NO: 1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 plus an appropriate promoter. One
preferred method comprises the step of administering a composition
comprising an effective immunizing amount of SNV plasmid DNA, which
plasmid DNA comprises one of the recombinant DNA construct
described above; and a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
Another preferred method comprises the step of administering a
composition comprising an effective immunizing amount of SEQ ID NO:
1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3 operably linked to a promoter
operative in the cells of a mammal plus an appropriate promoter;
and a pharmacologically acceptable carrier. Appropriate
pharmacologically acceptable carriers are discussed elsewhere in
this document. Preferably, the immunizing amount of SNV plasmid DNA
is between about 5 micrograms and about 5 milligrams.
[0064] In another embodiment, this invention provides a method for
raising high titers of neutralizing antibodies against Sin Nombre
virus in a mammal or a bird. The method comprises the step of
administering a composition comprising a SNV plasmid DNA which
comprises one or more of the recombinant DNA constructs described
above (including SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3); and a
pharmacologically acceptable carrier. Preferably, the titers are at
least 100, and more preferably are at least 10,000. As someone
having ordinary skill in this art would recognize, in the context
of hantavirus infection, titers with a level of at least 100 are
significant, and considered "high" because they are 10 times higher
than the minimal titer of 10 that has been used to evaluate
vaccines against HFRS (a titer of 10 indicates there was a 50%
reduction in plaque forming units when virus was combined with
serum for a final dilution of 1:10). Titers of >10,000 are
similar to those produced in person who have developed HPS and
survived.
[0065] High titers are obtained even with only one dose or
administration of the composition, although additional doses or
vaccinations can boost titers even higher. The pharmacologically
acceptable carrier can be any such carrier known in the art which
is safe and does not hamper effectiveness of the composition.
Examples are mentioned above, and throughout this document. The
amount of the composition required for raising high titers of
neutralizing antibodies is between about 5 micrograms and about 5
milligrams. The inventors discovered that the composition was
effective in both mammals and birds.
[0066] The invention also encompasses post-exposure prophylactics,
or passive vaccines, for treating or preventing Sin Nombre virus
infections, for someone who has already been exposed to Sin Nombre
virus and may be infected. Polyclonal antibodies may be obtained
using methods known in the art, from a population of vaccines
(human or animal) vaccinated with a Sin Nombre virus DNA vaccine
comprised of a plasmid expressing SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ
ID NO;3, such as pWRG/SN-M(opt). Alternatively, polyclonal or
monoclonal antibodies could be produced in animals using the
pWRG/SN-M(opt) plasmid, or a plasmid containing SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ
ID NO:3, operably associated with a promoter and any other elements
needed for expression of the sequence. The methods entail
administration of a therapeutically or prophylactically effective
amount of the antibodies which protect against Sin Nombre virus
disease in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier
or excipient. For instance, a therapeutic composition for
ameliorating symptoms of Sin Nombre virus infection may comprise a
composition comprising these polyclonal antibodies, and a
pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. For instance, pWRG/SN-M(opt)
may be used to vaccinate ducks, sheep, or transgenic cows or
rabbits to produce polyclonal neutralizing antibodies for use in
humans.
[0067] The invention also entails a method for diagnosis of Sin
Nombre virus infection by assaying for the presence of Sin Nombre
virus in a sample using the above-described antibodies. For
instance, a method for the diagnosis of Sin Nombre virus infection
may comprise the steps of:
[0068] (i) contacting a sample from an individual suspected of
having Sin Nombre virus infection with a composition comprising the
polyclonal antibodies (e.g., the pWRG/SN-M(opt) plasmid could be
used to produce diagnostic antibodies in any of several species of
animals--goats, rabbits, etc.); and
[0069] (ii) detecting the presence or absence of Sin Nombre virus
infection by detecting the presence or absence of a complex formed
between Sin Nombre virus antigens and antibodies specific
therefor.
[0070] In addition, the invention encompasses novel immunoprobes
and test kits for detection of Sin Nombre virus infection
comprising antibodies according to the present invention. For
immunoprobes, the antibodies are directly or indirectly attached to
a suitable reporter molecule, e.g., and enzyme or a radionuclide.
The test kit includes a container holding one or more antibodies
according to the present invention and instructions for using the
antibodies for the purpose of binding to Sin Nombre virus to form
an immunological complex and detecting the formation of the
immunological complex such that presence or absence of the
immunological complex correlates with presence or absence of Sin
Nombre virus. For instance, the kit may include kit may include a
container holding one or more polyclonal antibodies of the present
invention which binds a Sin Nombre virus antigen, and ancillary
reagents suitable for use in detecting Sin Nombre virus antigens,
and instructions for using any of the antibodies or polyclonal
antibodies described herein for the purpose of binding to SNV
antigen to form an immunological complex and detecting the
formation of the immunological complex such that the presence or
absence of the immunological complex correlates with presence or
absence of Sin Nombre virus antigens in the sample. Examples of
containers include multiwell plates which allow simultaneous
detection of Sin Nombre virus in multiple samples.
[0071] Further, the invention contemplates a method for producing
pseudotyped viruses for use in serologic assays or delivery of gene
therapies to endothelial cells targeted by hantavirus
glycoproteins. The invention as used for this purpose would
comprise the following steps. The plasmid pWRG/SN-M(opt) or
derivative thereof would be used to transfect cells or stably
transform cells. Cells expressing the Sin Nombre glycoproteins
could then be infected with viruses engineered to produce progeny
that incorporate the Sin Nombre glycoproteins into progeny virus
surface envelopes. Pseudotype virus systems include retrovirus
systems and vesicular stomatitis virus systems. Pseudotypes have
been produced using the hantavirus full-length M gene plasmids,
including pWRG/SN-M(opt). The pseudotypes can be used for testing
for neutralizing antibodies. They also may be used to deliver genes
to endothelial cells in a clinical setting. For example, gene
therapy viruses containing the Sin Nombre glycoproteins on their
surface will target to certain endothelial cells.
[0072] The invention also entails a therapeutic composition for
ameliorating symptoms of Sin Nombre virus infection. The
composition includes polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies
specifically raised against one of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ
ID NO:3. The composition may be combined with a pharmaceutically
acceptable carrier and/or an adjuvant, such as the examples as
described herein.
[0073] Other embodiments are discussed below. The invention is
described in further detail by the non-limiting examples and text
below.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0074] FIG. 1A-1D. Hantavirus neutralizing antibodies produced in
rabbits vaccinated with full-length hantavirus M gene-based DNA
vaccines using muscle electroporation.
[0075] FIG. 1A) Hantaan, Puumala, and Andes DNA vaccines. Groups of
3 rabbits were vaccinated with either the Hantaan DNA vaccine,
pWRG/HTN-M(x) (described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,217,812), or the
Puumala DNA vaccine, pWRG/PUU-M(s2) (described in U.S. Patent
Publication No. 20100323024) on days 0, 14, 28, and 32 by muscle
electroporation (Invoio Elgen device, dose was 0.4 mg of DNA per
injection. Sera were collected on weeks 0, 28, 56, and 116 and
tested in homotypic PRNT. Symbols represent the mean of two
separate PRNT.+-.SE.
[0076] FIG. 1B) The same data from panel A were combined to show
mean titers for the groups. In addition, published data from
rabbits vaccinated with the Andes DNA vaccine, pWRG/AND-M, are
included. Note the vaccination days were different for the Andes
DNA vaccine (shown in grey arrows).
[0077] FIG. 1C) Sin Nombre DNA vaccines. The first generation SNV
full-length M gene based DNA vaccine, pWRG/SNV-M(2a), was tested in
three rabbits. The animals were vaccinated four times (arrows) and
sera were tested for SNV neutralizing antibodies. High-titer
neutralizing antibody could be produced after multiple
vaccinations. The second generation plasmid, pWRG/SN-M(opt), was
tested in rabbits. Rabbits were vaccinated on days 0, 28, 56 and
84. Sera collected on the indicated days were tested for SNV
neutralizing antibodies. High-titers were achieved after 2, or
fewer, vaccinations (sera from day 28 was not collected).
[0078] FIG. 1D) The same data from panel C were combined to show
mean titers for the groups .+-.SE.
[0079] FIG. 2A-2B. Neutralizing antibody data from rabbits
vaccinated with pWRG/SN-M(opt) (also designated as pWRG/SN-M(opt)).
Rabbits were vaccinated on days 0, 28, 56 and 84. Sera collected on
days 0, 56, and 70 where tested for Sin Nombre virus neutralizing
antibodies by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). The
neutralizing antibody titers are shown. FIG. 2A. The titers are the
reciprocal of the highest dilution reducing the number of plaques
in the media alone wells by 80%. FIG. 2B. Raw plaque for one
representative rabbit are shown before vaccination, after 2 (day
56) and after 3 (day 70). Note that there is 100% neutralization
out to a 1:10,240 dilution for the day 70 serum. The numbers 6281,
6282, 6283, and 5284 are designations for the different rabbits
vaccinated.
[0080] FIG. 3A-3B. HPS vaccine. Plasmid mixtures were tested in
rabbits using muscle electroporation (EP). Three rabbits were
vaccinated by muscle EP on day 0, 21, and 42 with a 1:1 mixture of
the pWRG/SN-M(opt) and pWRG/AND-M DNA (described in U.S. Pat. No.
7,217,812) vaccine plasmids. Sera were collected at the indicated
time points and plaque reduction neutralization tests (PRNT) were
performed. Neutralizing antibodies were produced against both SNV
and ANDV after a single vaccination. Overall, the neutralizing
antibody titers were greater against SNV (FIG. 3A) than ANDV (FIG.
3B). Device=Ichor Tri-grid device; Dose=2.0 mg mixed DNA/injection,
1 injection per vaccination. (Unpublished) The numbers 6214, 6215,
and 6216 are designations for the different rabbits vaccinated.
[0081] FIG. 4A-4C. Mixed hantavirus DNA vaccines are feasible.
Three mixtures of hantavirus DNA vaccine plasmids delivered by
muscle electroporation were tested in rabbits.
[0082] FIG. 4A) Experimental design. Groups of three rabbits were
vaccinated three times by muscle electroporation using the Ichor
Tri-grid at three-week intervals. The HFRS mixture was comprised of
equal volumes of Hantaan and Puumala DNA vaccine plasmids,
pWRG/HTN-M(x) and pWRG/PUU-M(52), respectively. The HPS mixture was
comprised of equal volumes of Andes and Sin Nombre DNA vaccine
plasmids, pWRG/AND-M and pWRG/SN-M(opt), respectively. The HFRS/HPS
mixture was comprised of equal volumes of the Hantaan, Puumala,
Andes, and Sin Nombre DNA vaccine plasmids. The mixtures contained
1 mg of each plasmid per dose.
[0083] FIG. 4B) Neutralizing antibody titers for individual rabbits
are shown. The virus used in the neutralization test is shown on
the y-axis. Sera from days 0, 21, 42, and 63 were tested.
[0084] FIG. 4C) Mean neutralizing titers for each group plus/minus
standard error. The data demonstrate that it is possible to mix
hantavirus DNA vaccines into a single-injection vaccine and produce
neutralizing antibodies against multiple hantaviruses. The HFRS DNA
vaccine was more effective at neutralizing Puumala virus and
Hantaan virus and the HPS DNA vaccine was more effective at
neutralizing Andes virus and Sin Nombre virus. The HFRS/HPS DNA
vaccine elicited neutralizing antibodies against all four
hantaviruses after a single vaccination for all but one rabbit.
[0085] FIG. 5. PRNT80 GMT against HTNV, PUUV, SNV, and ANDV for
each DNA vaccine formulation after 1, 2, or 3 vaccinations are
shown. These data are from the same experiment shown in FIG. 2A-2B;
however PRNT80 GMT are shown here. PRNT80 titers are a more
stringent measure of neutralizing antibodies that PRNT50. The HFRS
mix (pWRG/HTN-M[x] and pWRG/PUU-M[s2]) produced GMTs >100
against HTNV and PUUV. The HPS mix (pWRG/SN-M[opt] and pWRG/AND-M)
produced GMTs >100 against SNV and ANDV. And the HFRS/HPS mix
"pan-hantavirus" produced GMTs >100 against all four
hantaviruses. PUUV PRNT endpoints after 1 vaccination were not
determined beyond 640 (indicated by .gtoreq.). <indicates GMT
was below detection. These data demonstrate the utility of using
the SN DNA vaccine as part of HPS vaccine or a pan-hantavirus DNA
vaccine.
[0086] FIG. 6A-6B. pWRG/SN-M(opt) DNA vaccine is immunogenic and
protective in hamsters. Groups of 7-8 hamsters received 2
vaccinations (week 0, 3), or three vaccinations (week 0, 3, 6) with
pWRG/SN-M(opt), or 3 vaccinations with a negative control DNA
vaccine, or no vaccine. Vaccinations were performed using a gene
gun.
[0087] FIG. 6A) Sera collected on week 9 were tested for SNV
neutralizing antibody by SNV PRNT. Each symbol represents the
PRNT.sub.50 titer of an individual hamster. The geometric mean
titer and 95% confidence interval for each group are shown. The
limit of detection was a titer of 20 (dashed line). Seroconversion
rates after 2 or 3 vaccinations were 62.5% (5 of 8) and 71.4% (5 of
7), respectively. The immune response was lower than what we
observed in rabbits using electroporation, but was nevertheless
evidence that the pWRG/SN-M(opt) plasmid was immunogenic in
hamsters.
[0088] FIG. 6B) The hamsters were challenged with 200 pfu of SNV by
the intramuscular route on week 11. Sera were collected on week 16
and tested by ELISA for evidence of SNV infection (note that SNV
infects hamsters but is not lethal). A positive ELISA indicates the
hamsters were infected with SNV (i.e., not protected). 2
vaccinations with pWRG/SN-M(opt) protected 62.5% of the hamsters
and 3 vaccinations protected 100% of the hamsters. All of the
negative control hamsters were infected. <indicates titer was
below level of detection.
[0089] FIG. 7. The pWRG/SN-M(opt) plasmid was used to make
pseudovirions that were specifically neutralized by rabbit sera
containing SNV neutralizing antibodies. 293T cells were transfected
with pWRG/SN-M(opt) and then, after 24 hr, were "infected" with
recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) that had the G protein
deleted and replaced with the Renilla luciferase gene (VSV deltaG
luciferase reporter core virus system was provided by Robert Doms,
University of Pennsylvania). After 48 hr at 37 C, the supernatant
was harvested and pseudovirion particles were purified on a sucrose
gradient. Two different preparations of pseudovirions (prep 1, top
panel; prep 2, bottom panel) where then mixed with serial dilutions
of naive rabbit sera, anti-SNV rabbit sera, or anti-VSV-G antibody
(as control) and incubated for 1 hr at 37 C. The mixtures were then
used to infect BHK cells in a 96-well format for 24 hours. Cell
lysates were harvested, combined with luciferase substrate, and the
luciferase reporter activity in Relative Luminescent Units (RLU)
was measured using a luminometer. Symbols represent the average
value of duplicates. The data demonstrate that the anti-SNV rabbit
sera, but not the other sera, reduced the RLU activity (neutralized
the pseudovirions) in a dose dependent manor. This assay can be
used to measure SNV neutralizing antibodies in any sera including
humans vaccinated with candidate HPS vaccines, or naturally
infected with hantaviruses
[0090] FIG. 8. The nonoptimized version of the Sin Nombre DNA
vaccine, pWRG/SN-M(2a), was tested for the capacity to produce
neutralizing antibodies in an avian species. Ducks were vaccinated
with 0.4 mg of plasmid DNA using muscle electroporation on days 0,
14, and 42. Sera was collected on days 0, 28, and 56 and tested for
SNV neutralizing antibodies by PRNT. Higher titers are expected
using the optimized pWRG/SN-M(opt) plasmid. These data demonstrate
that the Sin Nombre DNA vaccine can be used to produce high titer
neutralizing antibodies in avian species. This antibody is
reasonably expected to be purified from eggs and may be used in
humans or other mammals as post-exposure prophylactics or
therapeutics, or as diagnostic reagents. The duck IgY naturally
loses the Fc fragment of the antibody and this, it is believed,
will make the molecule less reactogenic when used in a human as a
therapeutic or post-exposure prophylactic.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0091] Supplemental to the previous description of the invention,
the following further details are provided.
[0092] The inventor has created a novel, synthetic codon optimized
Sin Nombre virus full-length M gene, ORF plus flanking sequences,
and ORF, that are each stably maintained in a DNA vaccine plasmid,
and elicit good neutralizing antibodies in animal models.
Heretofore, there was no full length Sin Nombre M gene clone stably
inserted it on an expression plasmid, which could be successfully
expressed. Likewise, this is the first time any vaccine, of any
kind, has been shown to elicit high titer neutralizing antibodies
and protect against SNV infection in an animal model.
[0093] The inventor cloned the full-length M gene from SNV, strain
CC107 into a DNA vaccine vector (i.e., RNA was purified, reverse
transcribed to cDNA, PCR amplified, and cloned into a DNA vaccine
plasmid [pWRG7077]). Ultimately, the inventor was able to produce a
unique plasmid with an intact open reading frame (designated
pWRG/SN-M(2a) or "M(2a)"). It was confirmed that this plasmid could
produce the Gn and Gc protein in cell culture. pWRG/SN-M(2a) was
tested for immunogenicity in rabbits using muscle electroporation
technology. Three rabbits were vaccinated on weeks 0, 2, 4, 6 with
0.4 mg of DNA per vaccination. Sera were collected on weeks 0, 4,
and 8. PRNT were performed to detect SNV neutralizing antibodies.
The data demonstrated that high-titer neutralizing antibody were
produced after 4 vaccinations (FIG. 1A-1D). The titers reached were
over 10,000, which is considered are similar to those produced in
person who have developed HPS and survived. In the art of
immunology, and especially regarding hantaviruses, any titer over
100 would be considered good, and useful for vaccine purposes. This
was the first time high-titer SNV neutralizing antibodies were ever
produced by any vaccine, confirming the uniqueness of the M(2a)
plasmid. Nevertheless, one undesirable result was that the M(2a)
required more vaccinations to raise high-titers than the inventor's
previous hantavirus vaccines, namely the HTNV, PUUV, or ANDV M
gene-based DNA vaccines.
[0094] In an attempt to improve immunogenicity and potency, the
M(2a) plasmid was refined by (1) first determining any possible
flaws in the open reading frame and (2) obtaining the synthesis of
a codon-optimized version of the SNV M gene. The inventor analyzed
the M gene sequence in pWRG/SN-M(2a) and discovered amino acids
that were unique to the clone (i.e., not in published GeneBank SNV
M sequences) (Table 1). He identified consensus amino acids at
these positions and then had an optimized version of this gene
synthesized (work contracted to GeneArt)(Table 2). Next, the
synthetic M gene was cloned into a DNA vaccine vector and the
resultant plasmid was named pWRG/SN-M(opt) (or "M(opt)"). The
sequence of the pWRG/SN-M(opt) plasmid is given in SEQ ID NO:1.
M(opt) was tested for a capacity to elicit neutralizing antibodies
by vaccinating rabbits with the pWRG/SN-(opt) using muscle
electroporation. Four rabbits were vaccinated on weeks 0, 4, and 8
with 1 mg of DNA per vaccination. Sera were collected on weeks 0, 8
and 10. PRNT were performed to detect SNV neutralizing antibodies.
Very high titers of SNV neutralizing antibodies were produced after
only 2 vaccinations (week 8 sera) with pWRG/SN-M(opt) (FIG. 2A)
After 3 vaccinations (week 10 sera) there was 100% neutralization
in all four rabbits even when the sera was diluted .gtoreq.1:5,000.
This was a significant improvement over the M(2a) results--2
vaccinations is considered acceptable to be convenient enough for
human or animal use.
[0095] Having found the pWRG/SN-M(opt) to be a potent DNA vaccine,
the inventor next combined the SNV DNA vaccine with the pWRG/AND-M.
A mixture of the two plasmids was used to vaccinate rabbits using
muscle electroporation. High titer neutralizing antibodies against
both SNV and ANDV were produced after 1 or 2 vaccinations (FIG.
3A-3B). The SNV neutralizing activity was especially potent (titers
>10,000 after 1 vaccination). Thus, the combination of the
pWRG/SN-M(opt) DNA vaccine and pWRG/AND-M DNA vaccine effectively
elicited high-titer neutralizing antibodies against the most
prevalent and lethal hantavirus in North and South America. The
novelty and potency of this SNV DNA vaccine was surprising and
unexpected.
[0096] In summary, the inventor produced two plasmids that elicited
high titer neutralizing antibodies against SNV in animal models.
Thus, one point of novelty of the invention is that it elicits Sin
Nombre virus neutralizing antibodies, and with significantly high
titers. To the best of the inventor's knowledge, there is no other
SNV vaccine that elicits antibodies that directly neutralize Sin
Nombre virus.
Vaccines and Immunogenic Compositions
[0097] To summarize, the vaccines and immunogenic compositions
comtemplated by this invention include: (1) Sin Nombre virus
vaccines and immunogenic compositions; (2) Sin Nombre virus+other
HPS viruses (e.g., Andes virus) vaccines and immunogenic
compositions; (3) Sin Nombre virus vaccines and immunogenic
compositions+HFRS viruses (e.g., Puumula and Hantaan viruses)
vaccines and immunogenic compositions; and (4) Sin Nombre
virus+other HPS viruses (e.g., Andes virus) vaccines and
immunogenic compositions+HFRS viruses (e.g., Puumula and Hantaan
viruses) vaccines and immunogenic compositions. These vaccines and
immunogenic compositions, when transfected into mammalian cells,
result in the expression of proteins that mimic the Gn and Gc
surface glycoproteins of SNV and the other hantaviruses targeted.
When these DNA vaccines or immunogenic compositions are introduced
into the cells of a vaccine, the vaccine produces a neutralizing
antibody response against SNV, and, if relevant, the other
hantavirus(es). Neutralizing antibody responses are sufficient to
confer protection against SNV and the other hantaviruses. Thus, SEQ
ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3, and derivatives thereof,
represent a candidate vaccine for the prevention of HPS caused by
SNV. Moreover, these novel sequences, and derivatives thereof, can
be used to generate anti-SNV immunotherapeutics and diagnostic
antibodies in animals. (The term transfected is used herein to
refer to cells which have incorporated the delivered foreign DNA
vaccine, whichever delivery technique is used.)
[0098] As noted above, there is no vaccine or drug to prevent or
treat HPS. One of the embodiments of the invention described herein
is a DNA vaccine based on the M-gene segment of Sin Nombre virus.
The M genome segment encodes the two proteins found on the virus
surface.
[0099] One embodiment of the invention encompasses DNA vaccines.
DNA vaccination involves administering antigen-encoding
polynucleotides in vivo to induce the production of a correctly
folded antigen(s) within the target cells. The introduction of the
DNA vaccine will cause to be expressed within those cells the
structural protein determinants associated with the pathogen
protein or proteins. The processed structural proteins will be
displayed on the cellular surface of the transfected cells in
conjunction with the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)
antigens of the normal cell. Even when cell-mediated immunity is
not the primary means of preventing infection, it is likely
important for resolving established infections. Furthermore, the
structural proteins released by the expressing transfected cells
can also be picked up by antigen-presenting cells to trigger
systemic humoral antibody responses.
[0100] The DNA vaccine according to the present invention is
inherently safe, is not painful to administer, and should not
result in adverse side effects to the vaccinated individual. In
addition, the invention does not require growth or use of Sin
Nombre virus, which is a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) virus, and is a
BSL-4 virus if the virus is grown to high levels or used in
animals.
[0101] In order to achieve the immune response sought, a DNA
vaccine construct capable of causing transfected cells of the
vaccinated individual to express one or more major viral antigenic
determinant is necessary. This can be done by identifying regions
of the viral genome which code for viral glycoproteins or capsid
components, and joining such coding sequences to promoters capable
of expressing the sequences in cells of the vaccine. Alternatively,
the viral genome itself, or parts of the genome, can be used.
[0102] In a preferred embodiment, the vaccine is a plasmid based
codon-optimized Sin Nombre virus (SNV) M gene open reading frame.
The M gene encodes for two proteins that form a part of the viral
capsid. In nature these are glycosylated during synthesis in
mammalian cells which would occur after vaccination. SNV is one of
several viruses that cause Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a disease
with high mortality (20-50%). There have been several hundred cases
in the Americas over the past several years. This vaccine has been
shown to induce high neutralizing antibody titers in animals and
therefore would be useful for a human vaccine. Two hantavirus DNA
vaccines--Hantaan and Puumala--have been shown to induce
neutralizing antibodies in human clinical trials. (Presentation
given: "Preclinical and Phase 1 Clinical Studies of a DNA Vaccine
for HFRS Caused by Hantaviruses" J. Hooper, to the American Society
of Microbiology Biodefense Meeting, held in Baltimore, February,
2010)
[0103] As noted above, attempts to produce SNV vaccine that produce
neutralizing antibodies against SNV have been unsuccessful. Here,
for the first time, the inventor has synthesized a codon-optimized
full-length M gene open reading frame and cloned it into a DNA
vaccine expression vector (e.g., pWRG-SN-M(opt)). The nucleotide
sequences are completely unique because the ORF has been optimized.
Regarding the preferred embodiment pWRG/SN-M(opt), hamsters and
rabbits vaccinated with pWRG/SN-M(opt) using a gene gun developed
neutralizing antibodies as measured by plaque reduction
neutralization test (PRNT) with PRNT.sub.50 titers ranging from
10,240-over 81,920 in rabbits by electroporation; in hamsters, less
than 20-1,280 by gene gun. This is believed to be the first
candidate SNV vaccine that successfully elicits neutralizing
antibodies against SNV.
[0104] In its preferred vaccine embodiment, the SNV virus M
gene-based DNA vaccine is a plasmid that consists of a
well-characterized backbone that enables expression of the
above-described synthetic, codon-optimized, SNV virus full-length M
gene, or the ORF with or without flanking sequences. Preferred
examples are SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3. It can be
used in other vaccine systems and systems for generating SNV
neutralizing antibodies.
[0105] In this application we describe the elicitation of
protective immunity to SNV alone or with other hantaviruses by DNA
vaccines. The gene(s) of interest, in our case, a synthetic Sin
Nombre virus M gene having at least one of the sequences identified
herein as SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, and SEQ ID NO:3, is controlled
by a mammalian or virus promoter (e.g., the cytomegalovirus
immediate early promoter followed by intron A) that facilitates
expression of the naked DNA gene product(s) within the vaccine's
cells. Preferably, Intron A is included. It is preferred even to
use pWRG/SN-M(opt) as the DNA vaccine plasmid. This intracellular
expression can elicit both humoral and cell-mediated immune
responses (Robinson and Torres, 1997, supra; and Gregoriadis, 1998,
supra). Methods of DNA delivery include needle inoculation,
needle-free jet injection, oral or pulmonary delivery, and
inoculation by particle bombardment (i.e., gene gun) and
electroporation--by well-known methods for each. Needle inoculation
and needle-free jet injection may be made with or without
electroporation. Delivery may be intramuscular or intradermal, as
appropriate. A suitable construct for use in the method of the
present invention is pWRG7077 (4326 bp)(PowderJect Vaccines, Inc.,
Madison, Wis.),. pWRG7077 includes a human cytomegalovirus (hCMV)
immediate early promoter (IE) and a bovine growth hormone polyA
addition site. Between the promoter and the polyA addition site is
Intron A, a sequence that naturally occurs in conjunction with the
hCMV IE promoter that has been demonstrated to increase
transcription when present on an expression plasmid. Downstream
from Intron A, and between Intron A and the polyA addition
sequence, are unique cloning sites into which the hantavirus M DNA
can be cloned. Also provided on pWRG7077 is a gene that confers
bacterial host-cell resistance to kanamycin. Any of the fragments
that encode hantavirus Gn and/or Gc or nucleocapsid peptides can be
cloned into one of the cloning sites in pWRG7077, using methods
known to the art.
[0106] The DNA can be delivered by injection into the tissue of the
recipient, oral or pulmonary delivery and inoculation by particle
bombardment (i.e., gene gun). Any of these methods can be used to
deliver DNA as long as the DNA is expressed and the desired antigen
is made in the cell. Two methods are exemplified in this
application, both shown to be successful in eliciting a protective
immune response in the vaccine.
[0107] In one aspect of the invention, the DNA vaccine is delivered
by coating a small carrier particle with the DNA vaccine and
delivering the DNA-coated particle into an animal's epidermal
tissue via particle bombardment. This method may be adapted for
delivery to either epidermal or mucosal tissue, or delivery into
peripheral blood cells, and thus may be used to induce humoral,
cell-mediated, and secretory immune responses in the vaccinated
individual.
[0108] To deliver DNA vaccines by particle bombardment, we chose to
use the PowderJect-XR.TM. gene gun device described in WO 95/19799,
27 Jul. 1995. Other instruments are available and known to people
in the art. This instrument, which delivers DNA-coated gold beads
directly into epidermal cells by high-velocity particle
bombardment, was shown to more efficiently induce both humoral and
cell-mediated immune responses, with smaller quantities of DNA,
than inoculation of the same DNAs by other parenteral routes
(Eisenbraun, M. et al., 1993, DNA Cell. Biol. 12: 791; Fynan, E. F.
et al., 1993, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 11478; Haynes, J. R.
et al., 1994, AIDS Res. Hum. Retroviruses 10: Suppl. 2:S43;
Pertmer, T. M. et al., 1995, Vaccine 13: 1427). Epidermal
inoculation of the DNA candidate vaccines also offers the
advantages of gene expression in an immunologically active tissue
that is generally exfoliated within 15 to 30 days, and which is an
important natural focus of viral replication after tick-bite (Bos,
J. D., 1997, Clin. Exp. Immunol. 107 Suppl. 1:3; Labuda, M. et al.,
1996, Virology 219:357; Rambukkana, A. et al., 1995, Lab. Invest.
73:521; Stingl, G., 1993, Recent Results Cancer Res. 128:45; Evans
et al., Vaccine, 2009, Vol. 27(18), pp. 2506-2512; Yager et al.,
Expert Rev. Vaccines, 2009, Vol. 8(9), pp. 1205-1220).
[0109] The technique of accelerated particles gene delivery or
particle bombardment is based on the coating of DNA to be delivered
into cells onto extremely small carrier particles, which are
designed to be small in relation to the cells sought to be
transformed by the process. The DNA sequence containing the desired
gene can be simply dried onto a small inert particle. The particle
may be made of any inert material such as an inert metal (gold,
silver, platinum, tungsten, etc.) or inert plastic (polystyrene,
polypropylene, polycarbonate, etc.). Preferably, the particle is
made of gold, platinum or tungsten. Most preferably, the particle
is made of gold. suitably, the particle is spherical and has a
diameter of 0.5 to 5 microns, preferably 1 to 3 microns.
[0110] The DNA sequence containing the desired gene prepared in the
form suitable for gene introduction can be simply dried onto naked
gold or tungsten pellets. However, DNA molecules in such a form may
have a relatively short period of stability and may tend to degrade
rather rapidly due to chemical reactions with the metallic or oxide
substrate of the particle itself. Thus, if the carrier particles
are first coated with an encapsulating agent, the DNA strands have
greatly improved stability and do not degrade significantly even
over a time period of several weeks. A suitable encapsulating agent
is polylysine (molecular weight 200,000) which can be applied to
the carrier particles before the DNA molecules are applied. Other
encapsulating agents, polymeric or otherwise, may also be useful as
similar encapsulating agents, including spermidine. The polylysine
is applied to the particles by rinsing the gold particles in a
solution of 0.02% polylysine and then air drying or heat drying the
particles thus coated. Once the metallic particles coated with
polylysine were properly dried, DNA strands are then loaded onto
the particles.
[0111] The DNA is loaded onto the particles at a rate of between
0.5 and 30 micrograms of DNA per milligram of gold bead spheres. A
preferable ratio of DNA to gold is 0.5 5.0 ug of DNA per milligram
of gold. A sample procedure begins with gamma irradiated
(preferably about 30 kGy) tefzel tubing. The gold is weighed out
into a microfuge tube, spermidine (free base) at about 0.05 M is
added and mixed, and then the DNA is added. A 10% CaCl solution is
incubated along with the DNA for about 10 minutes to provide a fine
calcium precipitate. The precipitate carries the DNA with it onto
the beads. The tubes are microfuged and the pellet resuspended and
washed in 100% ethanol and the final product resuspended in 100%
ethanol at 0.0025 mg/ml PVP. The gold with the DNA is then applied
onto the tubing and dried.
[0112] The general approach of accelerated particle gene
transfection technology is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050 to
Sanford. An instrument based on an improved variant of that
approach is available commercially from PowderJect Vaccines, Inc.,
Madison Wis., and is described in WO 95/19799. All documents cited
herein supra and infra are hereby incorporated in their entirety by
reference thereto. Briefly, the DNA-coated particles are deposited
onto the interior surface of plastic tubing which is cut to a
suitable length to form sample cartridges. A sample cartridge is
placed in the path of a compressed gas (e.g., helium at a pressure
sufficient to dislodge the particles from the cartridge e.g., 350
400 psi). The particles are entrained in the gas stream and are
delivered with sufficient force toward the target tissue to enter
the cells of the tissue. Further details are available in the
published apparatus application.
[0113] The coated carrier particles are physically accelerated
toward the cells to be transformed such that the carrier particles
lodge in the interior of the target cells. This technique can be
used either with cells in vitro or in vivo. At some frequency, the
DNA which has been previously coated onto the carrier particles is
expressed in the target cells. This gene expression technique has
been demonstrated to work in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, from
bacteria and yeasts to higher plants and animals. Thus, the
accelerated particle method provides a convenient methodology for
delivering genes into the cells of a wide variety of tissue types,
and offers the capability of delivering those genes to cells in
situ and in vivo without any adverse impact or effect on the
treated individual. Therefore, the accelerated particle method is
also preferred in that it allows a DNA vaccine capable of eliciting
an immune response to be directed both to a particular tissue, and
to a particular cell layer in a tissue, by varying the delivery
site and the force with which the particles are accelerated,
respectively. This technique is thus particularly suited for
delivery of genes for antigenic proteins into the epidermis.
[0114] A DNA vaccine can be delivered in a non-invasive manner to a
variety of susceptible tissue types in order to achieve the desired
antigenic response in the individual. Most advantageously, the
genetic vaccine can be introduced into the epidermis. Such
delivery, it has been found, will produce a systemic humoral immune
response.
[0115] To obtain additional effectiveness from this technique, it
may also be desirable that the genes be delivered to a mucosal
tissue surface, in order to ensure that mucosal, humoral and
cellular immune responses are produced in the vaccinated
individual. There are a variety of suitable delivery sites
available including any number of sites on the epidermis,
peripheral blood cells, i.e. lymphocytes, which could be treated in
vitro and placed back into the individual, and a variety of oral,
upper respiratory, and genital mucosal surfaces.
[0116] Gene gun-based DNA immunization achieves direct,
intracellular delivery of DNA, elicits higher levels of protective
immunity, and requires approximately three orders of magnitude less
DNA than methods employing standard inoculation.
[0117] Moreover, gene gun delivery allows for precise control over
the level and form of antigen production in a given epidermal site
because intracellular DNA delivery can be controlled by
systematically varying the number of particles delivered and the
amount of DNA per particle. This precise control over the level and
form of antigen production may allow for control over the nature of
the resultant immune response.
[0118] The invention further covers passive vaccines for treating
or preventing Sin Nombre virus infections comprising a
therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the
antibodies of the present invention which protect against Sin
Nombre virus disease in combination with a pharmaceutically
acceptable carrier or excipient. As described in greater detail
herein, the present inventor has found that serum from a vaccine
immunized with a DNA vaccine comprising the Sin Nombre virus M
segment described above contains antibodies able to neutralize Sin
Nombre virus and display in vitro and in vivo Sin Nombre virus
neutralization properties.
[0119] The invention also contemplates a new recombinant DNA
vaccine approach that involves vaccination with naked DNA
expressing individual Sin Nombre virus genome segment cDNAs. Naked
DNA vaccination involves delivery of plasmid DNA constructs with a
gene(s) of interest into the tissue of the vaccine (reviewed in
Robinson and Torres, 1997, Semin. Immunol. 9, 271-283; and
Gregoriadis, 1998, Pharm. Res. 15, 661-670). DNA vaccination
mimicks the de novo antigen production and MHC class I-restricted
antigen presentation obtainable with live vaccines, without the
risks of pathogenic infection. Also, this DNA vaccine approach
allows delivery to mucosal tissues which may aid in conferring
resistance to viral introduction since entry of the virus may be
through mucosal tissues.
[0120] This vaccine was also tested for a capacity to elicit
neutralizing antibodies in rabbits using muscle electroporation as
the means of vaccine delivery. The electroporation device and dose
of DNA delivered is compatible with human use (Ichor Tri-grid
device). Well-known methods of electroporation are effective for
this DNA vaccine. For instance, Hooper et al. (February 2008),
describes methods useful for this. (Hooper et al, "Immune Serum
Produced by DNA Vaccination Protects Hamsters against Lethal
Respiratory Challenge with Andes Virus", J. Virology, February
2008, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 1332-1338; also see, van Drunen, et al.,
Expert Rev. Vaccines, 2010, Vol. 9(5), pp. 503-517). In addition,
mammals such as rabbits can be vaccinated by muscle electroporation
with a DNA vaccine plasmid such as pWRG/SN-M(opt) to rapidly
generate sera containing high-titer SNV neutralizing antibodies.
Sera can be collected and tested for neutralizing antibodies by
PRNT.
[0121] Vaccination with the SNV M gene-based DNA vaccine, called
pWRG/SN-M(opt), elicits high-titer neutralizing antibodies. It is
widely believed in the field that neutralizing antibodies are
surrogate endpoints of protective immunity, so any vaccine that
elicits high-titer neutralizing antibodies has utility as a
vaccine. This vaccine could be used to immunize against North
American HPS. In addition, it could be combined with other
hantavirus DNA vaccines to create a pan-hantavirus vaccine. In
short, the plasmid containing the synthetic codon-optimized SNV M
gene is exceedingly effective at eliciting neutralizing
antibodies.
[0122] For a HPS vaccine composition or immunogenic composition,
the composition will have at least one of the above-described SNV
sequences (SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3), plus at least
one other M-gene (e.g., whole full-length or ORF or ORF plus
flanking sequences) from a different (non-SNV) HPS. Examples of
other HPS viruses include Black Creek Canal virus, Bayou virus, New
York virus, Andes virus, and Laguna Negra virus. A preferred HPS
vaccine or immunogenic composition comprises at least one of the
above-described SNV sequences, and the Andes M-gene--preferably
plasmid pWRG/AND-M(x) (SEQ ID NO:10), below:
TABLE-US-00008 gggggggggg ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt gaagaaggtg 40
ttgctgactc ataccaggcc tgaatcgccc catcatccag 80 ccagaaagtg
agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg 120 taggtggacc agttggtgat
tttgaacttt tgctttgcca 160 cggaacggtc tgcgttgtcg ggaagatgcg
tgatctgatc 200 cttcaactca gcaaaagttc gatttattca acaaagccgc 240
cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc agtgttacaa 280 ccaattaacc
aattctgatt agaaaaactc atcgagcatc 320 aaatgaaact gcaatttatt
catatcagga ttatcaatac 360 catatttttg aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg
aaggagaaaa 400 ctcaccgagg cagttccata ggatggcaag atcctggtat 440
cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca atacaaccta 480 ttaatttccc
ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa 520 atcaccatga gtgacgactg
aatccggtga gaatggcaaa 560 agcttatgca tttctttcca gacttgttca
acaggccagc 600 cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa tcactcgcat caaccaaacc 640
gttattcatt cgtgattgcg cctgagcgag acgaaatacg 680 cgatcgctgt
taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat 720 gcaaccggcg caggaacact
gccagcgcat caacaatatt 760 ttcacctgaa tcaggatatt cttctaatac
ctggaatgct 800 gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt ggtgagtaac catgcatcat 840
caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg gaagaggcat 880 aaattccgtc
agccagttta gtctgaccat ctcatctgta 920 acatcattgg caacgctacc
tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960 actctggcgc atcgggcttc ccatacaatc
gatagattgt 1000 cgcacctgat tgcccgacat tatcgcgagc ccatttatac 1040
ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt aatcgcggcc 1080 tcgagcaaga
cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc 1120 ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt
aagcagacag ttttattgtt 1160 catgatgata tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg
taacatcaga 1200 gattttgaga cacaacgtgg ctttcccccc ccccccggca 1240
tgcctgcagg tcgacaatat tggctattgg ccattgcata 1280 cgttgtatct
atatcataat atgtacattt atattggctc 1320 atgtccaata tgaccgccat
gttgacattg attattgact 1360 agttattaat agtaatcaat tacggggtca
ttagttcata 1400 gcccatatat ggagttccgc gttacataac ttacggtaaa 1440
tggcccgcct ggctgaccgc ccaacgaccc ccgcccattg 1480 acgtcaataa
tgacgtatgt tcccatagta acgccaatag 1520 ggactttcca ttgacgtcaa
tgggtggagt atttacggta 1560 aactgcccac ttggcagtac atcaagtgta
tcatatgcca 1600 agtccgcccc ctattgacgt caatgacggt aaatggcccg 1640
cctggcatta tgcccagtac atgaccttac gggactttcc 1680 tacttggcag
tacatctacg tattagtcat cgctattacc 1720 atggtgatgc ggttttggca
gtacaccaat gggcgtggat 1760 agcggtttga ctcacgggga tttccaagtc
tccaccccat 1800 tgacgtcaat gggagtttgt tttggcacca aaatcaacgg 1840
gactttccaa aatgtcgtaa taaccccgcc ccgttgacgc 1880 aaatgggcgg
taggcgtgta cggtgggagg tctatataag 1920 cagagctcgt ttagtgaacc
gtcagatcgc ctggagacgc 1960 catccacgct gttttgacct ccatagaaga
caccgggacc 2000 gatccagcct ccgcggccgg gaacggtgca ttggaacgcg 2040
gattccccgt gccaagagtg acgtaagtac cgcctataga 2080 ctctataggc
acaccccttt ggctcttatg catgctatac 2120 tgtttttggc ttggggccta
tacacccccg cttccttatg 2160 ctataggtga tggtatagct tagcctatag
gtgtgggtta 2200 ttgaccatta ttgaccactc ccctattggt gacgatactt 2240
tccattacta atccataaca tggctctttg ccacaactat 2280 ctctattggc
tatatgccaa tactctgtcc ttcagagact 2320 gacacggact ctgtattttt
acaggatggg gtcccattta 2360 ttatttacaa attcacatat acaacaacgc
cgtcccccgt 2400 gcccgcagtt tttattaaac atagcgtggg atctccacgc 2440
gaatctcggg tacgtgttcc ggacatgggc tcttctccgg 2480 tagcggcgga
gcttccacat ccgagccctg gtcccatgcc 2520 tccagcggct catggtcgct
cggcagctcc ttgctcctaa 2560 cagtggaggc cagacttagg cacagcacaa
tgcccaccac 2600 caccagtgtg ccgcacaagg ccgtggcggt agggtatgtg 2640
tctgaaaatg agctcggaga ttgggctcgc accgctgacg 2680 cagatggaag
acttaaggca gcggcagaag aagatgcagg 2720 cagctgagtt gttgtattct
gataagagtc agaggtaact 2760 cccgttgcgg tgctgttaac ggtggagggc
agtgtagtct 2800 gagcagtact cgttgctgcc gcgcgcgcca ccagacataa 2840
tagctgacag actaacagac tgttcctttc catgggtctt 2880 ttctgcagtc
agggtccaag cttgcggccg cggatctgca 2920 ggaattcggc acgagagtag
tagactccgc acgaagaagc 2960 aaaaaattaa agaagtgagt ttaaaatgga
agggtggtat 3000 ctggttgttc ttggagtctg ctatacgctg acactggcaa 3040
tgcccaagac catttatgag cttaaaatgg aatgcccgca 3080 cactgtgggt
ctcggtcaag gttacatcat tggctcaaca 3120 gaactaggtt tgatctcaat
tgaggctgca tctgatataa 3160 agctcgagag ctcttgcaat tttgatcttc
atacaacatc 3200 tatggcccag aagagtttca cccaagttga atggagaaag 3240
aaaagtgaca caactgatac cacaaatgct gcgtccacta 3280 cctttgaagc
acaaactaaa actgttaacc ttagagggac 3320 ttgtatactg gcacctgaac
tctatgatac attgaagaaa 3360 gtaaaaaaga cagtcctgtg ctatgatcta
acatgtaatc 3400 aaacacattg tcagccaact gtctatctga ttgcacctgt 3440
attgacatgc atgtcaataa gaagttgtat ggctagtgtg 3480 tttacaagca
ggattcaggt gatttatgaa aagacacatt 3520 gtgtaacagg tcagctgatt
gagggtcagt gtttcaaccc 3560 agcacacaca ttgacattat ctcagcctgc
tcacacttat 3600 gatactgtca cccttcctat ctcttgtttt ttcacaccaa 3640
agaagtcgga gcaactaaaa gttataaaaa catttgaagg 3680 aattctgacg
aagacaggtt gcacggagaa tgcattgcag 3720 ggttattatg tgtgtttttt
agggagtcat tcagaacctt 3760 taattgttcc gagtttggag gacatacggt
ctgctgaagt 3800 tgttagtagg atgcttgtac accctagggg agaagaccat 3840
gatgccatac agaattcaca aagtcactta agaatagtgg 3880 gacctatcac
agcaaaagtg ccatcaacta gttccacaga 3920 taccctaaag gggacagcct
ttgcaggcgt cccaatgtat 3960 agctctttat ctacactagt cagaaatgca
gacccagaat 4000 ttgtattttc tccaggtata gtacctgaat ctaatcacag 4040
tacatgtgat aagaagacag tacctatcac atggacaggc 4080 tacctaccaa
tatcaggtga gatggaaaaa gtgactggat 4120 gtacagtttt ttgtacacta
gcaggacctg gtgctagttg 4160 tgaggcctat tctgaaaatg gtatatttaa
catcagttct 4200 ccaacatgtc ttgtaaacaa agtccaaaga tttcgtggat 4240
ctgaacagaa aataaatttt atctgtcagc gggtagatca 4280 ggatgttgtt
gtatactgca atgggcaaaa gaaagtcata 4320 ttaaccaaaa ctttggttat
tgggcagtgt atttatacat 4360 tcacaagcct attttcattg atgcctgatg
tagcccactc 4400 attggctgta gaattatgtg tcccgggatt acatgggtgg 4440
gccactgtca tgcttctatc aacattctgc tttgggtggg 4480 tcttgattcc
tgcggtcaca ttaataatat taaagtgtct 4520 aagggttttg acgttttctt
gttcccatta cactaatgag 4560 tcaaaattta aattcatcct ggaaaaagtt
aaaattgaat 4600 accaaaagac tatgggatca atggtgtgcg atgtatgtca 4640
tcatgagtgt gaaacagcaa aagaacttga atcacataga 4680 cagagttgta
tcaatggaca atgtccttat tgcatgacaa 4720 taactgaagc aactgaaagt
gccttgcaag cccattattc 4760 catttgtaaa ttggcaggaa gatttcagga
ggcactgaaa 4800 aagtcactta aaaagccaga ggtaaaaaaa ggttgttaca 4840
gaacactcgg ggtatttaga tataaaagta gatgttatgt 4880 gggtttggta
tggtgcctat tgttgacatg tgaaattgtt 4920 atttgggccg caagtgcaga
gactccacta atggagtcag 4960 gctggtcaga tacggctcat ggtgttggtg
agattccaat 5000
gaagacagac ctcgagctgg acttttcact gccttcttca 5040 tcctcttaca
gttataggag aaagctcaca aacccagcca 5080 ataaagaaga gtctattccc
ttccacttcc agatggaaaa 5120 acaagtaatt catgctgaaa tccaacccct
gggtcattgg 5160 atggatgcga catttaatat taagactgca tttcattgtt 5200
atggtgcatg ccagaaatac tcttatccat ggcagacatc 5240 taagtgcttc
tttgaaaagg actaccagta tgaaacaggc 5280 tggggctgta atcctggtga
ctgcccaggg gttgggactg 5320 gatgcactgc ttgtggtgtt tatctcgata
aactaaaatc 5360 tgttgggaag gcctataaga taatttcttt aaaatatacc 5400
agaaaggttt gtattcagtt aggaacagaa caaacttgca 5440 agcatattga
tgcaaatgat tgtttagtga caccatctgt 5480 gaaagtttgc atagtgggca
cagtttcaaa acttcaacca 5520 tctgatactc ttttgttctt aggtccacta
gaacaagggg 5560 gaatcattct taagcaatgg tgcacaacat catgtgcatt 5600
tggggaccct ggtgatatca tgtccactcc cagtggtatg 5640 aggtgtccag
agcacactgg atcatttagg aaaatttgcg 5680 gttttgctac tacaccagtt
tgtgaatatc aaggaaatac 5720 catttctgga tataaaagaa tgatggcaac
aaaagattca 5760 ttccaatcat ttaacttaac agaacctcac atcacaacaa 5800
acaagcttga atggatcgac ccagatggga atacaagaga 5840 ccacgtaaac
cttgtcttaa atagagatgt ctcatttcag 5880 gatttaagtg ataacccctg
taaagtagac ctacacacac 5920 aagcaataga aggggcatgg ggttctggtg
tagggtttac 5960 actcacatgt actgtcggat taacagagtg cccaagtttt 6000
atgacatcaa ttaaggcatg tgacctagct atgtgttatg 6040 gatcaacagt
aacaaacctt gccaggggct ctaatacagt 6080 gaaagtagtt ggtaaaggag
gccattcagg gtcctcattt 6120 aaatgctgtc atgatacaga ttgctcctct
gaaggtttac 6160 ttgcatcagc ccctcatctt gagagggtaa caggattcaa 6200
tcaaattgat tcagataagg tttatgatga tggtgcacca 6240 ccttgcacat
tcaaatgctg gttcactaag tcaggtgagt 6280 ggcttcttgg gatcttaaac
gggaattgga ttgttgttgt 6320 agtgcttgtt gtgatactca ttctctctat
cataatgttc 6360 agtgttttgt gtcccaggag agggcacaag aaaactgtct 6400
aagcattgac ctcaactcct acattagatc atatacattt 6440 atgcacttcc
tcatatttag ctgcactaag atattaataa 6480 actctagtta ttgactttat
aagattatta tggaactaac 6520 ctcacttaaa aaaaacaaat actttactca
tatataactc 6560 catattctct taccgaggat tttgttcctg cggagcatac 6600
tactaggatc tacgtatgat cagcctcgac tgtgccttct 6640 agttgccagc
catctgttgt ttgcccctcc cccgtgcctt 6680 ccttgaccct ggaaggtgcc
actcccactg tcctttccta 6720 ataaaatgag gaaattgcat cgcattgtct
gagtaggtgt 6760 cattctattc tggggggtgg ggtggggcag gacagcaagg 6800
gggaggattg ggaagacaat agcaggcatg ctggggatgc 6840 ggtgggctct
atggcttctg aggcggaaag aaccagctgg 6880 ggctcgacag ctcgactcta
gaattgcttc ctcgctcact 6920 gactcgctgc gctcggtcgt tcggctgcgg
cgagcggtat 6960 cagctcactc aaaggcggta atacggttat ccacagaatc 7000
aggggataac gcaggaaaga acatgtgagc aaaaggccag 7040 caaaaggcca
ggaaccgtaa aaaggccgcg ttgctggcgt 7080 ttttccatag gctccgcccc
cctgacgagc atcacaaaaa 7120 tcgacgctca agtcagaggt ggcgaaaccc
gacaggacta 7160 taaagatacc aggcgtttcc ccctggaagc tccctcgtgc 7200
gctctcctgt tccgaccctg ccgcttaccg gatacctgtc 7240 cgcctttctc
ccttcgggaa gcgtggcgct ttctcatagc 7280 tcacgctgta ggtatctcag
ttcggtgtag gtcgttcgct 7320 ccaagctggg ctgtgtgcac gaaccccccg
ttcagcccga 7360 ccgctgcgcc ttatccggta actatcgtct tgagtccaac 7400
ccggtaagac acgacttatc gccactggca gcagccactg 7440 gtaacaggat
tagcagagcg aggtatgtag gcggtgctac 7480 agagttcttg aagtggtggc
ctaactacgg ctacactaga 7520 agaacagtat ttggtatctg cgctctgctg
aagccagtta 7560 ccttcgaaaa aagagttggt agctcttgat ccggcaaaca 7600
aaccaccgct ggtagcggtg gtttttttgt ttgcaagcag 7640 cagattacgc
gcagaaaaaa aggatctcaa gaagatcctt 7680 tgatcttttc tacggggtct
gacgctcagt ggaacgaaaa 7720 ctcacgttaa gggattttgg tcatgagatt
atcaaaaagg 7760 atcttcacct agatcctttt aaattaaaaa tgaagtttta 7800
aatcaatcta aagtatatat gagtaaactt ggtctgacag 7840 ttaccaatgc
ttaatcagtg aggcacctat ctcagcgatc 7880 tgtctatttc gttcatccat
agttgcctga ctc 7913
[0123] For a HPS+HFRS, or pan-hantavirus, vaccine composition or
immunogenic composition, the composition will have at least one of
the above-described SNV sequences (SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ
ID NO:3), plus at least one other M-gene (e.g., whole full-length
or ORF or ORF plus flanking sequences) from an HFRS virus. Examples
of HFRS viruses include Seoul virus, Hantaan virus, Pumuula virus,
and Dobrava virus. In addition, the vaccine composition or
immunogenic composition may further include one or more of the
above-described other HPS M-genes (e.g., whole full-length or ORF
or ORF plus flanking sequences). A preferred HPS+HFRS vaccine or
immunogenic composition comprises at least one of the
above-described SNV sequences, and one or more of Puumala M-gene
plasmid (preferably plasmid pWRG/PUU-M(s2) shown below as SEQ ID
NO:11 or the ORF shown below as SEQ ID NO:14), Hantaan M-gene
plasmid (preferably plasmid pWRG/HTN-M(x) shown below as SEQ ID
NO:12), and Seoul (preferably plasmid pWRG-SEO-M which is Seoul
hantavirus M segment, strain SR-11, subcloned into DNA vector
pWRG7077, and shown below as SEQ ID NO:13).
TABLE-US-00009 pWRG/PUU-M(s2) DNA vaccine plasmid (the underlined
section indicates the ORF)-- (SEQ ID NO: 11)
GGGGGGGGGGGGCGCTGAGGTCTGCCTCGTGAAGAAGGTGTTGCTGACTC
ATACCAGGCCTGAATCGCCCCATCATCCAGCCAGAAAGTGAGGGAGCCAC
GGTTGATGAGAGCTTTGTTGTAGGTGGACCAGTTGGTGATTTTGAACTTTTG
CTTTGCCACGGAACGGTCTGCGTTGTCGGGAAGATGCGTGATCTGATCCTTC
AACTCAGCAAAAGTTCGATTTATTCAACAAAGCCGCCGTCCCGTCAAGTCA
GCGTAATGCTCTGCCAGTGTTACAACCAATTAACCAATTCTGATTAGAAAA
ACTCATCGAGCATCAAATGAAACTGCAATTTATTCATATCAGGATTATCAA
TACCATATTTTTGAAAAAGCCGTTTCTGTAATGAAGGAGAAAACTCACCGA
GGCAGTTCCATAGGATGGCAAGATCCTGGTATCGGTCTGCGATTCCGACTC
GTCCAACATCAATACAACCTATTAATTTCCCCTCGTCAAAAATAAGGTTATC
AAGTGAGAAATCACCATGAGTGACGACTGAATCCGGTGAGAATGGCAAAA
GCTTATGCATTTCTTTCCAGACTTGTTCAACAGGCCAGCCATTACGCTCGTC
ATCAAAATCACTCGCATCAACCAAACCGTTATTCATTCGTGATTGCGCCTGA
GCGAGACGAAATACGCGATCGCTGTTAAAAGGACAATTACAAACAGGAAT
CGAATGCAACCGGCGCAGGAACACTGCCAGCGCATCAACAATATTTTCACC
TGAATCAGGATATTCTTCTAATACCTGGAATGCTGTTTTCCCGGGGATCGCA
GTGGTGAGTAACCATGCATCATCAGGAGTACGGATAAAATGCTTGATGGTC
GGAAGAGGCATAAATTCCGTCAGCCAGTTTAGTCTGACCATCTCATCTGTA
ACATCATTGGCAACGCTACCTTTGCCATGTTTCAGAAACAACTCTGGCGCAT
CGGGCTTCCCATACAATCGATAGATTGTCGCACCTGATTGCCCGACATTATC
GCGAGCCCATTTATAC
CCATATAAATCAGCATCCATGTTGGAATTTAATCGCGGCCTCGAGCAAGAC
GTTTCCCGTTGAATATGGCTCATAACACCCCTTGTATTACTGTTTATGTAAG
CAGACAGTTTTATTGTTCATGATGATATATTTTTATCTTGTGCAATGTAACA
TCAGAGATTTTGAGACACAACGTGGCTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCGGCATGCCTGC
AGGTCGACAATATTGGCTATTGGCCATTGCATACGTTGTATCTATATCATAA
TATGTACATTTATATTGGCTCATGTCCAATATGACCGCCATGTTGACATTGA
TTATTGACTAGTTATTAATAGTAATCAATTACGGGGTCATTAGTTCATAGCC
CATATATGGAGTTCCGCGTTACATAACTTACGGTAAATGGCCCGCCTGGCT
GACCGCCCAACGACCCCCGCCCATTGACGTCAATAATGACGTATGTTCCCA
TAGTAACGCCAATAGGGACTTTCCATTGACGTCAATGGGTGGAGTATTTAC
GGTAAACTGCCCACTTGGCAGTACATCAAGTGTATCATATGCCAAGTCCGC
CCCCTATTGACGTCAATGACGGTAAATGGCCCGCCTGGCATTATGCCCAGT
ACATGACCTTACGGGACTTTCCTACTTGGCAGTACATCTACGTATTAGTCAT
CGCTATTACCATGGTGATGCGGTTTTGGCAGTACACCAATGGGCGTGGATA
GCGGTTTGACTCACGGGGATTTCCAAGTCTCCACCCCATTGACGTCAATGG
GAGTTTGTTTTGGCACCAAAATCAACGGGACTTTCCAAAATGTCGTAATAA
CCCCGCCCCGTTGACGCAAATGGGCGGTAGGCGTGTACGGTGGGAGGTCTA
TATAAGCAGAGCTCGTTTAGTGAACCGTCAGATCGCCTGGAGACGCCATCC
ACGCTGTTTTGACCTCCATAGAAGACACCGGGACCGATCCAGCCTCCGCGG
CCGGGAACGGTGCATTGGAACGCGGATTCCCCGTGCCAAGAGTGACGTAA GTACCGCCTATAGA
CTCTATAGGCACACCCCTTTGGCTCTTATGCATGCTATACTGTTTTTGGCTTG
GGGCCTATACACCCCCGCTTCCTTATGCTATAGGTGATGGTATAGCTTAGCC
TATAGGTGTGGGTTATTGACCATTATTGACCACTCCCCTATTGGTGACGATA
CTTTCCATTACTAATCCATAACATGGCTCTTTGCCACAACTATCTCTATTGG
CTATATGCCAATACTCTGTCCTTCAGAGACTGACACGGACTCTGTATTTTTA
CAGGATGGGGTCCCATTTATTATTTACAAATTCACATATACAACAACGCCG
TCCCCCGTGCCCGCAGTTTTTATTAAACATAGCGTGGGATCTCCACGCGAAT
CTCGGGTACGTGTTCCGGACATGGGCTCTTCTCCGGTAGCGGCGGAGCTTC
CACATCCGAGCCCTGGTCCCATGCCTCCAGCGGCTCATGGTCGCTCGGCAG
CTCCTTGCTCCTAACAGTGGAGGCCAGACTTAGGCACAGCACAATGCCCAC
CACCACCAGTGTGCCGCACAAGGCCGTGGCGGTAGGGTATGTGTCTGAAAA
TGAGCTCGGAGATTGGGCTCGCACCGCTGACGCAGATGGAAGACTTAAGGC
AGCGGCAGAAGAAGATGCAGGCAGCTGAGTTGTTGTATTCTGATAAGAGTC
AGAGGTAACTCCCGTTGCGGTGCTGTTAACGGTGGAGGGCAGTGTAGTCTG
AGCAGTACTCGTTGCTGCCGCGCGCGCCACCAGACATAATAGCTGACAGAC
TAACAGACTGTTCCTTTCCATGGGTCTTTTCTGCAGTCACCGTCCAAGCTTG
CGGCCGCGGATCTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAGAGTAGTAGACTCCGCAAGA
AACAGCAAACACAGATAAATATGGGCGAGCTGTCCCCTGTGTGCCTGTACC
TGCTGCTGCAGGGCCTGCTGCTGTGTAACACCGGAGCCGCCAGGAACCTGA
ACGAGCTGAAGATGGAGTGCCCCCACACCATCAGACTGGGCCAGGGCCTG GTGGTGGGCAGCGT
GGAGCTGCCCAGCCTGCCCATCCAGCAGGTGGAGACCCTGAAGCTGGAGA
GCAGCTGTAACTTCGACCTGCACACCAGCACAGCCGGCCAGCAGAGCTTCA
CCAAGTGGACCTGGGAGATCAAGGGCGACCTGGCCGAGAACACCCAGGCC
AGCAGCACCAGCTTCCAGACCAAGAGCAGCGAGGTGAACCTGAGAGGCCT
GTGCCTGATCCCCACACTGGTGGTGGAGACCGCCGCCAGAATGAGAAAGA
CCATCGCCTGCTACGACCTGAGCTGTAACCAGACCGTGTGTCAGCCTACCG
TGTACCTGATGGGCCCTATCCAGACCTGTATCACCACCAAGAGCTGCCTGC
TGTCCCTGGGCGATCAGAGAATCCAGGTGAACTACGAGAAAACCTACTGTG
TGAGCGGCCAGCTGGTGGAGGGCATCTGCTTCAACCCCATCCACACCATGG
CCCTGAGCCAGCCTAGCCACACCTACGACATCATGACCATGATGGTGAGAT
GCTTTCTGGTGATCAAGAAGGTGACCAGCGGCGACAGCATGAAGATCGAG
AAGAACTTCGAGACCCTGGTGCAGAAGAATGGCTGTACCGCCAACAACTTC
CAGGGCTACTACATCTGCCTGATCGGCAGCAGCAGCGAGCCCCTGTACGTG
CCCGCCCTGGACGACTACAGAAGCGCCGAGGTGCTGTCCAGAATGGCCTTC
GCCCCCCACGGCGAGGACCACGACATCGAGAAAAACGCCGTGTCCGCCAT
GAGAATCGCCGGCAAGGTGACCGGCAAGGCCCCCAGCACCGAGTCCAGCG
ACACCGTGCAGGGCATCGCCTTCAGCGGCAGCCCCCTGTACACCTCCACCG
GCGTGCTGACCAGCAAGGACGACCCCGTGTACATCTGGGCCCCTGGCATCA
TCATGGAGGGCAACCACAGCATCTGTGAGAAGAAAACCCTGCCCCTGACCT
GGACCGGCTTCATCAGCCTGCCCGGCGAGATCGAGAAAACCACCCAGTGTA
CCGTGTTCTGTACCCTGGCCGGACCTG
GCGCCGACTGTGAGGCCTACAGCGAGACCGGCATCTTCAACATCAGCAGCC
CCACCTGCCTGATCAACCGGGTGCAGAGGTTCAGAGGCAGCGAGCAGCAG
ATCAAGTTTGTGTGCCAGCGGGTGGACATGGACATCACCGTGTACTGTAAC
GGCATGAAGAAGGTGATCCTGACCAAGACACTGGTGATCGGCCAGTGTATC
TACACCTTCACCAGCATCTTCTCCCTGATCCCCGGCGTGGCCCACAGCCTGG
CCGTGGAGCTGTGTGTGCCCGGCCTGCACGGCTGGGCCACCATGCTGCTGC
TGCTGACCTTCTGCTTCGGCTGGGTGCTGATCCCTACCATCACCATGATCCT
GCTGAAGATCCTGATCGCCTTCGCCTACCTGTGCTCCAAGTACAACACCGA
CAGCAAGTTCAGAATCCTGATCGAGAAAGTGAAGCGGGAGTACCAGAAAA
CCATGGGCAGCATGGTGTGTGAAGTGTGCCAGTACGAGTGTGAGACCGCCA
AGGAGCTGGAGTCCCACAGAAAGAGCTGCTCCATCGGCAGCTGCCCCTACT
GCCTGAACCCCAGCGAGGCCACCACCTCCGCCCTGCAGGCCCACTTCAAAG
TGTGTAAGCTGACCAGCCGGTTCCAGGAGAACCTGAGGAAGTCCCTGACCG
TGTACGAGCCCATGCAGGGCTGCTACAGAACCCTGAGCCTGTTCCGGTACA
GGAGCCGGTTCTTTGTGGGCCTGGTGTGGTGTGTGCTGCTGGTGCTGGAGCT
GATTGTGTGGGCCGCCAGCGCCGAGACCCAGAACCTGAATGCCGGCTGGAC
CGACACCGCCCACGGCAGCGGCATCATCCCCATGAAAACCGACCTGGAGCT
GGACTTCAGCCTGCCTAGCAGCGCCTCCTACACCTACAGGCGGCAGCTGCA
GAATCCTGCCAACGAGCAGGAGAAGATCCCCTTCCACCTGCAGCTGTCCAA
GCAGGTGATCCACGCCGAGATTCAGCACCTGGGCCACTGGATGGACGCCAC
CTTCAACCTGAAAACCGCC
TTCCACTGCTACGGCAGCTGTGAGAAGTACGCCTACCCTTGGCAGACCGCC
GGCTGCTTCATCGAGAAGGACTACGAGTACGAGACCGGCTGGGGCTGTAAT
CCTCCTGATTGCCCCGGAGTGGGCACCGGCTGTACTGCATGTGGCGTGTAC
CTGGACAAGCTGAAGTCTGTGGGCAAGGTGTTCAAGATCGTGTCCCTGAGG
TACACCCGGAAAGTGTGTATCCAGCTGGGCACCGAGCAGACCTGTAAGACC
GTGGACAGCAACGATTGCCTGATCACAACCAGCGTGAAAGTGTGTCTGATC
GGCACCATCAGCAAGTTCCAGCCCAGCGATACCCTGCTGTTTCTGGGCCCC
CTGCAGCAGGGCGGCCTGATCTTCAAGCAGTGGTGTACCACCACCTGCCAG
TTCGGCGATCCCGGCGATATCATGAGCACCCCCACCGGCATGAAGTGCCCT
GAGCTGAACGGCAGCTTCCGGAAGAAGTGTGCCTTCGCCACCACCCCTGTG
TGTCAGTTCGACGGCAACACCATCAGCGGCTACAAGCGGATGATCGCCACC
AAGGACAGCTTCCAGTCCTTCAACGTGACCGAGCCCCACATCAGCACCAGC
GCCCTGGAGTGGATCGATCCCGACAGCAGCCTGAGGGACCACATCAACGTG
ATCGTGTCCAGGGACCTGAGCTTCCAGGACCTGAGCGAGACCCCCTGCCAG
ATCGACCTGGCCACCGCCAGCATCGATGGCGCCTGGGGCAGCGGAGTGGG
CTTCAACCTGGTGTGTACAGTGAGCCTGACCGAGTGTAGCGCCTTCCTGAC
CAGCATCAAAGCCTGTGACGCCGCCATGTGTTACGGCAGCACCACCGCCAA
CCTGGTGAGAGGCCAGAACACCATCCACATTGTGGGCAAAGGCGGCCACA
GCGGCAGCAAGTTTATGTGCTGCCACGACACCAAGTGTAGCAGCACCGGCC
TGGTGGCCGCTGCCCCCCACCTGGACAGAGTGACCGGCTACAACCAGGCCG
ACAGCGACAAGATTTTCGACGA
CGGAGCCCCTGAGTGTGGCATGAGTTGCTGGTTCAAGAAGAGCGGCGAGTG
GATTCTGGGCGTGCTGAACGGGAATTGGATGGTGGTGGCCGTGCTGGTCGT
GCTGCTGATCCTGAGCATCCTGCTGTTCACCCTGTGCTGCCCTAGGAGACCC
AGCTACCGGAAGGAGCACAAGCCCTGAGTTTTGCTTACTAACATAATTATT
GTATTCTGTTTATTGACACAATTACCATATGATTAACTGTATTCCCCCATCTT
ATATCTTATATAATATTCTTTATTTAATCACTATATAGAAAAAAAACTAGCA
CTTTACTAATTAAATTACCCCATACCGATTATGCCTGGACTTTTGTTCCTGC
GGAGCATACTACTAGGATCTACGTATGATCAGCCTCGACTGTGCCTTCTAG
TTGCCAGCCATCTGTTGTTTGCCCCTCCCCCGTGCCTTCCTTGACCCTGGAA
GGTGCCACTCCCACTGTCCTTTCCTAATAAAATGAGGAAATTGCATCGCATT
GTCTGAGTAGGTGTCATTCTATTCTGGGGGGTGGGGTGGGGCAGGACAGCA
AGGGGGAGGATTGGGAAGACAATAGCAGGCATGCTGGGGATGCGGTGGGC
TCTATGGCTTCTGAGGCGGAAAGAACCAGCTGGGGCTCGACAGCTCGACTC
TAGAATTGCTTCCTCGCTCACTGACTCGCTGCGCTCGGTCGTTCGGCTGCGG
CGAGCGGTATCAGCTCACTCAAAGGCGGTAATACGGTTATCCACAGAATCA
GGGGATAACGCAGGAAAGAACATGTGAGCAAAAGGCCAGCAAAAGGCCA
GGAACCGTAAAAAGGCCGCGTTGCTGGCGTTTTTCCATAGGCTCCGCCCCC
CTGACGAGCATCACAAAAATCGACGCTCAAGTCAGAGGTGGCGAAACCCG
ACAGGACTATAAAGATACCAGGCGTTTCCCCCTGGAAGCTCCCTCGTGCGC
TCTCCTGTTCCGACCCTGCCGCTTACCGGATACCTGTCCGCCTTTCTCCCTTC
GGGAAGCGTGGCGC TTTCTCATAGCTCACGCTGTAGGTATCTCAGTTCGGTGTAGGTCGTTCGCTC
CAAGCTGGGCTGTGTGCACGAACCCCCCGTTCAGCCCGACCGCTGCGCCTT
ATCCGGTAACTATCGTCTTGAGTCCAACCCGGTAAGACACGACTTATCGCC
ACTGGCAGCAGCCACTGGTAACAGGATTAGCAGAGCGAGGTATGTAGGCG
GTGCTACAGAGTTCTTGAAGTGGTGGCCTAACTACGGCTACACTAGAAGAA
CAGTATTTGGTATCTGCGCTCTGCTGAAGCCAGTTACCTTCGGAAAAAGAG
TTGGTAGCTCTTGATCCGGCAAACAAACCACCGCTGGTAGCGGTGGTTTTTT
TGTTTGCAAGCAGCAGATTACGCGCAGAAAAAAAGGATCTCAAGAAGATC
CTTTGATCTTTTCTACGGGGTCTGACGCTCAGTGGAACGAAAACTCACGTTA
AGGGATTTTGGTCATGAGATTATCAAAAAGGATCTTCACCTAGATCCTTTTA
AATTAAAAATGAAGTTTTAAATCAATCTAAAGTATATATGAGTAAACTTGG
TCTGACAGTTACCAATGCTTAATCAGTGAGGCACCTATCTCAGCGATCTGTC
TATTTCGTTCATCCATAGTTGCCTGACTC Puumala synthetic full-length
M-segment ORF-- SEQ ID NO: 14
ATGGGCGAGCTGTCCCCTGTGTGCCTGTACCTGCTGCTGCAGGGCCTGCTGC
TGTGTAACACCGGAGCCGCCAGGAACCTGAACGAGCTGAAGATGGAGTGC
CCCCACACCATCAGACTGGGCCAGGGCCTGGTGGTGGGCAGCGTGGAGCTG
CCCAGCCTGCCCATCCAGCAGGTGGAGACCCTGAAGCTGGAGAGCAGCTGT
AACTTCGACCTGCACACCAGCACAGCCGGCCAGCAGAGCTTCACCAAGTGG
ACCTGGGAGATCAAGGGCGACCTGGCCGAGAACACCCAGGCCAGCAGCAC
CAGCTTCCAGACCAAGAGCAGCGAGGTGAACCTGAGAGGCCTGTGCCTGAT
CCCCACACTGGTGGTGGAGACCGCCGCCAGAATGAGAAAGACCATCGCCT
GCTACGACCTGAGCTGTAACCAGACCGTGTGTCAGCCTACCGTGTACCTGA
TGGGCCCTATCCAGACCTGTATCACCACCAAGAGCTGCCTGCTGTCCCTGG
GCGATCAGAGAATCCAGGTGAACTACGAGAAAACCTACTGTGTGAGCGGC
CAGCTGGTGGAGGGCATCTGCTTCAACCCCATCCACACCATGGCCCTGAGC
CAGCCTAGCCACACCTACGACATCATGACCATGATGGTGAGATGCTTTCTG
GTGATCAAGAAGGTGACCAGCGGCGACAGCATGAAGATCGAGAAGAACTT
CGAGACCCTGGTGCAGAAGAATGGCTGTACCGCCAACAACTTCCAGGGCTA
CTACATCTGCCTGATCGGCAGCAGCAGCGAGCCCCTGTACGTGCCCGCCCT
GGACGACTACAGAAGCGCCGAGGTGCTGTCCAGAATGGCCTTCGCCCCCCA
CGGCGAGGACCACGACATCGAGAAAAACGCCGTGTCCGCCATGAGAATCG
CCGGCAAGGTGACCGGCAAGGCCCCCAGCACCGAGTCCAGCGACACCGTG
CAGGGCATCGCCTTCAGCGGCAGCCCCCTGTACACCTCCACCGGCGTGCTG
ACCAGCAAGGACGACCCCGTGTACATCTGGGCCCCTGGCATCATCATGGAG
GGCAACCACAGCATCTGTGAGAAGAAAACCCTGCCCCTGACCTGGACCGGC
TTCATCAGCCTGCCCGGCGAGATCGAGAAAACCACCCAGTGTACCGTGTTC
TGTACCCTGGCCGGACCTGGCGCCGACTGTGAGGCCTACAGCGAGACCGGC
ATCTTCAACATCAGCAGCCCCACCTGCCTGATCAACCGGGTGCAGAGGTTC
AGAGGCAGCGAGCAGCAGATCAAGTTTGTGTGCCAGCGGGTGGACATGGA
CATCACCGTGTACTGTAACGGCATGAAGAAGGTGATCCTGACCAAGACACT
GGTGATCGGCCAGTGTATCTACACCTTCACCAGCATCTTCTCCCTGATCCCC
GGCGTGGCCCACAGCCTGGCCGTGGAGCTGTGTGTGCCCGGCCTGCACGGC
TGGGCCACCATGCTGCTGCTGCTGACCTTCTGCTTCGGCTGGGTGCTGATCC
CTACCATCACCATGATCCTGCTGAAGATCCTGATCGCCTTCGCCTACCTGTG
CTCCAAGTACAACACCGACAGCAAGTTCAGAATCCTGATCGAGAAAGTGA
AGCGGGAGTACCAGAAAACCATGGGCAGCATGGTGTGTGAAGTGTGCCAG
TACGAGTGTGAGACCGCCAAGGAGCTGGAGTCCCACAGAAAGAGCTGCTC
CATCGGCAGCTGCCCCTACTGCCTGAACCCCAGCGAGGCCACCACCTCCGC
CCTGCAGGCCCACTTCAAAGTGTGTAAGCTGACCAGCCGGTTCCAGGAGAA
CCTGAGGAAGTCCCTGACCGTGTACGAGCCCATGCAGGGCTGCTACAGAAC
CCTGAGCCTGTTCCGGTACAGGAGCCGGTTCTTTGTGGGCCTGGTGTGGTGT
GTGCTGCTGGTGCTGGAGCTGATTGTGTGGGCCGCCAGCGCCGAGACCCAG
AACCTGAATGCCGGCTGGACCGACACCGCCCACGGCAGCGGCATCATCCCC
ATGAAAACCGACCTGGAGCTGGACTTCAGCCTGCCTAGCAGCGCCTCCTAC
ACCTACAGGCGGCAGCTGCAGAATCCTGCCAACGAGCAGGAGAAGATCCC
CTTCCACCTGCAGCTGTCCAAGCAGGTGATCCACGCCGAGATTCAGCACCT
GGGCCACTGGATGGACGCCACCTTCAACCTGAAAACCGCCTTCCACTGCTA
CGGCAGCTGTGAGAAGTACGCCTACCCTTGGCAGACCGCCGGCTGCTTCAT
CGAGAAGGACTACGAGTACGAGACCGGCTGGGGCTGTAATCCTCCTGATTG
CCCCGGAGTGGGCACCGGCTGTACTGCATGTGGCGTGTACCTGGACAAGCT
GAAGTCTGTGGGCAAGGTGTTCAAGATCGTGTCCCTGAGGTACACCCGGAA
AGTGTGTATCCAGCTGGGCACCGAGCAGACCTGTAAGACCGTGGACAGCA
ACGATTGCCTGATCACAACCAGCGTGAAAGTGTGTCTGATCGGCACCATCA
GCAAGTTCCAGCCCAGCGATACCCTGCTGTTTCTGGGCCCCCTGCAGCAGG
GCGGCCTGATCTTCAAGCAGTGGTGTACCACCACCTGCCAGTTCGGCGATC
CCGGCGATATCATGAGCACCCCCACCGGCATGAAGTGCCCTGAGCTGAACG
GCAGCTTCCGGAAGAAGTGTGCCTTCGCCACCACCCCTGTGTGTCAGTTCG
ACGGCAACACCATCAGCGGCTACAAGCGGATGATCGCCACCAAGGACAGC
TTCCAGTCCTTCAACGTGACCGAGCCCCACATCAGCACCAGCGCCCTGGAG
TGGATCGATCCCGACAGCAGCCTGAGGGACCACATCAACGTGATCGTGTCC
AGGGACCTGAGCTTCCAGGACCTGAGCGAGACCCCCTGCCAGATCGACCTG
GCCACCGCCAGCATCGATGGCGCCTGGGGCAGCGGAGTGGGCTTCAACCTG
GTGTGTACAGTGAGCCTGACCGAGTGTAGCGCCTTCCTGACCAGCATCAAA
GCCTGTGACGCCGCCATGTGTTACGGCAGCACCACCGCCAACCTGGTGAGA
GGCCAGAACACCATCCACATTGTGGGCAAAGGCGGCCACAGCGGCAGCAA
GTTTATGTGCTGCCACGACACCAAGTGTAGCAGCACCGGCCTGGTGGCCGC
TGCCCCCCACCTGGACAGAGTGACCGGCTACAACCAGGCCGACAGCGACA
AGATTTTCGACGACGGAGCCCCTGAGTGTGGCATGAGTTGCTGGTTCAAGA
AGAGCGGCGAGTGGATTCTGGGCGTGCTGAACGGGAATTGGATGGTGGTG
GCCGTGCTGGTCGTGCTGCTGATCCTGAGCATCCTGCTGTTCACCCTGTGCT
GCCCTAGGAGACCCAGCTACCGGAAGGAGCACAAGCCCTGA Plasmid pWRG/HTN-M(x)--
SEQ ID NO: 12 gggggggggg ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt gaagaaggtg 40
ttgctgactc ataccaggcc tgaatcgccc catcatccag 80 ccagaaagtg
agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg 120 taggtggacc agttggtgat
tttgaacttt tgctttgcca 160 cggaacggtc tgcgttgtcg ggaagatgcg
tgatctgatc 200 cttcaactca gcaaaagttc gatttattca acaaagccgc 240
cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc agtgttacaa 280 ccaattaacc
aattctgatt agaaaaactc atcgagcatc 320 aaatgaaact gcaatttatt
catatcagga ttatcaatac 360 catatttttg aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg
aaggagaaaa 400 ctcaccgagg cagttccata ggatggcaag atcctggtat 440
cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca atacaaccta 480 ttaatttccc
ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa 520 atcaccatga gtgacgactg
aatccggtga gaatggcaaa 560 agcttatgca tttctttcca gacttgttca
acaggccagc 600 cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa tcactcgcat caaccaaacc 640
gttattcatt cgtgattgcg cctgagcgag acgaaatacg 680 cgatcgctgt
taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat 720 gcaaccggcg caggaacact
gccagcgcat caacaatatt 760
ttcacctgaa tcaggatatt cttctaatac ctggaatgct 800 gttttcccgg
ggatcgcagt ggtgagtaac catgcatcat 840 caggagtacg gataaaatgc
ttgatggtcg gaagaggcat 880 aaattccgtc agccagttta gtctgaccat
ctcatctgta 920 acatcattgg caacgctacc tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960
actctggcgc atcgggcttc ccatacaatc gatagattgt 1000 cgcacctgat
tgcccgacat tatcgcgagc ccatttatac 1040 ccatataaat cagcatccat
gttggaattt aatcgcggcc 1080 tcgagcaaga cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc
tcataacacc 1120 ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt aagcagacag ttttattgtt 1160
catgatgata tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg taacatcaga 1200 gattttgaga
cacaacgtgg ctttcccccc ccccccggca 1240 tgcctgcagg tcgacaatat
tggctattgg ccattgcata 1280 cgttgtatct atatcataat atgtacattt
atattggctc 1320 atgtccaata tgaccgccat gttgacattg attattgact 1360
agttattaat agtaatcaat tacggggtca ttagttcata 1400 gcccatatat
ggagttccgc gttacataac ttacggtaaa 1440 tggcccgcct ggctgaccgc
ccaacgaccc ccgcccattg 1480 acgtcaataa tgacgtatgt tcccatagta
acgccaatag 1520 ggactttcca ttgacgtcaa tgggtggagt atttacggta 1560
aactgcccac ttggcagtac atcaagtgta tcatatgcca 1600 agtccgcccc
ctattgacgt caatgacggt aaatggcccg 1640 cctggcatta tgcccagtac
atgaccttac gggactttcc 1680 tacttggcag tacatctacg tattagtcat
cgctattacc 1720 atggtgatgc ggttttggca gtacaccaat gggcgtggat 1760
agcggtttga ctcacgggga tttccaagtc tccaccccat 1800 tgacgtcaat
gggagtttgt tttggcacca aaatcaacgg 1840 gactttccaa aatgtcgtaa
taaccccgcc ccgttgacgc 1880 aaatgggcgg taggcgtgta cggtgggagg
tctatataag 1920 cagagctcgt ttagtgaacc gtcagatcgc ctggagacgc 1960
catccacgct gttttgacct gcatcgaaga caccgggacc 2000 gatccagcct
ccgcggccgg gaacggtgca ttggaacgcg 2040 gattccccgt gccaagagtg
acgtaagtac cgcctataga 2080 ctctataggc acaccccttt ggctcttatg
catgctatac 2120 tgtttttggc ttggggccta tacacccccg cttccttatg 2160
ctataggtga tggtatagct tagcctatag gtgtgggtta 2200 ttgaccatta
ttgaccactc ccctattggt gacgatactt 2240 tccattacta atccataaca
tggctctttg ccacaactat 2280 ctctattggc tatatgccaa tactctgtcc
ttcagagact 2320 gacacggact ctgtattttt acaggatggg gtcccattta 2360
ttatttacaa attcacatat acaacaacgc cgtcccccgt 2400 gcccgcagtt
tttattaaac atagcgtggg atctccacgc 2440 gaatctcggg tacgtgttcc
ggacatgggc tcttctccgg 2480 tagcggcgga gcttccacat ccgagccctg
gtcccatgcc 2520 tccagcggct catggtcgct cggcagctcc ttgctcctaa 2560
cagtggaggc cagacttagg cacagcacaa tgcccaccac 2600 caccagtgtg
ccgcacaagg ccgtggcggt agggtatgtg 2640 tctgaaaatg agctcggaga
ttgggctcgc accgctgacg 2680 cagatggaag acttaaggca gcggcagaag
aagatgcagg 2720 cagctgagtt gttgtattct gataagagtc agaggtaact 2760
cccgttgcgg tgctgttaac ggtggagggc agtgtagtct 2800 gagcagtact
cgttgctgcc gcgcgcgcca ccagacataa 2840 tagctgacag actaacagac
tgttcctttc catgggtctt 2880 ttctgcagtc accgtccaag cttgcggccg
cggatctgca 2920 ggaattcggc acgagagtag tagactccgc aagaaacagc 2960
agtcaatcag caacatgggg atatggaagt ggctagtgat 3000 ggccagttta
gtatggcctg ttttgacact gagaaatgtc 3040 tatgacatga aaattgagtg
cccccataca gtaagttttg 3080 gggaaaacag tgtgataggt tatgtagaat
taccccccgt 3120 gccattggcc gacacagcac agatggtgcc tgagagttct 3160
tgtagcatgg ataatcacca atcgttgaat acaataacaa 3200 aatataccca
agtaagttgg agaggaaagg ctgatcagtc 3240 acagtctagt caaaattcat
ttgagacagt gtccactgaa 3280 gttgacttga aaggaacatg tgctctaaaa
cacaaaatgg 3320 tggaagaatc ataccgtagt aggaaatcag taacctgtta 3360
cgacctgtct tgcaatagca cttactgcaa gccaacacta 3400 tacatgattg
taccaattca tgcatgcaat atgatgaaaa 3440 gctgtttgat tgcattggga
ccatacagag tacaggtggt 3480 ttatgagaga tcttattgca tgacaggagt
cctgattgaa 3520 gggaaatgct ttgtcccaga tcaaagtgtg gtcagtatta 3560
tcaagcatgg gatctttgat attgcaagtg ttcatattgt 3600 atgtttcttt
gttgcagtta aagggaatac ttataaaatt 3640 tttgaacagg ttaagaaatc
ctttgaatca acatgcaatg 3680 atacagagaa taaagtgcaa ggatattata
tttgtattgt 3720 agggggaaac tctgcaccaa tatatgttcc aacacttgat 3760
gatttcagat ccatggaagc atttacagga atcttcagat 3800 caccacatgg
ggaagatcat gatctggctg gagaagaaat 3840 tgcatcttat tctatagtcg
gacctgccaa tgcaaaagtt 3880 cctcatagtg ctagctcaga tacattgagc
ttgattgcct 3920 attcaggtat accatcttat tcttccctta gcatcctaac 3960
aagttcaaca gaagctaagc atgtattcag ccctgggttg 4000 ttcccaaaac
ttaatcacac aaattgtgat aaaagtgcca 4040 taccactcat atggactggg
atgattgatt tacctggata 4080 ctacgaagct gtccaccctt gtacagtttt
ttgcgtatta 4120 tcaggtcctg gggcatcatg tgaagccttt tctgaaggcg 4160
ggattttcaa cataacctct cccatgtgct tagtgtcaaa 4200 acaaaatcga
ttccggttaa cagaacagca agtgaatttt 4240 gtgtgtcagc gagtggacat
ggacattgtt gtgtactgca 4280 acgggcagag gaaagtaata ttaacaaaaa
ctctagttat 4320 tggacagtgt atatatacta taacaagctt attctcatta 4360
ctacctggag tagcacattc tattgctgtt gaattgtgtg 4400 tacctgggtt
ccatggttgg gccacagctg ctctgcttgt 4440 tacattctgt ttcggatggg
ttcttatacc agcaattaca 4480 tttatcatac taacagtcct aaagttcatt
gctaatattt 4520 ttcacacaag taatcaagag aataggctaa aatcagtact 4560
tagaaagata aaggaagagt ttgaaaaaac aaaaggctca 4600 atggtatgtg
atgtctgcaa gtatgagtgt gaaacctata 4640 aagaattaaa ggcacacggg
gtatcatgcc cccaatctca 4680 atgtccttac tgttttactc attgtgaacc
cacagaagca 4720 gcattccaag ctcattacaa ggtatgccaa gttactcaca 4760
gattcaggga tgatctaaag aaaactgtta ctcctcaaaa 4800 ttttacacca
ggatgttacc ggacactaaa tttatttaga 4840 tacaaaagca ggtgctacat
ctttacaatg tggatatttc 4880 ttcttgtctt agaatccata ctgtgggctg
caagtgcatc 4920 agagacacca ttaactcctg tctggaatga caatgcccat 4960
ggggtaggtt ctgttcctat gcatacagat ttagagcttg 5000 atttctcttt
aacatccagt tccaagtata cataccgtag 5040 gaggttaaca aacccacttg
aggaagcaca atccattgac 5080 ctacatattg aaatagaaga acagacaatt
ggtgttgatg 5120 tgcatgctct aggacactgg tttgatggtc gtcttaacct 5160
taaaacatcc tttcactgtt atggtgcttg tacaaagtat 5200 gaataccctt
ggcatactgc aaagtgccac tatgaaagag 5240 attaccaata tgagacgagc
tggggttgta atccatcaga 5280 ttgtcctggg gtgggcacag gctgtacagc
atgtggttta 5320 tacctagatc aactgaaacc agttggtagt gcttataaaa 5360
ttatcacaat aaggtacagc aggagagtct gtgttcagtt 5400 tggggaggaa
aacctttgta agataataga catgaatgat 5440 tgttttgtat ctaggcatgt
taaggtctgc ataattggta 5480 cagtatctaa attctctcag ggtgatacct
tattgttttt 5520 tggaccgctt gaaggtggtg gtctaatatt taaacactgg 5560
tgtacatcca catgtcaatt tggtgaccca ggagatatca 5600 tgagtccaag
agacaaaggt tttttatgcc ctgagtttcc 5640 aggtagtttc aggaagaaat
gcaactttgc tactacccct 5680 atttgtgagt atgatggaaa tatggtctca
ggttacaaga 5720 aagtgatggc cacaattgat tccttccaat cttttaatac 5760
aagcactatg cacttcactg atgaaaggat agagtggaaa 5800
gaccctgatg gaatgctaag ggaccatata aacattttag 5840 taacgaagga
cattgacttt gataaccttg gtgaaaatcc 5880 ttgcaaaatt ggcctacaaa
catcttctat tgagggggcc 5920 tggggttctg gtgtggggtt cacattaaca
tgtctggtat 5960 cactaacaga atgtcctacc tttttgacct caataaaggc 6000
ttgtgataag gctatctgtt atggtgcaga gagtgtaaca 6040 ttgacaagag
gacaaaatac agtcaaggta tcagggaaag 6080 gtggccatag tggttcaaca
tttaggtgtt gccatgggga 6120 ggactgttca caaattggac tccatgctgc
tgcacctcac 6160 cttgacaagg taaatgggat ttctgagata gaaaatagta 6200
aagtatatga tgatggggca ccgcaatgtg ggataaaatg 6240 ttggtttgtt
aaatcagggg aatggatttc agggatattc 6280 agtggtaatt ggattgtact
cattgtcctc tgtgtatttc 6320 tattgttctc cttggtttta ctaagcattc
tctgtcccgt 6360 aaggaagcat aaaaaatcat agctaaattc tgtgactatc 6400
ctgttcttat gtatagcttt aacatatata ctaattttta 6440 tattccagta
tactctatct aacacactaa aaaaaatagt 6480 agctttctaa ccacaaaacg
gatctacgta tgatcagcct 6520 cgactgtgcc ttctagttgc cagccatctg
ttgtttgccc 6560 ctcccccgtg ccttccttga ccctggaagg tgccactccc 6600
actgtccttt cctaataaaa tgaggaaatt gcatcgcatt 6640 gtctgagtag
gtgtcattct attctggggg gtggggtggg 6680 gcaggacagc aagggggagg
attgggaaga caatagcagg 6720 catgctgggg atgcggtggg ctctatggct
tctgaggcgg 6760 aaagaaccag ctggggctcg acagctcgac tctagaattg 6800
cttcctcgct cactgactcg ctgcgctcgg tcgttcggct 6840 gcggcgagcg
gtatcagctc actcaaaggc ggtaatacgg 6880 ttatccacag aatcagggga
taacgcagga aagaacatgt 6920 gagcaaaagg ccagcaaaag gccaggaacc
gtaaaaaggc 6960 cgcgttgctg gcgtttttcc ataggctccg cccccctgac 7000
gagcatcaca aaaatcgacg ctcaagtcag aggtggcgaa 7040 acccgacagg
actataaaga taccaggcgt ttccccctgg 7080 aagctccctc gtgcgctctc
ctgttccgac cctgccgctt 7120 accggatacc tgtccgcctt tctcccttcg
ggaagcgtgg 7160 cgctttctca tagctcacgc tgtaggtatc tcagttcggt 7200
gtaggtcgtt cgctccaagc tgggctgtgt gcacgaaccc 7240 cccgttcagc
ccgaccgctg cgccttatcc ggtaactatc 7280 gtcttgagtc caacccggta
agacacgact tatcgccact 7320 ggcagcagcc actggtaaca ggattagcag
agcgaggtat 7360 gtaggcggtg ctacagagtt cttgaagtgg tggcctaact 7400
acggctacac tagaagaaca gtatttggta tctgcgctct 7440 gctgaagcca
gttaccttcg gaaaaagagt tggtagctct 7480 tgatccggca aacaaaccac
cgctggtagc ggtggttttt 7520 ttgtttgcaa gcagcagatt acgcgcagaa
aaaaaggatc 7560 tcaagaagat cctttgatct tttctacggg gtctgacgct 7600
cagtggaacg aaaactcacg ttaagggatt ttggtcatga 7640 gattatcaaa
aaggatcttc acctagatcc ttttaaatta 7680 aaaatgaagt tttaaatcaa
tctaaagtat atatgagtaa 7720 acttggtctg acagttacca atgcttaatc
agtgaggcac 7760 ctatctcagc gatctgtcta tttcgttcat ccatagttgc 7800
pWRG-SEO-M (Seoul hantavirus M segment, strain SR-11, subcloned
into DNA vector pWRG7077)- SEQ ID NO: 13 gggggggggg ggcgctgagg
tctgcctcgt gaagaaggtg 40 ttgctgactc ataccaggcc tgaatcgccc
catcatccag 80 ccagaaagtg agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg 120
taggtggacc agttggtgat tttgaacttt tgctttgcca 160 cggaacggtc
tgcgttgtcg ggaagatgcg tgatctgatc 200 cttcaactca gcaaaagttc
gatttattca acaaagccga 240 cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc
agtgttacaa 280 ccaattaacc aattctgatt agaaaaactc atcgagcatc 320
aaatgaaact gcaatttatt catatcagga ttatcaatac 360 catatttttg
aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg aaggagaaaa 400 ctcaccgagg cagttccata
ggatggcaag atcctggtat 440 cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca
atacaaccta 480 ttaatttccc ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa 520
atcaccatga gtgacgactg aatccggtga gaatggcaaa 560 agcttatgca
tttctttcca gacttgttca acaggccagc 600 cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa
tcactcgcat caaccaaacc 640 gttattcatt cgtgattgcg cctgagcgag
acgaaatacg 680 cgatcgctgt taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat 720
gcaaccggcg caggaacact gccagcgcat caacaatatt 760 ttcacctgaa
tcaggatatt cttctaatac ctggaatgct 800 gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt
ggtgagtaac catgcatcat 840 caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg
gaagaggcat 880 aaattccgtc agccagttta gtctgaccat ctcatctgta 920
acatcattgg caacgctacc tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960 actctggcgc
atcgggcttc ccatacaatc gatagattgt 1000 cgcacctgat tgccccacat
tatcgcgagc ccatttatac 1040 ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt
aatcgcggcc 1080 tcgagcaaga cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc 1120
ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt aagcagacag ttttattgtt 1160 catgatgata
tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg taacatcaga 1200 gattttgaga cacaacgtgg
ctttcccccc ccccccggca 1240 tgcctgcagg tcgacataaa tcaatattgg
ctattggcca 1280 ttgcatacgt tgtatctata tcataatatg tacatttata 1320
ttggctcatg tccaatatga ccgccatgtt gacattgatt 1360 attgactagt
tattaatagt aatcaattac ggggtcatta 1400 gttcatagcc catatatgga
gttccgcgtt acataactta 1440 cggtaaatgg cccgcctcgt gaccgcccaa
cgacccccgc 1480 ccattgacgt caataatgac gtatgttccc atagtaacgc 1520
caatagggac tttccattga cgtcaatggg tggagtattt 1560 acggtaaact
gcccacttgg cagtacatca agtgtatcat 1600 atgccaagtc cggcccccta
ttgacgtcaa tgacggtaaa 1640 tggcccgcct ggcattatgc ccagtacatg
accttacggg 1680 actttcctac ttggcagtac atctacgtat tagtcatcgc 1720
tattaccatg gtgatgcggt tttggcagta caccaatggg 1760 cgtggatagc
ggtttgactc acggggattt ccaagtctcc 1800 accccattga cgtcaatggg
agtttgtttt ggcaccaaaa 1840 tcaacgggac tttccaaaat gtcgtaataa
ccccgccccg 1880 ttgacgcaaa tgggcggtag gcgtgtacgg tgggaggtct 1920
atataagcag agctcgttta gtgaaccgtc agatcgcctg 1960 gagacgccat
ccacgctgtt ttgacctcca tagaagacac 2000 cgggaccgat ccagcctccg
cggccgggaa cggtgcattg 2040 gaacgcggat tccccgtgcc aagagtgacg
taagtaccgc 2080 ctatagactc tataggcaca cccctttggc tcttatgcat 2120
gctatactgt ttttggcttg gggcctatac acccccgctc 2160 cttatgctat
aggtgatggt atagcttagc ctataggtgt 2200 gggttattga ccattattga
ccactcccct attggtgacg 2240 atactttcca ttactaatcc ataacatggc
tctttgccac 2280 aactatctct attggctata tgccaatact ctgtccttca 2320
gagactgaca cggactctgt atttttacag gatggggtcc 2360 catttattat
ttacaaattc acatatacaa caacgccgtc 2400 ccccgtgccc gcagttttta
ttaaacatag cgtgggatct 2440 ccacgcgaat ctcgggtacg tgttccggac
atgggctctt 2480 ctccggtagc ggcggagctt ccacatccga gccctggtcc 2520
catgcctcca gcggctcatg gtcgctcggc agctccttgc 2560 tcctaacagt
ggaggccaga cttaggcaca gcacaatgcc 2600 caccaccacc agtgtgccgc
acaaggccgt ggcggtaggg 2640 tatgtgtctg aaaatgagct cggagattgg
gctcgcaccg 2680 tgacgcagat ggaagactta aggcagcggc agaagaagat 2720
gcaggcagct gagttgttgt attctgataa gagtcagagg 2760 taactcccgt
tgcggtgctg ttaacggtgg agggcagtgt 2800 agtctgagca gtactcgttg
ctgccgcgcg cgccaccaga 2840 cataatagct gacagactaa cagactgttc
ctttccatgg 2880 gtcttttctg cagtcaccgt ccaagcttgc ggccgcggat 2920
ctgcaggaat tcggcacgag agtagtagac tccgcaagaa 2960
acagcagtta aagaacaata ggatcatgtg gagtttgcta 3000 ttactggccg
ctttagttgg ccaaggcttt gcattaaaaa 3040 atgtatttga catgagaatt
cagttgcccc actcagtcaa 3080 ctttggggaa acaagtgtgt caggctatac
agaatttccc 3120 ccactctcat tacaggaggc agaacagcta gtgccagaga 3160
gctcatgcaa catggacaac caccagtcac tctcaacaat 3200 aaataaatta
accaaggtca tatggcggaa aaaagcaaat 3240 caggaatcag caaaccagaa
ttcatttgaa gttgtggaaa 3280 gtgaagtcag ctttaaaggg ttgtgtatgt
taaagcatag 3320 aatggttgaa gaatcatata gaaataggag atcagtaatc 3360
tgttatgatc tagcctgtaa tagtacattc tgtaaaccaa 3400 ctgtttatat
gattgttcct atacatgctt gcaacatgat 3440 gaaaagctgt ttgattggcc
ttggccccta cagaatccag 3480 gttgtctatg aaaggacata ctgcactacg
ggtatattga 3520 cagaaggaaa atgctttgtc cctgacaagg ctgttgtcag 3560
tgcattgaaa agaggcatgt atgctatagc aagcatagag 3600 acaatctgct
tttttattca tcagaaaggg aatacatata 3640 agatagtgac tgccattaca
tcagcaatgg gctccaaatg 3680 taataataca gatactaaag ttcaaggata
ttatatctgt 3720 attattggtg gaaactccgc ccctgtatat gcccctgctg 3760
gtgaagactt cagagcaatg gaggtttttt ctgggattat 3800 tacatcacca
catggagaag accatgacct acccggcgaa 3840 gaaatcgcaa cgtaccagat
ttcagggcag atagaggcaa 3880 aaatccctca tacagtgagc tccaaaaact
taaaattgac 3920 tgcttttgca ggtattccat catactcatc aactagtata 3960
ttggctgctt cagaagatgg tcgtttcata tttagtcctg 4000 gtttatttcc
taacctaaat cagtcagtct gtgacaacaa 4040 tgcactccct ttaatctgga
ggggcctaat tgatttaacg 4080 ggatactatg aggcagtcca cccttgcaat
gtgttctgtg 4120 tcttatcagg accaggtgct tcatgtgagg ccttttcaga 4160
aggaggtatt ttcaatatta cttctccaat gtgtctggtg 4200 tctaagcaaa
atagatttag agcagctgag cagcagatta 4240 gctttgtctg ccaaagagtt
gatatggata ttatagtgta 4280 ctgtaatggt cagaaaaaaa caatcctaac
aaaaacatta 4320 gttataggcc aatgtattta tactattaca agtctctttt 4360
cactgttacc aggggttgcc cattctattg ctattgagtt 4400 gtgtgttcca
gggtttcatg gctgggccac agctgcactt 4440 ttgattacat tctgcttcgg
ctgggtattg attcctgcat 4480 gtacattagc tattctttta gtccttaagt
tctttgcaaa 4520 tatccttcat acaagcaatc aagagaaccg attcaaagcc 4560
attctacgga aaataaagga ggagtttgaa aaaacaaagg 4600 gttccatggt
ttgtgagatc tgtaagtatg agtgtgaaac 4640 attaaaggaa ttgaaggcac
ataacctatc atgtgttcaa 4680 ggagagtgcc catattgctt tacccactgt
gaaccgacag 4720 aaactgcaat tcaggcacat tacaaagttt gtcaagccac 4760
ccaccgattc agagaagatt taaaaaagac tgtaactcct 4800 caaaatattg
ggccaggctg ttaccgaaca ctaaatcttt 4840 ttaggtataa aagtaggtgt
tatattctga caatgtggac 4880 tcttcttctc attattgaat ccatcctctg
ggcagcaagt 4920 gcagcagaaa tcccccttgt ccctctctgg acagataatg 4960
ctcatggcgt tgggagtgtt cctatgcata cggatcttga 5000 attagacttc
tctttgccat ccagttctaa gtacacatac 5040 aaaagacatc tcacaaaccc
agttaatgac caacagagtg 5080 tctcattgca tatagaaatt gaaagtcaag
gcattggtgc 5120 tgctgttcat catcttggac attggtatga tgcaagattg 5160
aatctaaaaa cctcatttca ttgttatggt gcctgcacaa 5200 aatatcaata
cccatggcac actgcaaaat gccattttga 5240 gaaagattat gagtatgaaa
atagctgggc ttgcaacccc 5280 ccagattgcc caggggttgg tacaggttgt
actgcttgtg 5320 gattatatct agatcaattg aagccggtag gaacagcctt 5360
taaaattata agtgtaagat acagtagaaa agtgtgcgtg 5400 cagtttggtg
aagaacacct ttgtaaaaca attgatatga 5440 atgattgctt tgtgactagg
catgccaaaa tatgtataat 5480 tgggactgta tctaagtttt ctcaaggtga
cactctacta 5520 tttctggggc ccatggaagg aggtggtata atctttaaac 5560
actggtgtac atctacctgt cactttggag accctggtga 5600 tgtcatgggt
ccaaaagata aaccatttat ttgccctgaa 5640 ttcccagggc aatttaggaa
aaaatgtaac tttgccacaa 5680 ctccagtttg tgaatatgat ggaaacatta
tatcaggcta 5720 taagaaagta cttgcaacaa ttgattcttt ccaatcattt 5760
aacacaagca atatacactt cactgatgag agaattgaat 5800 ggagagaccc
tgatggcatg cttcgggatc atattaatat 5840 tgttatttct aaagatattg
attttgaaaa tttggctgag 5880 aatccttgta aagtagggct ccaggcagca
aacatagaag 5920 gtgcctgggg ttcaggtgtc gggtttacac tcacatgcaa 5960
ggtgtctctc acagaatgcc caacatttct tacatcaata 6000 aaggcctgtg
acatggcaat ttgttatggt gcagaaagtg 6040 tgacactctc acgaggacaa
aatactgtca aaattaccgg 6080 gaaaggtggc catagtggtt cttcattcaa
atgctgtcat 6120 gggaaagaat gttcatcaac tggcctccaa gccagtgcac 6160
cacatctgga taaggtaaat ggtatctctg agttagaaaa 6200 cgagaaagtt
tatgatgacg gtgcacctga atgtggcatt 6240 acttgttggt ttaaaaaatc
aggtgaatgg gttatgggta 6280 taatcaatgg gaactgggtt gtcctaattg
tcttgtgtgt 6320 actgctgctc ttttctctta tcctgttgag catcttgtgt 6360
cctgttagaa agcataaaaa atcataaatc ccacctaaca 6400 atcttcacat
catgtatcga ttttcaaaca ctttatcatt 6440 tagaacttaa cttggcacta
ctatctgata actgactttc 6480 atttttattt ttatatggat taattactaa
aaaaaatact 6520 ctctcgtgcc gaattcgata tcaagcttat cgataccgtc 6560
gacctcgagg gggggcccgg tacccgggat cctcgcaatc 6600 cctaggagga
ttaggcaagg gcttgagctc acgctcttgt 6640 gagggacaga aatacaatca
ggggcagtat atgaatactc 6680 catggagaaa cccagatcta cgtatgatca
gcctcgactg 6720 tgccttctag ttgccagcca tctgttgttt gcccctcccc 6760
cgtgccttcc ttgaccctgg aaggtgccac tcccactgtc 6800 ctttcctaat
aaaatgagga aattgcatcg cattgtctga 6840 gtaggtgtca ttctattctg
gggggtgggg tggggcagga 6880 cagcaagggg gaggattggg aagacaatag
caggcatgct 6920 ggggatgcgg tgggctctat ggcttctgag gcggaaagaa 6960
ccagctgggg ctcgacagct cgactctaga attgcttcct 7000 cgctcactga
ctcgctgcgc tcggtcgttc ggctgcggcg 7040 agcggtatca gctcactcaa
aggcggtaat acggttatcc 7080 acagaatcag gggataacgc aggaaagaac
atgtgagcaa 7120 aaggccagca aaaggccagg aaccgtaaaa aggccgcgtt 7160
gctggcgttt ttccataggc tccgcccccc tgacgagcat 7200 cacaaaaatc
gacgctcaag tcagaggtgg cgaaacccga 7240 caggactata aagataccag
gcgtttcccc ctggaagctc 7280 cctcgtgcgc tctcctgttc cgaccctgcc
gcttaccgga 7320 tacctgtccg cctttctccc ttcgggaagc gtggcgcttt 7360
ctcaatgctc acgctgtagg tatctcagtt cggtgtaggt 7400 cgttcgctcc
aagctgggct gtgtgcacga accccccgtt 7440 cagcccgacc gctgcgcctt
atccggtaac tatcgtcttg 7480 agtccaaccc ggtaagacac gacttatcgc
cactggcagc 7520 agccactggt aacaggatta gcagagcgag gtatgtaggc 7560
ggtgctacag agttcttgaa gtggtggcct aactacggct 7600 acactagaag
gacagtattt ggtatctgcg ctctgctgaa 7640 gccagttacc ttcggaaaaa
gagttggtag ctcttgatcc 7680 ggcaaacaaa ccaccgctgg tagcggtggt
ttttttgttt 7720 gcaagcagca gattacgcgc agaaaaaaag gatctcaaga 7760
agatcctttg atcttttcta cggggtctga cgctcagtgg 7800 aacgaaaact
cacgttaagg gattttggtc atcagattat 7840 caaaaaggat cttcacctag
atccttttaa attaaaaatg 7880 aagttttaaa tcaatctaaa gtatatatga
gtaaacttgg 7920 tctgacagtt accaatgctt aatcagtgag gcacctatct
7960
cagcgatctg tctatttcgt tcatccatag ttgcctgact 8000 c 8001
More preferably, it further includes the Andes M-gene construct
pWRG/AND-M(x) (SEQ ID NO:10), which strengthens the HPS
component.
[0124] Where gene-gun delivery is contemplated, the DNA segments
from different viruses can be on different particles or on the same
particle, whichever results in the desired immune response. The
vaccine is designed to protect against pathologies resulting from
exposure to one or several hantaviruses. The vaccine can also be
combined with reagents which increase the antigenicity of the
vaccine, or reduce its side effects. As shown above, the delivery
of a combination of vaccines by electroporation involves mixtures
of DNA. This demonstrates that plasmids can be mixed and any
interference from the respective DNA with each other can be
overcome--another advantage of this invention.
[0125] For DNA vaccinations described here, as appropriate, when
inducing cellular, humoral, and protective immune responses after
DNA vaccination the preferred target cells are epidermal cells,
rather than cells of deeper skin layers such as the dermis.
Epidermal cells are preferred recipients of DNA vaccines because
they are the most accessible cells of the body and may, therefore,
be immunized non-invasively. Secondly, in addition to eliciting a
humoral immune response, DNA immunized epidermal cells also elicit
a cytotoxic immune response that is stronger than that generated in
sub-epidermal cells. Delivery to epidermis also has the advantages
of being less invasive and delivering to cells which are ultimately
sloughed by the body.
[0126] Although it can be desirable to induce an immune response by
delivering genetic material to a target animal, merely
demonstrating an immune response is not necessarily sufficient to
confer protective advantage on the animal. What is important is to
achieve a protective immune response that manifests itself in a
clinical difference. That is, a method is effective only if it
prevents infection or reduces the severity of the disease symptoms.
It is preferred that the immunization method be at least 20%
effective in preventing death in an immunized population after
challenge with SNV or, if a multivalent vaccine is used, at least
one of the other targeted hantaviruses. More preferably, the
vaccination method is 50% or more effective, and most preferably 70
100% effective, in preventing death in an immunized population. The
vaccination method is shown herein to be 100% effective in the
hamster models for hantavirus. Hamsters have been used extensively
as the laboratory models of choice for assessment of protective
immune responses to hantaviruses. In contrast, unimmunized animals
are uniformly infected by challenge with hantavirus. The inventor's
results indicate that vaccination with our SNV vaccines protects
against infection with SNV. As is well known, high titer antibody
such as achieved by the inventor is predictive of protection.
[0127] Generally, the DNA vaccine administered may be in an amount
of about 5 ug-5 mg of DNA per dose and will depend on the delivery
technology, subject to be treated, capacity of the subject's immune
system to develop the desired immune response, and the degree of
protection desired. Precise amounts of the vaccine to be
administered may depend on the judgement of the practitioner and
may be peculiar to each subject and antigen. Delivery technology
plays an important role in determining dosage--e.g., an adjuvant
may change the dosage or number of vaccinations needed.
[0128] The vaccine for eliciting an immune response against one or
more viruses, may be given in a single dose schedule, or if deemed
necessary or desirable, a multiple dose schedule in which a primary
course of vaccination may be with 1-8 separate doses, followed by
other doses given at subsequent time intervals required to maintain
and or reinforce the immune response, for example, at 1 4 months
for a second dose, and if needed, a subsequent dose(s) after
several months. Examples of suitable immunization schedules
include: (i) 0, 1 months and 6 months, (ii) 0, 7 days and 1 month,
(iii) 0 and 1 month, (iv) 0 and 6 months, or other schedules
sufficient to elicit the desired immune responses expected to
confer protective immunity, or reduce disease symptoms, or reduce
severity of disease.
[0129] In a related embodiment, this invention provides a method
for raising high titers of neutralizing antibodies against Sin
Nombre virus in a mammal or a bird. The method comprises the step
of administering a composition comprising a SNV plasmid DNA which
comprises one or more of the recombinant DNA constructs described
above (including SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3); and a
pharmacologically acceptable carrier. The step of administering may
need to be repeated as desired in order to achieve the level of
titer targeted. Preferably the titer is measured to be between 100
and 10,000.
Therapeutic Use of Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies
[0130] In another embodiment, the present invention relates to
polyclonal antibodies from vaccinees receiving the DNA vaccines
described above. A composition comprising the polyclonal antibodies
can be used as a prophylactic or therapeutic effective in
preventing onset of Sin Nombre virus infection after exposure to
it, and/or in treating Sin Nombre virus disease. For example, the
composition of the present invention is composed of polyclonal
antiserum from a population of animals or humans vaccinated with a
DNA vaccine comprised of a plasmid expressing the above-described
synthetic Sin Nombre virus M gene. The polyclonal serum would
contain neutralizing antibodies against Sin Nombre virus. Unlike
conventional polyclonal immune serum products, the process used to
make this invention (DNA vaccination to produce antibody in
vaccinees) does not involve live virus and does not require the
identification of patients who have survived Sin Nombre virus
disease.
[0131] Similarly, animals or humans vaccinated with one of the
above-described DNA vaccines can produce SNV-neutralizing
monoclonal antibodies (Mab), which Mab can then be engineered into
expression systems.
[0132] In one embodiment of this method, the invention contemplates
a method to treat or prevent or ameliorate symptoms after onset of
Sin Nombre virus infection by administering a therapeutically or
prophylactically effective amount of serum of the present invention
or a mixture of antibodies of the present invention to a subject in
need of such treatment. The antibodies are specific for peptides
encoded by the nucleic acids described herein--e.g., where the Gn
and Gc are encoded by the nucleic acid of one of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ
ID NO:2 and/or SEQ ID NO:3.
[0133] The polyclonal antibodies described herein are characterized
in that the antibody binds to the appropriate immunogen, i.e. Gn
and Gc, as measured by assays such as ELISA, immunoprecipitation,
or immunofluorescence. Also, the antibodies must neutralize Sin
Nombre virus as measured by plaque reduction neutralization test
(PRNT). Any antibody retaining these characteristics is related to
the present invention. The polyclonal antibody may be concentrated,
irradiated, and tested for a capacity to neutralize Sin Nombre
virus. Serum lots with sufficiently high neutralizing antibody
titers, i.e., high enough to give a detectable response in the
recipient after transfer, can be pooled. The product can then be
lyophilized for storage and reconstituted for use.
[0134] As described in greater detail in the examples, the present
inventor has found that serum from a vaccinee immunized with a DNA
vaccine comprising one of the above-described SNV sequences,
contains antibodies able to neutralize hantavirus.
[0135] Given these results, polyclonal antibodies according to the
present invention are suitable both as therapeutic and prophylactic
agents for treating or preventing SNV infection or disease in
susceptible SNV-exposed subjects. Subjects include rodents such as
mice or guinea pigs, avian, and mammals (including transgenic
animals), including humans.
[0136] Any active form of the antibodies can be administered.
Antibodies of the present invention can be produced in any system,
including insect cells, baculovirus expression systems, chickens,
rabbits, goats, cows, or plants such as tomato, potato, banana or
strawberry. Methods for the production of antibodies in these
systems are known to a person with ordinary skill in the art.
Preferably, the antibodies used are compatible with the recipient
species such that the immune response to the antibodies does not
result in clearance of the antibodies before virus can be
controlled, and the induced immune response to the antibodies in
the subject does not induce "serum sickness" in the subject.
[0137] Treatment of individuals having SNV infection may comprise
the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of
anti-SNV antibodies of the present invention. The antibodies can be
provided in a kit as described below. In providing a patient with
antibodies, or fragments thereof, capable of binding to SNV, or an
antibody capable of protecting against SNV in a recipient patient,
the dosage of administered agent will vary depending upon such
factors as the patient's age, weight, height, sex, general medical
condition, previous medical history, etc.
[0138] In general, it is desirable to provide the recipient with a
dosage of antibody which is in the range of from about 1 pg/kg 100
pg/kg, 100 pg/kg 500 pg/kg, 500 pg/kg 1 ng/kg, 1 ng/kg 100 ng/kg,
100 ng/kg 500 ng/kg, 500 ng/kg 1 ug/kg, 1 ug/kg 100 ug/kg, 100
ug/kg 500 ug/kg, 500 ug/kg 1 mg/kg, 1 mg/kg 50 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg 100
mg/kg, 100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg 1 g/kg, 1 g/kg 5 g/kg, 5 g/kg
10 g/kg (body weight of recipient), although a lower or higher
dosage may be administered.
[0139] The antibodies capable of protecting against hantavirus are
intended to be provided to recipient subjects in an amount
sufficient to effect a reduction in the SNV infection symptoms. An
amount is said to be sufficient to "effect" the reduction of
infection symptoms if the dosage, route of administration, etc. of
the agent are sufficient to influence such a response. Responses to
antibody administration can be measured by analysis of subject's
vital signs.
[0140] A composition is said to be "pharmacologically acceptable"
if its administration can be tolerated by a recipient patient. Such
an agent is said to be administered in a "therapeutically effective
amount" if the amount administered is physiologically significant.
An agent is physiologically significant if its presence results in
a detectable change in the physiology of a recipient patient.
[0141] The compounds of the present invention can be formulated
according to known methods to prepare pharmaceutically useful
compositions, whereby these materials, or their functional
derivatives, are combined in admixture with a pharmaceutically
acceptable carrier vehicle. Suitable vehicles and their
formulation, inclusive of other human proteins, e.g., human serum
albumin, are described, for example, in Remington's Pharmaceutical
Sciences (16th ed., Osol, A. ed., Mack Easton Pa. (1980)). In order
to form a pharmaceutically acceptable composition suitable for
effective administration, such compositions will contain an
effective amount of the above-described compounds together with a
suitable amount of carrier vehicle.
[0142] Additional pharmaceutical methods may be employed to control
the duration of action. Control release preparations may be
achieved through the use of polymers to complex or absorb the
compounds. The controlled delivery may be exercised by selecting
appropriate macromolecules (for example polyesters, polyamino
acids, polyvinyl, pyrrolidone, ethylenevinylacetate,
methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, or protamine sulfate) and
the concentration of macromolecules as well as the method of
incorporation in order to control release. Another possible method
to control the duration of action by controlled release
preparations is to incorporate the compounds of the present
invention into particles of a polymeric material such as
polyesters, polyamino acids, hydrogels, poly(lactic acid) or
ethylene vinylacetate copolymers. Alternatively, instead of
incorporating these agents into polymeric particles, it is possible
to entrap these materials in microcapsules prepared, for example,
interfacial polymerization, for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or
gelatin-microcapsules and poly(methylmethacylate)-microcapsules,
respectively, or in colloidal drug delivery systems, for example,
liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nanoparticles, and
nanocapsules or in macroemulsions. Such techniques are disclosed in
Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (1980).
[0143] Administration of the antibodies disclosed herein may be
carried out by any suitable means, including parenteral injection
(such as intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular
injection), in ovo injection of birds, orally, or by topical
application of the antibodies (typically carried in a
pharmaceutical formulation) to an airway surface. Topical
application of the antibodies to an airway surface can be carried
out by intranasal administration (e.g., by use of dropper, swab, or
inhaler which deposits a pharmaceutical formulation intranasally).
Topical application of the antibodies to an airway surface can also
be carried out by inhalation administration, such as by creating
respirable particles of a pharmaceutical formulation (including
both solid particles and liquid particles) containing the
antibodies as an aerosol suspension, and then causing the subject
to inhale the respirable particles. Methods and apparatus for
administering respirable particles of pharmaceutical formulations
are well known, and any conventional technique can be employed.
Oral administration may be in the form of an ingestible liquid or
solid formulation.
[0144] The treatment may be given in a single dose schedule, or
preferably a multiple dose schedule in which a primary course of
treatment may be with 1-10 separate doses, followed by other doses
given at subsequent time intervals required to maintain and or
reinforce the response, for example, at 1-4 months for a second
dose, and if needed, a subsequent dose(s) after several months.
Examples of suitable treatment schedules include: (i) 0, 1 month
and 6 months, (ii) 0, 7 days and 1 month, (iii) 0 and 1 month, (iv)
0 and 6 months, or other schedules sufficient to elicit the desired
responses expected to reduce disease symptoms, or reduce severity
of disease.
Diagnostic Methods
[0145] The present invention still further pertains to a method for
detecting SNV in a sample suspected of containing SNV. The method
includes contacting the sample with polyclonal antibodies of the
present invention which bind SNV antigens, allowing the antibody to
bind to the SNV antigen(s) to form an immunological complex,
detecting the formation of the immunological complex and
correlating the presence or absence of the immunological complex
with the presence or absence of SNV antigen in the sample. The
sample can be biological, environmental or a food sample.
[0146] The language "detecting the formation of the immunological
complex" is intended to include discovery of the presence or
absence of SNV antigen in a sample. The presence or absence of SNV
antigen can be detected using an immunoassay. A number of
immunoassays used to detect and/or quantitate antigens are well
known to those of ordinary skill in the art. See Harlow and Lane,
Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New
York 1988 555 612). Such immunoassays include antibody capture
assays, antigen capture assays, and two-antibody sandwich assays.
These assays are commonly used by those of ordinary skill in the
art.
[0147] In an antibody capture assay, the antigen is attached to
solid support, and labeled antibody is allowed to bind. After
washing, the assay is quantitated by measuring the amount of
antibody retained on the solid support. A variation of this assay
is a competitive ELISA wherein the antigen is bound to the solid
support and two solutions containing antibodies which bind the
antigen, for example, serum from a SNV virus vaccinee and the
polyclonal antibodies of the present invention, are allowed to
compete for binding of the antigen. The amount of polyclonal
antibody bound is then measured, and a determination is made as to
whether the serum contains anti SNV antigen antibodies. This
competitive ELISA can be used to indicate immunity to known
protective epitopes in a vaccinee following vaccination.
[0148] In an antigen capture assay, the antibody is attached to a
solid support, and labeled antigen is allowed to bind. The unbound
proteins are removed by washing, and the assay is quantitated by
measuring the amount of antigen that is bound. In a two-antibody
sandwich assay, one antibody is bound to a solid support, and the
antigen is allowed to bind to this first antibody. The assay is
quantitated by measuring the amount of a labeled second antibody
that can bind to the antigen.
[0149] These immunoassays typically rely on labeled antigens,
antibodies, or secondary reagents for detection. These proteins can
be labeled with radioactive compounds, enzymes, biotin, or
fluorochromes of these, radioactive labeling can be used for almost
all types of assays and with most variations. Enzyme-conjugated
labels are particularly useful when radioactivity must be avoided
or when quick results are needed. Biotin-coupled reagents usually
are detected with labeled streptavidin. Streptavidin binds tightly
and quickly to biotin and can be labeled with radioisotopes or
enzymes. Fluorochromes, although requiring expensive equipment for
their use, provide a very sensitive method of detection. Antibodies
useful in these assays include monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal
antibodies, and affinity purified polyclonal antibodies. Those of
ordinary skill in the art will know of other suitable labels which
may be employed in accordance with the present invention. The
binding of these labels to antibodies or fragments thereof can be
accomplished using standard techniques commonly known to those of
ordinary skill in the art. Typical techniques are described by
Kennedy, J. H., et al., 1976 (Clin. Chim Acta 70:1 31), and Schurs,
A. H. W. M., et al. 1977 (Clin. Chim Acta 81:1 40). Coupling
techniques mentioned in the latter are the glutaraldehyde method,
the periodate method, the dimaleimide method, and others, all of
which are incorporated by reference herein.
[0150] The language "biological sample" is intended to include
biological material, e.g. cells, tissues, or biological fluid. By
"environmental sample" is meant a sample such as soil and water.
Food samples include canned goods, meats, and others.
[0151] Yet another aspect of the present invention is a kit for
detecting hantavirus in a biological sample. The kit includes a
container holding one or more polyclonal antibodies of the present
invention which binds a SNV antigen and instructions for using the
antibody for the purpose of binding to SNV antigen to form an
immunological complex and detecting the formation of the
immunological complex such that the presence or absence of the
immunological complex correlates with presence or absence of SNV in
the sample. Examples of containers include multiwell plates which
allow simultaneous detection of SNV in multiple samples.
Production of Pseudotyped Virions
[0152] Another use of the invention is a method for producing
pseudotyped virions. One of the above-described DNA constructs is
used to transfect cells, under conditions that pseudotyped virions
or SNV glycoprotein is produced. The pseudotyped viruses are useful
in serologic assays or delivery of gene therapies to endothelial
cells targeted by hantavirus glycoproteins.
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Sequence CWU 1
1
2217938DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic polynucleotide 1gggggggggg ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt
gaagaaggtg ttgctgactc ataccaggcc 60tgaatcgccc catcatccag ccagaaagtg
agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg 120taggtggacc agttggtgat
tttgaacttt tgctttgcca cggaacggtc tgcgttgtcg 180ggaagatgcg
tgatctgatc cttcaactca gcaaaagttc gatttattca acaaagccgc
240cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc agtgttacaa ccaattaacc
aattctgatt 300agaaaaactc atcgagcatc aaatgaaact gcaatttatt
catatcagga ttatcaatac 360catatttttg aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg
aaggagaaaa ctcaccgagg cagttccata 420ggatggcaag atcctggtat
cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca atacaaccta 480ttaatttccc
ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa atcaccatga gtgacgactg
540aatccggtga gaatggcaaa agcttatgca tttctttcca gacttgttca
acaggccagc 600cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa tcactcgcat caaccaaacc
gttattcatt cgtgattgcg 660cctgagcgag acgaaatacg cgatcgctgt
taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat 720gcaaccggcg caggaacact
gccagcgcat caacaatatt ttcacctgaa tcaggatatt 780cttctaatac
ctggaatgct gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt ggtgagtaac catgcatcat
840caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg gaagaggcat aaattccgtc
agccagttta 900gtctgaccat ctcatctgta acatcattgg caacgctacc
tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960actctggcgc atcgggcttc ccatacaatc
gatagattgt cgcacctgat tgcccgacat 1020tatcgcgagc ccatttatac
ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt aatcgcggcc 1080tcgagcaaga
cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt
1140aagcagacag ttttattgtt catgatgata tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg
taacatcaga 1200gattttgaga cacaacgtgg ctttcccccc ccccccggca
tgcctgcagg tcgacaatat 1260tggctattgg ccattgcata cgttgtatct
atatcataat atgtacattt atattggctc 1320atgtccaata tgaccgccat
gttgacattg attattgact agttattaat agtaatcaat 1380tacggggtca
ttagttcata gcccatatat ggagttccgc gttacataac ttacggtaaa
1440tggcccgcct ggctgaccgc ccaacgaccc ccgcccattg acgtcaataa
tgacgtatgt 1500tcccatagta acgccaatag ggactttcca ttgacgtcaa
tgggtggagt atttacggta 1560aactgcccac ttggcagtac atcaagtgta
tcatatgcca agtccgcccc ctattgacgt 1620caatgacggt aaatggcccg
cctggcatta tgcccagtac atgaccttac gggactttcc 1680tacttggcag
tacatctacg tattagtcat cgctattacc atggtgatgc ggttttggca
1740gtacaccaat gggcgtggat agcggtttga ctcacgggga tttccaagtc
tccaccccat 1800tgacgtcaat gggagtttgt tttggcacca aaatcaacgg
gactttccaa aatgtcgtaa 1860taaccccgcc ccgttgacgc aaatgggcgg
taggcgtgta cggtgggagg tctatataag 1920cagagctcgt ttagtgaacc
gtcagatcgc ctggagacgc catccacgct gttttgacct 1980ccatagaaga
caccgggacc gatccagcct ccgcggccgg gaacggtgca ttggaacgcg
2040gattccccgt gccaagagtg acgtaagtac cgcctataga ctctataggc
acaccccttt 2100ggctcttatg catgctatac tgtttttggc ttggggccta
tacacccccg cttccttatg 2160ctataggtga tggtatagct tagcctatag
gtgtgggtta ttgaccatta ttgaccactc 2220ccctattggt gacgatactt
tccattacta atccataaca tggctctttg ccacaactat 2280ctctattggc
tatatgccaa tactctgtcc ttcagagact gacacggact ctgtattttt
2340acaggatggg gtcccattta ttatttacaa attcacatat acaacaacgc
cgtcccccgt 2400gcccgcagtt tttattaaac atagcgtggg atctccacgc
gaatctcggg tacgtgttcc 2460ggacatgggc tcttctccgg tagcggcgga
gcttccacat ccgagccctg gtcccatgcc 2520tccagcggct catggtcgct
cggcagctcc ttgctcctaa cagtggaggc cagacttagg 2580cacagcacaa
tgcccaccac caccagtgtg ccgcacaagg ccgtggcggt agggtatgtg
2640tctgaaaatg agctcggaga ttgggctcgc accgctgacg cagatggaag
acttaaggca 2700gcggcagaag aagatgcagg cagctgagtt gttgtattct
gataagagtc agaggtaact 2760cccgttgcgg tgctgttaac ggtggagggc
agtgtagtct gagcagtact cgttgctgcc 2820gcgcgcgcca ccagacataa
tagctgacag actaacagac tgttcctttc catgggtctt 2880ttctgcagtc
accgtccaag cttgcggccg cggatctgca ggaattcggc acgagagtag
2940tagactccgc acgaagaagc aaacactgaa taaaggatat acagaatggt
gggctgggtg 3000tgcatcttcc tggtggtgct gaccaccgcc acagccggcc
tgacccggaa cctgtacgag 3060ctgaagatcg agtgccccca caccgtgggc
ctgggccagg gctacgtgac cggcagcgtg 3120gagacaaccc ccatcctgct
gacccaggtg gccgacctga agattgagag cagctgcaac 3180ttcgacctgc
acgtgcccgc caccaccacc cagaaataca accaggtgga ctggaccaag
3240aagagcagca ccaccgagag caccaacgcc ggagccacca ccttcgaggc
caagaccaaa 3300gaagtgaacc tgaagggcac ctgcaacatc ccccccacca
catttgaggc cgcctacaag 3360agcagaaaga ccgtgatctg ctacgacctg
gcctgcaacc agacccactg cctgcccacc 3420gtgcacctga tcgcccccgt
gcagacctgc atgagcgtgc ggagctgcat gatcggcctg 3480ctgtccagcc
ggatccaggt gatctacgag aaaacctact gcgtgaccgg ccagctgatc
3540gagggcctgt gcttcatccc cacccacaca atcgccctga cccagcccgg
ccacacctac 3600gacaccatga ccctgcccgt gacctgcttt ctggtggcca
agaagctggg cacccagctg 3660aagctggccg tggagctgga aaagctgatc
accggcgtga gctgcaccga gaacagcttc 3720cagggctact acatctgctt
catcggcaag cacagcgagc ccctgttcgt gcccaccatg 3780gaagattaca
gaagcgccga gctgttcacc cggatggtgc tgaaccccag gggcgaggac
3840cacgaccccg accagaacgg ccagggcctg atgcggatcg ccggacccgt
gaccgccaag 3900gtgcccagca ccgagacaac cgaaaccatg cagggcattg
ccttcgccgg agcccccatg 3960tacagcagct tcagcaccct ggtgcggaag
gccgaccccg agtacgtgtt cagccccggc 4020atcattgccg agagcaacca
cagcgtgtgc gacaagaaaa ccgtgcccct gacctggacc 4080ggcttcctgg
ccgtgagcgg cgagatcgag cggatcaccg gctgcaccgt gttctgcacc
4140ctggccggac ctggcgccag ctgcgaggcc tacagcgaga caggcatctt
caacatcagc 4200agccccacct gcctggtgaa caaggtgcag aagttccggg
gcagcgagca gcggatcaac 4260ttcatgtgcc agcgggtgga ccaggacgtg
gtggtgtact gcaacggcca gaaaaaagtg 4320atcctgacca agaccctggt
gatcggccag tgcatctaca ccttcaccag cctgttcagc 4380ctgatccctg
gcgtggctca tagcctggca gtcgaactgt gcgtgcctgg cctgcacgga
4440tgggccacca ccgccctgct gatcaccttc tgcttcggct ggctgctgat
ccccacagtg 4500accctgatca tcctgaagat cctgcggctg ctgaccttca
gctgcagcca ctacagcacc 4560gagtccaagt tcaaagtgat tctggaacgc
gtgaaggtgg agtaccagaa aaccatgggc 4620agcatggtgt gcgacatctg
ccaccacgag tgcgagacag ccaaagagct ggaaacccac 4680aagaagagct
gccccgaggg ccagtgcccc tactgcatga ccatcacaga gagcaccgag
4740agcgccctgc aggcccactt cagcatctgc aagctgacca accggttcca
ggaaaacctg 4800aagaagagcc tgaagcggcc cgaagtgcgg aagggctgct
accggaccct gggcgtgttc 4860cggtacaaga gccggtgcta tgtgggcctg
gtgtggggca ttctgctgac cacagagctg 4920atcatctggg ccgccagcgc
cgacaccccc ctgatggaaa gcgggtggag cgacaccgct 4980catggcgtgg
gaatcgtgcc catgaaaacc gacctggaac tggacttcgc cctggccagc
5040agcagcagct acagctaccg gcggaagctg gtgaaccccg ccaaccagga
agagacactg 5100cccttccact tccaactgga caagcaggtg gtgcacgccg
agatccagaa cctgggccac 5160tggatggacg gcaccttcaa tatcaagacc
gccttccact gctacggcga gtgcaagaag 5220tacgcctacc cctggcagac
cgccaagtgc ttcttcgaga aggactacca gtacgagaca 5280agctggggct
gcaacccccc cgactgtcct ggcgtgggca ccggctgtac cgcctgcggc
5340gtgtacctgg acaagctgcg gagcgtgggc aaggcctaca agatcgtgtc
cctgaagtac 5400acccggaaag tgtgcatcca gctgggcaca gagcagacat
gcaagcacat cgacgtgaac 5460gattgcctgg tgacccccag cgtgaaagtc
tgtatgattg gcaccatcag caagctgcag 5520cccggcgata ccctgctgtt
cctgggcccc ctggaacagg gcggcatcat tctgaagcag 5580tggtgtacca
cctcctgcgt gttcggcgac cccggcgaca tcatgagcac cacctccggc
5640atgcggtgcc ccgagcacac cggcagcttc cggaagattt gtggcttcgc
caccacccct 5700acctgcgagt accagggcaa caccgtgtcc ggcttccagc
ggatgatggc cacccgggat 5760agcttccaga gcttcaacgt gaccgagccc
cacatcacca gcaaccggct ggaatggatc 5820gaccccgaca gcagcatcaa
ggaccacatc aacatggtgc tcaatcggga cgtgagcttc 5880caggacctga
gcgacaaccc ctgcaaggtg gacctgcaca cccagagcat cgacggcgcc
5940tggggcagcg gcgtgggctt cacactggtg tgcacagtgg gcctgaccga
gtgcgccaac 6000ttcatcacct ccatcaaggc ctgcgacagc gccatgtgct
acggcgccac cgtgaccaac 6060ctgctgcggg gctccaacac agtgaaggtg
gtgggcaagg gcggccacag cggcagcctg 6120tttaagtgct gccacgacac
cgactgcacc gaggaaggcc tggccgccag cccccctcac 6180ctggacagag
tgaccggcta caaccagatc gacagcgaca aggtgtacga cgatggcgcc
6240cctccctgca ccatcaagtg ctggttcacc aagagcggcg agtggctgct
gggcatcctg 6300aacggcaact gggtcgtcgt ggccgtgctg atcgtgatcc
tgatcctgtc tatcctgctg 6360ttcagcttct tctgccccgt gcggaaccgg
aagaacaagg ccaactagca aacatatatg 6420taagtaaggg tatgatcata
ttatatcatt atgcgtatac tcttatatct ataatatcta 6480tgtatcctta
tactctaact atttatatta atttttactt ttatacaagt attaactaac
6540ccattaccag ctaaaaaaaa caaaccctta acacctatat aatcccattt
gcttattacg 6600aggcttttgt tcctgcggag tctactacta agatctacgt
atgatcagcc tcgactgtgc 6660cttctagttg ccagccatct gttgtttgcc
cctcccccgt gccttccttg accctggaag 6720gtgccactcc cactgtcctt
tcctaataaa atgaggaaat tgcatcgcat tgtctgagta 6780ggtgtcattc
tattctgggg ggtggggtgg ggcaggacag caagggggag gattgggaag
6840acaatagcag gcatgctggg gatgcggtgg gctctatggc ttctgaggcg
gaaagaacca 6900gctggggctc gacagctcga ctctagaatt gcttcctcgc
tcactgactc gctgcgctcg 6960gtcgttcggc tgcggcgagc ggtatcagct
cactcaaagg cggtaatacg gttatccaca 7020gaatcagggg ataacgcagg
aaagaacatg tgagcaaaag gccagcaaaa ggccaggaac 7080cgtaaaaagg
ccgcgttgct ggcgtttttc cataggctcc gcccccctga cgagcatcac
7140aaaaatcgac gctcaagtca gaggtggcga aacccgacag gactataaag
ataccaggcg 7200tttccccctg gaagctccct cgtgcgctct cctgttccga
ccctgccgct taccggatac 7260ctgtccgcct ttctcccttc gggaagcgtg
gcgctttctc atagctcacg ctgtaggtat 7320ctcagttcgg tgtaggtcgt
tcgctccaag ctgggctgtg tgcacgaacc ccccgttcag 7380cccgaccgct
gcgccttatc cggtaactat cgtcttgagt ccaacccggt aagacacgac
7440ttatcgccac tggcagcagc cactggtaac aggattagca gagcgaggta
tgtaggcggt 7500gctacagagt tcttgaagtg gtggcctaac tacggctaca
ctagaagaac agtatttggt 7560atctgcgctc tgctgaagcc agttaccttc
ggaaaaagag ttggtagctc ttgatccggc 7620aaacaaacca ccgctggtag
cggtggtttt tttgtttgca agcagcagat tacgcgcaga 7680aaaaaaggat
ctcaagaaga tcctttgatc ttttctacgg ggtctgacgc tcagtggaac
7740gaaaactcac gttaagggat tttggtcatg agattatcaa aaaggatctt
cacctagatc 7800cttttaaatt aaaaatgaag ttttaaatca atctaaagta
tatatgagta aacttggtct 7860gacagttacc aatgcttaat cagtgaggca
cctatctcag cgatctgtct atttcgttca 7920tccatagttg cctgactc
793823733DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic polynucleotide 2gcggccgcgg atctgcagga attcggcacg
agagtagtag actccgcacg aagaagcaaa 60cactgaataa aggatataca gaatggtggg
ctgggtgtgc atcttcctgg tggtgctgac 120caccgccaca gccggcctga
cccggaacct gtacgagctg aagatcgagt gcccccacac 180cgtgggcctg
ggccagggct acgtgaccgg cagcgtggag acaaccccca tcctgctgac
240ccaggtggcc gacctgaaga ttgagagcag ctgcaacttc gacctgcacg
tgcccgccac 300caccacccag aaatacaacc aggtggactg gaccaagaag
agcagcacca ccgagagcac 360caacgccgga gccaccacct tcgaggccaa
gaccaaagaa gtgaacctga agggcacctg 420caacatcccc cccaccacat
ttgaggccgc ctacaagagc agaaagaccg tgatctgcta 480cgacctggcc
tgcaaccaga cccactgcct gcccaccgtg cacctgatcg cccccgtgca
540gacctgcatg agcgtgcgga gctgcatgat cggcctgctg tccagccgga
tccaggtgat 600ctacgagaaa acctactgcg tgaccggcca gctgatcgag
ggcctgtgct tcatccccac 660ccacacaatc gccctgaccc agcccggcca
cacctacgac accatgaccc tgcccgtgac 720ctgctttctg gtggccaaga
agctgggcac ccagctgaag ctggccgtgg agctggaaaa 780gctgatcacc
ggcgtgagct gcaccgagaa cagcttccag ggctactaca tctgcttcat
840cggcaagcac agcgagcccc tgttcgtgcc caccatggaa gattacagaa
gcgccgagct 900gttcacccgg atggtgctga accccagggg cgaggaccac
gaccccgacc agaacggcca 960gggcctgatg cggatcgccg gacccgtgac
cgccaaggtg cccagcaccg agacaaccga 1020aaccatgcag ggcattgcct
tcgccggagc ccccatgtac agcagcttca gcaccctggt 1080gcggaaggcc
gaccccgagt acgtgttcag ccccggcatc attgccgaga gcaaccacag
1140cgtgtgcgac aagaaaaccg tgcccctgac ctggaccggc ttcctggccg
tgagcggcga 1200gatcgagcgg atcaccggct gcaccgtgtt ctgcaccctg
gccggacctg gcgccagctg 1260cgaggcctac agcgagacag gcatcttcaa
catcagcagc cccacctgcc tggtgaacaa 1320ggtgcagaag ttccggggca
gcgagcagcg gatcaacttc atgtgccagc gggtggacca 1380ggacgtggtg
gtgtactgca acggccagaa aaaagtgatc ctgaccaaga ccctggtgat
1440cggccagtgc atctacacct tcaccagcct gttcagcctg atccctggcg
tggctcatag 1500cctggcagtc gaactgtgcg tgcctggcct gcacggatgg
gccaccaccg ccctgctgat 1560caccttctgc ttcggctggc tgctgatccc
cacagtgacc ctgatcatcc tgaagatcct 1620gcggctgctg accttcagct
gcagccacta cagcaccgag tccaagttca aagtgattct 1680ggaacgcgtg
aaggtggagt accagaaaac catgggcagc atggtgtgcg acatctgcca
1740ccacgagtgc gagacagcca aagagctgga aacccacaag aagagctgcc
ccgagggcca 1800gtgcccctac tgcatgacca tcacagagag caccgagagc
gccctgcagg cccacttcag 1860catctgcaag ctgaccaacc ggttccagga
aaacctgaag aagagcctga agcggcccga 1920agtgcggaag ggctgctacc
ggaccctggg cgtgttccgg tacaagagcc ggtgctatgt 1980gggcctggtg
tggggcattc tgctgaccac agagctgatc atctgggccg ccagcgccga
2040cacccccctg atggaaagcg ggtggagcga caccgctcat ggcgtgggaa
tcgtgcccat 2100gaaaaccgac ctggaactgg acttcgccct ggccagcagc
agcagctaca gctaccggcg 2160gaagctggtg aaccccgcca accaggaaga
gacactgccc ttccacttcc aactggacaa 2220gcaggtggtg cacgccgaga
tccagaacct gggccactgg atggacggca ccttcaatat 2280caagaccgcc
ttccactgct acggcgagtg caagaagtac gcctacccct ggcagaccgc
2340caagtgcttc ttcgagaagg actaccagta cgagacaagc tggggctgca
acccccccga 2400ctgtcctggc gtgggcaccg gctgtaccgc ctgcggcgtg
tacctggaca agctgcggag 2460cgtgggcaag gcctacaaga tcgtgtccct
gaagtacacc cggaaagtgt gcatccagct 2520gggcacagag cagacatgca
agcacatcga cgtgaacgat tgcctggtga cccccagcgt 2580gaaagtctgt
atgattggca ccatcagcaa gctgcagccc ggcgataccc tgctgttcct
2640gggccccctg gaacagggcg gcatcattct gaagcagtgg tgtaccacct
cctgcgtgtt 2700cggcgacccc ggcgacatca tgagcaccac ctccggcatg
cggtgccccg agcacaccgg 2760cagcttccgg aagatttgtg gcttcgccac
cacccctacc tgcgagtacc agggcaacac 2820cgtgtccggc ttccagcgga
tgatggccac ccgggatagc ttccagagct tcaacgtgac 2880cgagccccac
atcaccagca accggctgga atggatcgac cccgacagca gcatcaagga
2940ccacatcaac atggtgctca atcgggacgt gagcttccag gacctgagcg
acaacccctg 3000caaggtggac ctgcacaccc agagcatcga cggcgcctgg
ggcagcggcg tgggcttcac 3060actggtgtgc acagtgggcc tgaccgagtg
cgccaacttc atcacctcca tcaaggcctg 3120cgacagcgcc atgtgctacg
gcgccaccgt gaccaacctg ctgcggggct ccaacacagt 3180gaaggtggtg
ggcaagggcg gccacagcgg cagcctgttt aagtgctgcc acgacaccga
3240ctgcaccgag gaaggcctgg ccgccagccc ccctcacctg gacagagtga
ccggctacaa 3300ccagatcgac agcgacaagg tgtacgacga tggcgcccct
ccctgcacca tcaagtgctg 3360gttcaccaag agcggcgagt ggctgctggg
catcctgaac ggcaactggg tcgtcgtggc 3420cgtgctgatc gtgatcctga
tcctgtctat cctgctgttc agcttcttct gccccgtgcg 3480gaaccggaag
aacaaggcca actagcaaac atatatgtaa gtaagggtat gatcatatta
3540tatcattatg cgtatactct tatatctata atatctatgt atccttatac
tctaactatt 3600tatattaatt tttactttta tacaagtatt aactaaccca
ttaccagcta aaaaaaacaa 3660acccttaaca cctatataat cccatttgct
tattacgagg cttttgttcc tgcggagtct 3720actactaaga tct
373333423DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic polynucleotide 3atggtgggct gggtgtgcat cttcctggtg
gtgctgacca ccgccacagc cggcctgacc 60cggaacctgt acgagctgaa gatcgagtgc
ccccacaccg tgggcctggg ccagggctac 120gtgaccggca gcgtggagac
aacccccatc ctgctgaccc aggtggccga cctgaagatt 180gagagcagct
gcaacttcga cctgcacgtg cccgccacca ccacccagaa atacaaccag
240gtggactgga ccaagaagag cagcaccacc gagagcacca acgccggagc
caccaccttc 300gaggccaaga ccaaagaagt gaacctgaag ggcacctgca
acatcccccc caccacattt 360gaggccgcct acaagagcag aaagaccgtg
atctgctacg acctggcctg caaccagacc 420cactgcctgc ccaccgtgca
cctgatcgcc cccgtgcaga cctgcatgag cgtgcggagc 480tgcatgatcg
gcctgctgtc cagccggatc caggtgatct acgagaaaac ctactgcgtg
540accggccagc tgatcgaggg cctgtgcttc atccccaccc acacaatcgc
cctgacccag 600cccggccaca cctacgacac catgaccctg cccgtgacct
gctttctggt ggccaagaag 660ctgggcaccc agctgaagct ggccgtggag
ctggaaaagc tgatcaccgg cgtgagctgc 720accgagaaca gcttccaggg
ctactacatc tgcttcatcg gcaagcacag cgagcccctg 780ttcgtgccca
ccatggaaga ttacagaagc gccgagctgt tcacccggat ggtgctgaac
840cccaggggcg aggaccacga ccccgaccag aacggccagg gcctgatgcg
gatcgccgga 900cccgtgaccg ccaaggtgcc cagcaccgag acaaccgaaa
ccatgcaggg cattgccttc 960gccggagccc ccatgtacag cagcttcagc
accctggtgc ggaaggccga ccccgagtac 1020gtgttcagcc ccggcatcat
tgccgagagc aaccacagcg tgtgcgacaa gaaaaccgtg 1080cccctgacct
ggaccggctt cctggccgtg agcggcgaga tcgagcggat caccggctgc
1140accgtgttct gcaccctggc cggacctggc gccagctgcg aggcctacag
cgagacaggc 1200atcttcaaca tcagcagccc cacctgcctg gtgaacaagg
tgcagaagtt ccggggcagc 1260gagcagcgga tcaacttcat gtgccagcgg
gtggaccagg acgtggtggt gtactgcaac 1320ggccagaaaa aagtgatcct
gaccaagacc ctggtgatcg gccagtgcat ctacaccttc 1380accagcctgt
tcagcctgat ccctggcgtg gctcatagcc tggcagtcga actgtgcgtg
1440cctggcctgc acggatgggc caccaccgcc ctgctgatca ccttctgctt
cggctggctg 1500ctgatcccca cagtgaccct gatcatcctg aagatcctgc
ggctgctgac cttcagctgc 1560agccactaca gcaccgagtc caagttcaaa
gtgattctgg aacgcgtgaa ggtggagtac 1620cagaaaacca tgggcagcat
ggtgtgcgac atctgccacc acgagtgcga gacagccaaa 1680gagctggaaa
cccacaagaa gagctgcccc gagggccagt gcccctactg catgaccatc
1740acagagagca ccgagagcgc cctgcaggcc cacttcagca tctgcaagct
gaccaaccgg 1800ttccaggaaa acctgaagaa gagcctgaag cggcccgaag
tgcggaaggg ctgctaccgg 1860accctgggcg tgttccggta caagagccgg
tgctatgtgg gcctggtgtg gggcattctg 1920ctgaccacag agctgatcat
ctgggccgcc agcgccgaca cccccctgat ggaaagcggg 1980tggagcgaca
ccgctcatgg cgtgggaatc gtgcccatga aaaccgacct ggaactggac
2040ttcgccctgg ccagcagcag cagctacagc taccggcgga agctggtgaa
ccccgccaac 2100caggaagaga cactgccctt ccacttccaa ctggacaagc
aggtggtgca cgccgagatc 2160cagaacctgg gccactggat ggacggcacc
ttcaatatca agaccgcctt ccactgctac 2220ggcgagtgca agaagtacgc
ctacccctgg cagaccgcca agtgcttctt cgagaaggac 2280taccagtacg
agacaagctg gggctgcaac ccccccgact gtcctggcgt gggcaccggc
2340tgtaccgcct gcggcgtgta cctggacaag ctgcggagcg tgggcaaggc
ctacaagatc 2400gtgtccctga agtacacccg gaaagtgtgc atccagctgg
gcacagagca gacatgcaag 2460cacatcgacg tgaacgattg cctggtgacc
cccagcgtga aagtctgtat gattggcacc 2520atcagcaagc tgcagcccgg
cgataccctg ctgttcctgg gccccctgga acagggcggc 2580atcattctga
agcagtggtg taccacctcc tgcgtgttcg gcgaccccgg cgacatcatg
2640agcaccacct ccggcatgcg gtgccccgag cacaccggca gcttccggaa
gatttgtggc 2700ttcgccacca cccctacctg cgagtaccag ggcaacaccg
tgtccggctt ccagcggatg 2760atggccaccc gggatagctt ccagagcttc
aacgtgaccg agccccacat caccagcaac 2820cggctggaat ggatcgaccc
cgacagcagc atcaaggacc acatcaacat ggtgctcaat 2880cgggacgtga
gcttccagga cctgagcgac aacccctgca aggtggacct gcacacccag
2940agcatcgacg gcgcctgggg cagcggcgtg ggcttcacac tggtgtgcac
agtgggcctg 3000accgagtgcg ccaacttcat cacctccatc aaggcctgcg
acagcgccat gtgctacggc
3060gccaccgtga ccaacctgct gcggggctcc aacacagtga aggtggtggg
caagggcggc 3120cacagcggca gcctgtttaa gtgctgccac gacaccgact
gcaccgagga aggcctggcc 3180gccagccccc ctcacctgga cagagtgacc
ggctacaacc agatcgacag cgacaaggtg 3240tacgacgatg gcgcccctcc
ctgcaccatc aagtgctggt tcaccaagag cggcgagtgg 3300ctgctgggca
tcctgaacgg caactgggtc gtcgtggccg tgctgatcgt gatcctgatc
3360ctgtctatcc tgctgttcag cttcttctgc cccgtgcgga accggaagaa
caaggccaac 3420tag 342341140PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic polypeptide 4Met Val Gly Trp Val Cys
Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr Ala Thr1 5 10 15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg
Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys Pro His 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu
Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu Thr Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu
Leu Thr Gln Val Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu Ser Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe
Asp Leu His Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gln Lys Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75
80Val Asp Trp Thr Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr Asn Ala Gly
85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys Glu Val Asn Leu Lys Gly
Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Ala Tyr Lys
Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr Asp Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln
Thr His Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His Leu Ile Ala Pro Val Gln
Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155 160Cys Met Ile Gly Leu Leu
Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys 165 170 175Thr Tyr Cys Val
Thr Gly Gln Leu Ile Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe Ile Pro 180 185 190Thr His
Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr Tyr Asp Thr Met 195 200
205Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala Lys Lys Leu Gly Thr Gln
210 215 220Leu Lys Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Thr Gly Val
Ser Cys225 230 235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe Gln Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Cys
Phe Ile Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro Leu Phe Val Pro Thr Met
Glu Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu Phe Thr Arg Met Val Leu
Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280 285Asp Gln Asn Gly Gln
Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Val Thr Ala 290 295 300Lys Val Pro
Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile Ala Phe305 310 315
320Ala Gly Ala Pro Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr Leu Val Arg Lys Ala
325 330 335Asp Pro Glu Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly Ile Ile Ala Glu Ser
Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr Val Pro Leu Thr Trp
Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu Ile Glu Arg Ile Thr
Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Ala Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser
Cys Glu Ala Tyr Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395 400Ile Phe Asn Ile Ser
Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys 405 410 415Phe Arg Gly
Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg Val Asp 420 425 430Gln
Asp Val Val Val Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys Val Ile Leu Thr 435 440
445Lys Thr Leu Val Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr Thr Phe Thr Ser Leu Phe
450 455 460Ser Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Leu
Cys Val465 470 475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly Trp Ala Thr Thr Ala Leu
Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp Leu Leu Ile Pro Thr Val
Thr Leu Ile Ile Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu Arg Leu Leu Thr Phe Ser
Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520 525Phe Lys Val Ile Leu
Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met 530 535 540Gly Ser Met
Val Cys Asp Ile Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr Ala Lys545 550 555
560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu Gly Gln Cys Pro Tyr
565 570 575Cys Met Thr Ile Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Ala Leu Gln Ala
His Phe 580 585 590Ser Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn Arg Phe Gln Glu Asn
Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu Val Arg Lys Gly Cys
Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr Lys Ser Arg Cys Tyr
Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Ile Leu625 630 635 640Leu Thr Thr Glu Leu
Ile Ile Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu 645 650 655Met Glu Ser
Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile Val Pro 660 665 670Met
Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser 675 680
685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu Val Asn Pro Ala Asn Gln Glu Glu Thr
690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe Gln Leu Asp Lys Gln Val Val His Ala
Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn Leu Gly His Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe
Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730 735Phe His Cys Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys
Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys
Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760 765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp
Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys 770 775 780Gly Val Tyr
Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr Lys Ile785 790 795
800Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu
805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn Asp Cys Leu Val Thr
Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val Cys Met Ile Gly Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu
Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln
Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855 860Gln Trp Cys Thr Thr Ser Cys Val
Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile Met865 870 875 880Ser Thr Thr Ser Gly
Met Arg Cys Pro Glu His Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg 885 890 895Lys Ile Cys
Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr
Val Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met Met Ala Thr Arg Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920
925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu Pro His Ile Thr Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp
930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys Asp His Ile Asn Met Val
Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn
Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970 975Leu His Thr Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala
Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly
Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe Ile Thr 995 1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala
Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn
Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr Val Lys Val Val Gly Lys 1025 1030
1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys Cys His Asp Thr Asp
1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala Ser Pro Pro His Leu
Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys
Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly Ala Pro Pro Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys
Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly 1085 1090 1095Glu Trp Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu
Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala 1100 1105 1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile
Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe Ser Phe 1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro
Val Arg Asn Arg Lys Asn Lys Ala Asn 1130 1135 1140572DNAArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic
oligonucleotide 5atctgcagga attcggcacg agagtagtag actccgcacg
aagaagcaaa cactgaataa 60aggatataca ga 726223DNAArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic polynucleotide
6caaacatata tgtaagtaag ggtatgatca tattatatca ttatgcgtat actcttatat
60ctataatatc tatgtatcct tatactctaa ctatttatat taatttttac ttttatacaa
120gtattaacta acccattacc agctaaaaaa aacaaaccct taacacctat
ataatcccat 180ttgcttatta cgaggctttt gttcctgcgg agtctactac taa
223710DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic oligonucleotide 7gcggccgcgg 1085DNAArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic
oligonucleotide 8gatct 5922DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic oligonucleotide 9atctgcagga
attcggcacg ag 22107913DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic polynucleotide 10gggggggggg
ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt gaagaaggtg ttgctgactc ataccaggcc 60tgaatcgccc
catcatccag ccagaaagtg agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg
120taggtggacc agttggtgat tttgaacttt tgctttgcca cggaacggtc
tgcgttgtcg 180ggaagatgcg tgatctgatc cttcaactca gcaaaagttc
gatttattca acaaagccgc 240cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc
agtgttacaa ccaattaacc aattctgatt 300agaaaaactc atcgagcatc
aaatgaaact gcaatttatt catatcagga ttatcaatac 360catatttttg
aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg aaggagaaaa ctcaccgagg cagttccata
420ggatggcaag atcctggtat cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca
atacaaccta 480ttaatttccc ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa
atcaccatga gtgacgactg 540aatccggtga gaatggcaaa agcttatgca
tttctttcca gacttgttca acaggccagc 600cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa
tcactcgcat caaccaaacc gttattcatt cgtgattgcg 660cctgagcgag
acgaaatacg cgatcgctgt taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat
720gcaaccggcg caggaacact gccagcgcat caacaatatt ttcacctgaa
tcaggatatt 780cttctaatac ctggaatgct gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt
ggtgagtaac catgcatcat 840caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg
gaagaggcat aaattccgtc agccagttta 900gtctgaccat ctcatctgta
acatcattgg caacgctacc tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960actctggcgc
atcgggcttc ccatacaatc gatagattgt cgcacctgat tgcccgacat
1020tatcgcgagc ccatttatac ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt
aatcgcggcc 1080tcgagcaaga cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc
ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt 1140aagcagacag ttttattgtt catgatgata
tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg taacatcaga 1200gattttgaga cacaacgtgg
ctttcccccc ccccccggca tgcctgcagg tcgacaatat 1260tggctattgg
ccattgcata cgttgtatct atatcataat atgtacattt atattggctc
1320atgtccaata tgaccgccat gttgacattg attattgact agttattaat
agtaatcaat 1380tacggggtca ttagttcata gcccatatat ggagttccgc
gttacataac ttacggtaaa 1440tggcccgcct ggctgaccgc ccaacgaccc
ccgcccattg acgtcaataa tgacgtatgt 1500tcccatagta acgccaatag
ggactttcca ttgacgtcaa tgggtggagt atttacggta 1560aactgcccac
ttggcagtac atcaagtgta tcatatgcca agtccgcccc ctattgacgt
1620caatgacggt aaatggcccg cctggcatta tgcccagtac atgaccttac
gggactttcc 1680tacttggcag tacatctacg tattagtcat cgctattacc
atggtgatgc ggttttggca 1740gtacaccaat gggcgtggat agcggtttga
ctcacgggga tttccaagtc tccaccccat 1800tgacgtcaat gggagtttgt
tttggcacca aaatcaacgg gactttccaa aatgtcgtaa 1860taaccccgcc
ccgttgacgc aaatgggcgg taggcgtgta cggtgggagg tctatataag
1920cagagctcgt ttagtgaacc gtcagatcgc ctggagacgc catccacgct
gttttgacct 1980ccatagaaga caccgggacc gatccagcct ccgcggccgg
gaacggtgca ttggaacgcg 2040gattccccgt gccaagagtg acgtaagtac
cgcctataga ctctataggc acaccccttt 2100ggctcttatg catgctatac
tgtttttggc ttggggccta tacacccccg cttccttatg 2160ctataggtga
tggtatagct tagcctatag gtgtgggtta ttgaccatta ttgaccactc
2220ccctattggt gacgatactt tccattacta atccataaca tggctctttg
ccacaactat 2280ctctattggc tatatgccaa tactctgtcc ttcagagact
gacacggact ctgtattttt 2340acaggatggg gtcccattta ttatttacaa
attcacatat acaacaacgc cgtcccccgt 2400gcccgcagtt tttattaaac
atagcgtggg atctccacgc gaatctcggg tacgtgttcc 2460ggacatgggc
tcttctccgg tagcggcgga gcttccacat ccgagccctg gtcccatgcc
2520tccagcggct catggtcgct cggcagctcc ttgctcctaa cagtggaggc
cagacttagg 2580cacagcacaa tgcccaccac caccagtgtg ccgcacaagg
ccgtggcggt agggtatgtg 2640tctgaaaatg agctcggaga ttgggctcgc
accgctgacg cagatggaag acttaaggca 2700gcggcagaag aagatgcagg
cagctgagtt gttgtattct gataagagtc agaggtaact 2760cccgttgcgg
tgctgttaac ggtggagggc agtgtagtct gagcagtact cgttgctgcc
2820gcgcgcgcca ccagacataa tagctgacag actaacagac tgttcctttc
catgggtctt 2880ttctgcagtc agggtccaag cttgcggccg cggatctgca
ggaattcggc acgagagtag 2940tagactccgc acgaagaagc aaaaaattaa
agaagtgagt ttaaaatgga agggtggtat 3000ctggttgttc ttggagtctg
ctatacgctg acactggcaa tgcccaagac catttatgag 3060cttaaaatgg
aatgcccgca cactgtgggt ctcggtcaag gttacatcat tggctcaaca
3120gaactaggtt tgatctcaat tgaggctgca tctgatataa agctcgagag
ctcttgcaat 3180tttgatcttc atacaacatc tatggcccag aagagtttca
cccaagttga atggagaaag 3240aaaagtgaca caactgatac cacaaatgct
gcgtccacta cctttgaagc acaaactaaa 3300actgttaacc ttagagggac
ttgtatactg gcacctgaac tctatgatac attgaagaaa 3360gtaaaaaaga
cagtcctgtg ctatgatcta acatgtaatc aaacacattg tcagccaact
3420gtctatctga ttgcacctgt attgacatgc atgtcaataa gaagttgtat
ggctagtgtg 3480tttacaagca ggattcaggt gatttatgaa aagacacatt
gtgtaacagg tcagctgatt 3540gagggtcagt gtttcaaccc agcacacaca
ttgacattat ctcagcctgc tcacacttat 3600gatactgtca cccttcctat
ctcttgtttt ttcacaccaa agaagtcgga gcaactaaaa 3660gttataaaaa
catttgaagg aattctgacg aagacaggtt gcacggagaa tgcattgcag
3720ggttattatg tgtgtttttt agggagtcat tcagaacctt taattgttcc
gagtttggag 3780gacatacggt ctgctgaagt tgttagtagg atgcttgtac
accctagggg agaagaccat 3840gatgccatac agaattcaca aagtcactta
agaatagtgg gacctatcac agcaaaagtg 3900ccatcaacta gttccacaga
taccctaaag gggacagcct ttgcaggcgt cccaatgtat 3960agctctttat
ctacactagt cagaaatgca gacccagaat ttgtattttc tccaggtata
4020gtacctgaat ctaatcacag tacatgtgat aagaagacag tacctatcac
atggacaggc 4080tacctaccaa tatcaggtga gatggaaaaa gtgactggat
gtacagtttt ttgtacacta 4140gcaggacctg gtgctagttg tgaggcctat
tctgaaaatg gtatatttaa catcagttct 4200ccaacatgtc ttgtaaacaa
agtccaaaga tttcgtggat ctgaacagaa aataaatttt 4260atctgtcagc
gggtagatca ggatgttgtt gtatactgca atgggcaaaa gaaagtcata
4320ttaaccaaaa ctttggttat tgggcagtgt atttatacat tcacaagcct
attttcattg 4380atgcctgatg tagcccactc attggctgta gaattatgtg
tcccgggatt acatgggtgg 4440gccactgtca tgcttctatc aacattctgc
tttgggtggg tcttgattcc tgcggtcaca 4500ttaataatat taaagtgtct
aagggttttg acgttttctt gttcccatta cactaatgag 4560tcaaaattta
aattcatcct ggaaaaagtt aaaattgaat accaaaagac tatgggatca
4620atggtgtgcg atgtatgtca tcatgagtgt gaaacagcaa aagaacttga
atcacataga 4680cagagttgta tcaatggaca atgtccttat tgcatgacaa
taactgaagc aactgaaagt 4740gccttgcaag cccattattc catttgtaaa
ttggcaggaa gatttcagga ggcactgaaa 4800aagtcactta aaaagccaga
ggtaaaaaaa ggttgttaca gaacactcgg ggtatttaga 4860tataaaagta
gatgttatgt gggtttggta tggtgcctat tgttgacatg tgaaattgtt
4920atttgggccg caagtgcaga gactccacta atggagtcag gctggtcaga
tacggctcat 4980ggtgttggtg agattccaat gaagacagac ctcgagctgg
acttttcact gccttcttca 5040tcctcttaca gttataggag aaagctcaca
aacccagcca ataaagaaga gtctattccc 5100ttccacttcc agatggaaaa
acaagtaatt catgctgaaa tccaacccct gggtcattgg 5160atggatgcga
catttaatat taagactgca tttcattgtt atggtgcatg ccagaaatac
5220tcttatccat ggcagacatc taagtgcttc tttgaaaagg actaccagta
tgaaacaggc 5280tggggctgta atcctggtga ctgcccaggg gttgggactg
gatgcactgc ttgtggtgtt 5340tatctcgata aactaaaatc tgttgggaag
gcctataaga taatttcttt aaaatatacc 5400agaaaggttt gtattcagtt
aggaacagaa caaacttgca agcatattga tgcaaatgat 5460tgtttagtga
caccatctgt gaaagtttgc atagtgggca cagtttcaaa acttcaacca
5520tctgatactc ttttgttctt aggtccacta gaacaagggg gaatcattct
taagcaatgg 5580tgcacaacat catgtgcatt tggggaccct ggtgatatca
tgtccactcc cagtggtatg 5640aggtgtccag agcacactgg atcatttagg
aaaatttgcg gttttgctac tacaccagtt 5700tgtgaatatc aaggaaatac
catttctgga tataaaagaa tgatggcaac aaaagattca 5760ttccaatcat
ttaacttaac agaacctcac atcacaacaa acaagcttga atggatcgac
5820ccagatggga atacaagaga ccacgtaaac cttgtcttaa atagagatgt
ctcatttcag 5880gatttaagtg ataacccctg taaagtagac ctacacacac
aagcaataga aggggcatgg 5940ggttctggtg tagggtttac actcacatgt
actgtcggat taacagagtg cccaagtttt 6000atgacatcaa ttaaggcatg
tgacctagct atgtgttatg gatcaacagt aacaaacctt 6060gccaggggct
ctaatacagt gaaagtagtt ggtaaaggag gccattcagg gtcctcattt
6120aaatgctgtc atgatacaga ttgctcctct gaaggtttac ttgcatcagc
ccctcatctt 6180gagagggtaa caggattcaa tcaaattgat tcagataagg
tttatgatga tggtgcacca 6240ccttgcacat tcaaatgctg gttcactaag
tcaggtgagt ggcttcttgg gatcttaaac 6300gggaattgga ttgttgttgt
agtgcttgtt gtgatactca ttctctctat cataatgttc 6360agtgttttgt
gtcccaggag agggcacaag aaaactgtct aagcattgac ctcaactcct
6420acattagatc atatacattt atgcacttcc tcatatttag ctgcactaag
atattaataa 6480actctagtta ttgactttat aagattatta tggaactaac
ctcacttaaa aaaaacaaat 6540actttactca tatataactc catattctct
taccgaggat tttgttcctg cggagcatac 6600tactaggatc tacgtatgat
cagcctcgac tgtgccttct agttgccagc catctgttgt 6660ttgcccctcc
cccgtgcctt ccttgaccct ggaaggtgcc actcccactg tcctttccta
6720ataaaatgag gaaattgcat cgcattgtct gagtaggtgt cattctattc
tggggggtgg 6780ggtggggcag gacagcaagg gggaggattg ggaagacaat
agcaggcatg ctggggatgc 6840ggtgggctct atggcttctg aggcggaaag
aaccagctgg ggctcgacag ctcgactcta 6900gaattgcttc ctcgctcact
gactcgctgc gctcggtcgt tcggctgcgg cgagcggtat 6960cagctcactc
aaaggcggta atacggttat ccacagaatc aggggataac gcaggaaaga
7020acatgtgagc aaaaggccag caaaaggcca ggaaccgtaa aaaggccgcg
ttgctggcgt 7080ttttccatag gctccgcccc cctgacgagc atcacaaaaa
tcgacgctca agtcagaggt 7140ggcgaaaccc gacaggacta taaagatacc
aggcgtttcc ccctggaagc tccctcgtgc 7200gctctcctgt tccgaccctg
ccgcttaccg gatacctgtc cgcctttctc ccttcgggaa 7260gcgtggcgct
ttctcatagc tcacgctgta ggtatctcag ttcggtgtag gtcgttcgct
7320ccaagctggg ctgtgtgcac gaaccccccg ttcagcccga ccgctgcgcc
ttatccggta 7380actatcgtct tgagtccaac ccggtaagac acgacttatc
gccactggca gcagccactg 7440gtaacaggat tagcagagcg aggtatgtag
gcggtgctac agagttcttg aagtggtggc 7500ctaactacgg ctacactaga
agaacagtat ttggtatctg cgctctgctg aagccagtta 7560ccttcgaaaa
aagagttggt agctcttgat ccggcaaaca aaccaccgct ggtagcggtg
7620gtttttttgt ttgcaagcag cagattacgc gcagaaaaaa aggatctcaa
gaagatcctt 7680tgatcttttc tacggggtct gacgctcagt ggaacgaaaa
ctcacgttaa gggattttgg 7740tcatgagatt atcaaaaagg atcttcacct
agatcctttt aaattaaaaa tgaagtttta 7800aatcaatcta aagtatatat
gagtaaactt ggtctgacag ttaccaatgc ttaatcagtg 7860aggcacctat
ctcagcgatc tgtctatttc gttcatccat agttgcctga ctc
7913117924DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic polynucleotide 11gggggggggg ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt
gaagaaggtg ttgctgactc ataccaggcc 60tgaatcgccc catcatccag ccagaaagtg
agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg 120taggtggacc agttggtgat
tttgaacttt tgctttgcca cggaacggtc tgcgttgtcg 180ggaagatgcg
tgatctgatc cttcaactca gcaaaagttc gatttattca acaaagccgc
240cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc agtgttacaa ccaattaacc
aattctgatt 300agaaaaactc atcgagcatc aaatgaaact gcaatttatt
catatcagga ttatcaatac 360catatttttg aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg
aaggagaaaa ctcaccgagg cagttccata 420ggatggcaag atcctggtat
cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca atacaaccta 480ttaatttccc
ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa atcaccatga gtgacgactg
540aatccggtga gaatggcaaa agcttatgca tttctttcca gacttgttca
acaggccagc 600cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa tcactcgcat caaccaaacc
gttattcatt cgtgattgcg 660cctgagcgag acgaaatacg cgatcgctgt
taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat 720gcaaccggcg caggaacact
gccagcgcat caacaatatt ttcacctgaa tcaggatatt 780cttctaatac
ctggaatgct gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt ggtgagtaac catgcatcat
840caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg gaagaggcat aaattccgtc
agccagttta 900gtctgaccat ctcatctgta acatcattgg caacgctacc
tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960actctggcgc atcgggcttc ccatacaatc
gatagattgt cgcacctgat tgcccgacat 1020tatcgcgagc ccatttatac
ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt aatcgcggcc 1080tcgagcaaga
cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt
1140aagcagacag ttttattgtt catgatgata tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg
taacatcaga 1200gattttgaga cacaacgtgg ctttcccccc ccccccggca
tgcctgcagg tcgacaatat 1260tggctattgg ccattgcata cgttgtatct
atatcataat atgtacattt atattggctc 1320atgtccaata tgaccgccat
gttgacattg attattgact agttattaat agtaatcaat 1380tacggggtca
ttagttcata gcccatatat ggagttccgc gttacataac ttacggtaaa
1440tggcccgcct ggctgaccgc ccaacgaccc ccgcccattg acgtcaataa
tgacgtatgt 1500tcccatagta acgccaatag ggactttcca ttgacgtcaa
tgggtggagt atttacggta 1560aactgcccac ttggcagtac atcaagtgta
tcatatgcca agtccgcccc ctattgacgt 1620caatgacggt aaatggcccg
cctggcatta tgcccagtac atgaccttac gggactttcc 1680tacttggcag
tacatctacg tattagtcat cgctattacc atggtgatgc ggttttggca
1740gtacaccaat gggcgtggat agcggtttga ctcacgggga tttccaagtc
tccaccccat 1800tgacgtcaat gggagtttgt tttggcacca aaatcaacgg
gactttccaa aatgtcgtaa 1860taaccccgcc ccgttgacgc aaatgggcgg
taggcgtgta cggtgggagg tctatataag 1920cagagctcgt ttagtgaacc
gtcagatcgc ctggagacgc catccacgct gttttgacct 1980ccatagaaga
caccgggacc gatccagcct ccgcggccgg gaacggtgca ttggaacgcg
2040gattccccgt gccaagagtg acgtaagtac cgcctataga ctctataggc
acaccccttt 2100ggctcttatg catgctatac tgtttttggc ttggggccta
tacacccccg cttccttatg 2160ctataggtga tggtatagct tagcctatag
gtgtgggtta ttgaccatta ttgaccactc 2220ccctattggt gacgatactt
tccattacta atccataaca tggctctttg ccacaactat 2280ctctattggc
tatatgccaa tactctgtcc ttcagagact gacacggact ctgtattttt
2340acaggatggg gtcccattta ttatttacaa attcacatat acaacaacgc
cgtcccccgt 2400gcccgcagtt tttattaaac atagcgtggg atctccacgc
gaatctcggg tacgtgttcc 2460ggacatgggc tcttctccgg tagcggcgga
gcttccacat ccgagccctg gtcccatgcc 2520tccagcggct catggtcgct
cggcagctcc ttgctcctaa cagtggaggc cagacttagg 2580cacagcacaa
tgcccaccac caccagtgtg ccgcacaagg ccgtggcggt agggtatgtg
2640tctgaaaatg agctcggaga ttgggctcgc accgctgacg cagatggaag
acttaaggca 2700gcggcagaag aagatgcagg cagctgagtt gttgtattct
gataagagtc agaggtaact 2760cccgttgcgg tgctgttaac ggtggagggc
agtgtagtct gagcagtact cgttgctgcc 2820gcgcgcgcca ccagacataa
tagctgacag actaacagac tgttcctttc catgggtctt 2880ttctgcagtc
accgtccaag cttgcggccg cggatctgca ggaattcggc acgagagtag
2940tagactccgc aagaaacagc aaacacagat aaatatgggc gagctgtccc
ctgtgtgcct 3000gtacctgctg ctgcagggcc tgctgctgtg taacaccgga
gccgccagga acctgaacga 3060gctgaagatg gagtgccccc acaccatcag
actgggccag ggcctggtgg tgggcagcgt 3120ggagctgccc agcctgccca
tccagcaggt ggagaccctg aagctggaga gcagctgtaa 3180cttcgacctg
cacaccagca cagccggcca gcagagcttc accaagtgga cctgggagat
3240caagggcgac ctggccgaga acacccaggc cagcagcacc agcttccaga
ccaagagcag 3300cgaggtgaac ctgagaggcc tgtgcctgat ccccacactg
gtggtggaga ccgccgccag 3360aatgagaaag accatcgcct gctacgacct
gagctgtaac cagaccgtgt gtcagcctac 3420cgtgtacctg atgggcccta
tccagacctg tatcaccacc aagagctgcc tgctgtccct 3480gggcgatcag
agaatccagg tgaactacga gaaaacctac tgtgtgagcg gccagctggt
3540ggagggcatc tgcttcaacc ccatccacac catggccctg agccagccta
gccacaccta 3600cgacatcatg accatgatgg tgagatgctt tctggtgatc
aagaaggtga ccagcggcga 3660cagcatgaag atcgagaaga acttcgagac
cctggtgcag aagaatggct gtaccgccaa 3720caacttccag ggctactaca
tctgcctgat cggcagcagc agcgagcccc tgtacgtgcc 3780cgccctggac
gactacagaa gcgccgaggt gctgtccaga atggccttcg ccccccacgg
3840cgaggaccac gacatcgaga aaaacgccgt gtccgccatg agaatcgccg
gcaaggtgac 3900cggcaaggcc cccagcaccg agtccagcga caccgtgcag
ggcatcgcct tcagcggcag 3960ccccctgtac acctccaccg gcgtgctgac
cagcaaggac gaccccgtgt acatctgggc 4020ccctggcatc atcatggagg
gcaaccacag catctgtgag aagaaaaccc tgcccctgac 4080ctggaccggc
ttcatcagcc tgcccggcga gatcgagaaa accacccagt gtaccgtgtt
4140ctgtaccctg gccggacctg gcgccgactg tgaggcctac agcgagaccg
gcatcttcaa 4200catcagcagc cccacctgcc tgatcaaccg ggtgcagagg
ttcagaggca gcgagcagca 4260gatcaagttt gtgtgccagc gggtggacat
ggacatcacc gtgtactgta acggcatgaa 4320gaaggtgatc ctgaccaaga
cactggtgat cggccagtgt atctacacct tcaccagcat 4380cttctccctg
atccccggcg tggcccacag cctggccgtg gagctgtgtg tgcccggcct
4440gcacggctgg gccaccatgc tgctgctgct gaccttctgc ttcggctggg
tgctgatccc 4500taccatcacc atgatcctgc tgaagatcct gatcgccttc
gcctacctgt gctccaagta 4560caacaccgac agcaagttca gaatcctgat
cgagaaagtg aagcgggagt accagaaaac 4620catgggcagc atggtgtgtg
aagtgtgcca gtacgagtgt gagaccgcca aggagctgga 4680gtcccacaga
aagagctgct ccatcggcag ctgcccctac tgcctgaacc ccagcgaggc
4740caccacctcc gccctgcagg cccacttcaa agtgtgtaag ctgaccagcc
ggttccagga 4800gaacctgagg aagtccctga ccgtgtacga gcccatgcag
ggctgctaca gaaccctgag 4860cctgttccgg tacaggagcc ggttctttgt
gggcctggtg tggtgtgtgc tgctggtgct 4920ggagctgatt gtgtgggccg
ccagcgccga gacccagaac ctgaatgccg gctggaccga 4980caccgcccac
ggcagcggca tcatccccat gaaaaccgac ctggagctgg acttcagcct
5040gcctagcagc gcctcctaca cctacaggcg gcagctgcag aatcctgcca
acgagcagga 5100gaagatcccc ttccacctgc agctgtccaa gcaggtgatc
cacgccgaga ttcagcacct 5160gggccactgg atggacgcca ccttcaacct
gaaaaccgcc ttccactgct acggcagctg 5220tgagaagtac gcctaccctt
ggcagaccgc cggctgcttc atcgagaagg actacgagta 5280cgagaccggc
tggggctgta atcctcctga ttgccccgga gtgggcaccg gctgtactgc
5340atgtggcgtg tacctggaca agctgaagtc tgtgggcaag gtgttcaaga
tcgtgtccct 5400gaggtacacc cggaaagtgt gtatccagct gggcaccgag
cagacctgta agaccgtgga 5460cagcaacgat tgcctgatca caaccagcgt
gaaagtgtgt ctgatcggca ccatcagcaa 5520gttccagccc agcgataccc
tgctgtttct gggccccctg cagcagggcg gcctgatctt 5580caagcagtgg
tgtaccacca cctgccagtt cggcgatccc ggcgatatca tgagcacccc
5640caccggcatg aagtgccctg agctgaacgg cagcttccgg aagaagtgtg
ccttcgccac 5700cacccctgtg tgtcagttcg acggcaacac catcagcggc
tacaagcgga tgatcgccac 5760caaggacagc ttccagtcct tcaacgtgac
cgagccccac atcagcacca gcgccctgga 5820gtggatcgat cccgacagca
gcctgaggga ccacatcaac gtgatcgtgt ccagggacct 5880gagcttccag
gacctgagcg agaccccctg ccagatcgac ctggccaccg ccagcatcga
5940tggcgcctgg ggcagcggag tgggcttcaa cctggtgtgt acagtgagcc
tgaccgagtg 6000tagcgccttc ctgaccagca tcaaagcctg tgacgccgcc
atgtgttacg gcagcaccac 6060cgccaacctg gtgagaggcc agaacaccat
ccacattgtg ggcaaaggcg gccacagcgg 6120cagcaagttt atgtgctgcc
acgacaccaa gtgtagcagc accggcctgg tggccgctgc 6180cccccacctg
gacagagtga ccggctacaa ccaggccgac agcgacaaga ttttcgacga
6240cggagcccct gagtgtggca tgagttgctg gttcaagaag agcggcgagt
ggattctggg 6300cgtgctgaac gggaattgga tggtggtggc cgtgctggtc
gtgctgctga tcctgagcat 6360cctgctgttc accctgtgct gccctaggag
acccagctac cggaaggagc acaagccctg 6420agttttgctt actaacataa
ttattgtatt ctgtttattg acacaattac catatgatta 6480actgtattcc
cccatcttat atcttatata atattcttta tttaatcact atatagaaaa
6540aaaactagca ctttactaat taaattaccc cataccgatt atgcctggac
ttttgttcct 6600gcggagcata ctactaggat ctacgtatga tcagcctcga
ctgtgccttc tagttgccag 6660ccatctgttg tttgcccctc ccccgtgcct
tccttgaccc tggaaggtgc cactcccact 6720gtcctttcct aataaaatga
ggaaattgca tcgcattgtc tgagtaggtg tcattctatt 6780ctggggggtg
gggtggggca ggacagcaag ggggaggatt gggaagacaa tagcaggcat
6840gctggggatg cggtgggctc tatggcttct gaggcggaaa gaaccagctg
gggctcgaca 6900gctcgactct agaattgctt cctcgctcac tgactcgctg
cgctcggtcg ttcggctgcg 6960gcgagcggta tcagctcact caaaggcggt
aatacggtta tccacagaat caggggataa 7020cgcaggaaag aacatgtgag
caaaaggcca gcaaaaggcc aggaaccgta aaaaggccgc 7080gttgctggcg
tttttccata ggctccgccc ccctgacgag catcacaaaa atcgacgctc
7140aagtcagagg tggcgaaacc cgacaggact ataaagatac caggcgtttc
cccctggaag 7200ctccctcgtg cgctctcctg ttccgaccct gccgcttacc
ggatacctgt ccgcctttct 7260cccttcggga agcgtggcgc tttctcatag
ctcacgctgt aggtatctca gttcggtgta 7320ggtcgttcgc tccaagctgg
gctgtgtgca cgaacccccc gttcagcccg accgctgcgc 7380cttatccggt
aactatcgtc ttgagtccaa cccggtaaga cacgacttat cgccactggc
7440agcagccact ggtaacagga ttagcagagc gaggtatgta ggcggtgcta
cagagttctt 7500gaagtggtgg cctaactacg gctacactag aagaacagta
tttggtatct gcgctctgct 7560gaagccagtt accttcggaa aaagagttgg
tagctcttga tccggcaaac aaaccaccgc 7620tggtagcggt ggtttttttg
tttgcaagca gcagattacg cgcagaaaaa aaggatctca 7680agaagatcct
ttgatctttt ctacggggtc tgacgctcag tggaacgaaa actcacgtta
7740agggattttg gtcatgagat tatcaaaaag gatcttcacc tagatccttt
taaattaaaa 7800atgaagtttt aaatcaatct aaagtatata tgagtaaact
tggtctgaca gttaccaatg 7860cttaatcagt gaggcaccta tctcagcgat
ctgtctattt cgttcatcca tagttgcctg 7920actc 7924127800DNAArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic polynucleotide
12gggggggggg ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt gaagaaggtg ttgctgactc ataccaggcc
60tgaatcgccc catcatccag ccagaaagtg agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg
120taggtggacc agttggtgat tttgaacttt tgctttgcca cggaacggtc
tgcgttgtcg 180ggaagatgcg tgatctgatc cttcaactca gcaaaagttc
gatttattca acaaagccgc 240cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc
agtgttacaa ccaattaacc aattctgatt 300agaaaaactc atcgagcatc
aaatgaaact gcaatttatt catatcagga ttatcaatac 360catatttttg
aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg aaggagaaaa ctcaccgagg cagttccata
420ggatggcaag atcctggtat cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca
atacaaccta 480ttaatttccc ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa
atcaccatga gtgacgactg 540aatccggtga gaatggcaaa agcttatgca
tttctttcca gacttgttca acaggccagc 600cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa
tcactcgcat caaccaaacc gttattcatt cgtgattgcg 660cctgagcgag
acgaaatacg cgatcgctgt taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat
720gcaaccggcg caggaacact gccagcgcat caacaatatt ttcacctgaa
tcaggatatt 780cttctaatac ctggaatgct gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt
ggtgagtaac catgcatcat 840caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg
gaagaggcat aaattccgtc agccagttta 900gtctgaccat ctcatctgta
acatcattgg caacgctacc tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960actctggcgc
atcgggcttc ccatacaatc gatagattgt cgcacctgat tgcccgacat
1020tatcgcgagc ccatttatac ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt
aatcgcggcc 1080tcgagcaaga cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc
ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt 1140aagcagacag ttttattgtt catgatgata
tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg taacatcaga 1200gattttgaga cacaacgtgg
ctttcccccc ccccccggca tgcctgcagg tcgacaatat 1260tggctattgg
ccattgcata cgttgtatct atatcataat atgtacattt atattggctc
1320atgtccaata tgaccgccat gttgacattg attattgact agttattaat
agtaatcaat 1380tacggggtca ttagttcata gcccatatat ggagttccgc
gttacataac ttacggtaaa 1440tggcccgcct ggctgaccgc ccaacgaccc
ccgcccattg acgtcaataa tgacgtatgt 1500tcccatagta acgccaatag
ggactttcca ttgacgtcaa tgggtggagt atttacggta 1560aactgcccac
ttggcagtac atcaagtgta tcatatgcca agtccgcccc ctattgacgt
1620caatgacggt aaatggcccg cctggcatta tgcccagtac atgaccttac
gggactttcc 1680tacttggcag tacatctacg tattagtcat cgctattacc
atggtgatgc ggttttggca 1740gtacaccaat gggcgtggat agcggtttga
ctcacgggga tttccaagtc tccaccccat 1800tgacgtcaat gggagtttgt
tttggcacca aaatcaacgg gactttccaa aatgtcgtaa 1860taaccccgcc
ccgttgacgc aaatgggcgg taggcgtgta cggtgggagg tctatataag
1920cagagctcgt ttagtgaacc gtcagatcgc ctggagacgc catccacgct
gttttgacct 1980gcatcgaaga caccgggacc gatccagcct ccgcggccgg
gaacggtgca ttggaacgcg 2040gattccccgt gccaagagtg acgtaagtac
cgcctataga ctctataggc acaccccttt 2100ggctcttatg catgctatac
tgtttttggc ttggggccta tacacccccg cttccttatg 2160ctataggtga
tggtatagct tagcctatag gtgtgggtta ttgaccatta ttgaccactc
2220ccctattggt gacgatactt tccattacta atccataaca tggctctttg
ccacaactat 2280ctctattggc tatatgccaa tactctgtcc ttcagagact
gacacggact ctgtattttt 2340acaggatggg gtcccattta ttatttacaa
attcacatat acaacaacgc cgtcccccgt 2400gcccgcagtt tttattaaac
atagcgtggg atctccacgc gaatctcggg tacgtgttcc 2460ggacatgggc
tcttctccgg tagcggcgga gcttccacat ccgagccctg gtcccatgcc
2520tccagcggct catggtcgct cggcagctcc ttgctcctaa cagtggaggc
cagacttagg 2580cacagcacaa tgcccaccac caccagtgtg ccgcacaagg
ccgtggcggt agggtatgtg 2640tctgaaaatg agctcggaga ttgggctcgc
accgctgacg cagatggaag acttaaggca 2700gcggcagaag aagatgcagg
cagctgagtt gttgtattct gataagagtc agaggtaact 2760cccgttgcgg
tgctgttaac ggtggagggc agtgtagtct gagcagtact cgttgctgcc
2820gcgcgcgcca ccagacataa tagctgacag actaacagac tgttcctttc
catgggtctt 2880ttctgcagtc accgtccaag cttgcggccg cggatctgca
ggaattcggc acgagagtag 2940tagactccgc aagaaacagc agtcaatcag
caacatgggg atatggaagt ggctagtgat 3000ggccagttta gtatggcctg
ttttgacact gagaaatgtc tatgacatga aaattgagtg 3060cccccataca
gtaagttttg gggaaaacag tgtgataggt tatgtagaat taccccccgt
3120gccattggcc gacacagcac agatggtgcc tgagagttct tgtagcatgg
ataatcacca 3180atcgttgaat acaataacaa aatataccca agtaagttgg
agaggaaagg ctgatcagtc 3240acagtctagt caaaattcat ttgagacagt
gtccactgaa gttgacttga aaggaacatg 3300tgctctaaaa cacaaaatgg
tggaagaatc ataccgtagt aggaaatcag taacctgtta 3360cgacctgtct
tgcaatagca cttactgcaa gccaacacta tacatgattg taccaattca
3420tgcatgcaat atgatgaaaa gctgtttgat tgcattggga ccatacagag
tacaggtggt 3480ttatgagaga tcttattgca tgacaggagt cctgattgaa
gggaaatgct ttgtcccaga 3540tcaaagtgtg gtcagtatta tcaagcatgg
gatctttgat attgcaagtg ttcatattgt 3600atgtttcttt gttgcagtta
aagggaatac ttataaaatt tttgaacagg ttaagaaatc 3660ctttgaatca
acatgcaatg atacagagaa taaagtgcaa ggatattata tttgtattgt
3720agggggaaac tctgcaccaa tatatgttcc aacacttgat gatttcagat
ccatggaagc 3780atttacagga atcttcagat caccacatgg ggaagatcat
gatctggctg gagaagaaat 3840tgcatcttat tctatagtcg gacctgccaa
tgcaaaagtt cctcatagtg ctagctcaga 3900tacattgagc ttgattgcct
attcaggtat accatcttat tcttccctta gcatcctaac 3960aagttcaaca
gaagctaagc atgtattcag ccctgggttg ttcccaaaac ttaatcacac
4020aaattgtgat aaaagtgcca taccactcat atggactggg atgattgatt
tacctggata 4080ctacgaagct gtccaccctt gtacagtttt ttgcgtatta
tcaggtcctg gggcatcatg 4140tgaagccttt tctgaaggcg ggattttcaa
cataacctct cccatgtgct tagtgtcaaa 4200acaaaatcga ttccggttaa
cagaacagca agtgaatttt gtgtgtcagc gagtggacat 4260ggacattgtt
gtgtactgca acgggcagag gaaagtaata ttaacaaaaa ctctagttat
4320tggacagtgt atatatacta taacaagctt attctcatta ctacctggag
tagcacattc 4380tattgctgtt gaattgtgtg tacctgggtt ccatggttgg
gccacagctg ctctgcttgt 4440tacattctgt ttcggatggg ttcttatacc
agcaattaca tttatcatac taacagtcct 4500aaagttcatt gctaatattt
ttcacacaag taatcaagag aataggctaa aatcagtact 4560tagaaagata
aaggaagagt ttgaaaaaac aaaaggctca atggtatgtg atgtctgcaa
4620gtatgagtgt gaaacctata aagaattaaa ggcacacggg gtatcatgcc
cccaatctca 4680atgtccttac tgttttactc attgtgaacc cacagaagca
gcattccaag ctcattacaa 4740ggtatgccaa gttactcaca gattcaggga
tgatctaaag aaaactgtta ctcctcaaaa 4800ttttacacca ggatgttacc
ggacactaaa tttatttaga tacaaaagca ggtgctacat 4860ctttacaatg
tggatatttc ttcttgtctt agaatccata ctgtgggctg caagtgcatc
4920agagacacca ttaactcctg tctggaatga caatgcccat ggggtaggtt
ctgttcctat 4980gcatacagat ttagagcttg atttctcttt aacatccagt
tccaagtata cataccgtag 5040gaggttaaca aacccacttg aggaagcaca
atccattgac ctacatattg aaatagaaga 5100acagacaatt ggtgttgatg
tgcatgctct aggacactgg tttgatggtc gtcttaacct 5160taaaacatcc
tttcactgtt atggtgcttg tacaaagtat gaataccctt ggcatactgc
5220aaagtgccac tatgaaagag attaccaata tgagacgagc tggggttgta
atccatcaga 5280ttgtcctggg gtgggcacag gctgtacagc atgtggttta
tacctagatc aactgaaacc 5340agttggtagt gcttataaaa ttatcacaat
aaggtacagc aggagagtct gtgttcagtt 5400tggggaggaa aacctttgta
agataataga catgaatgat tgttttgtat ctaggcatgt 5460taaggtctgc
ataattggta cagtatctaa attctctcag ggtgatacct tattgttttt
5520tggaccgctt gaaggtggtg gtctaatatt
taaacactgg tgtacatcca catgtcaatt 5580tggtgaccca ggagatatca
tgagtccaag agacaaaggt tttttatgcc ctgagtttcc 5640aggtagtttc
aggaagaaat gcaactttgc tactacccct atttgtgagt atgatggaaa
5700tatggtctca ggttacaaga aagtgatggc cacaattgat tccttccaat
cttttaatac 5760aagcactatg cacttcactg atgaaaggat agagtggaaa
gaccctgatg gaatgctaag 5820ggaccatata aacattttag taacgaagga
cattgacttt gataaccttg gtgaaaatcc 5880ttgcaaaatt ggcctacaaa
catcttctat tgagggggcc tggggttctg gtgtggggtt 5940cacattaaca
tgtctggtat cactaacaga atgtcctacc tttttgacct caataaaggc
6000ttgtgataag gctatctgtt atggtgcaga gagtgtaaca ttgacaagag
gacaaaatac 6060agtcaaggta tcagggaaag gtggccatag tggttcaaca
tttaggtgtt gccatgggga 6120ggactgttca caaattggac tccatgctgc
tgcacctcac cttgacaagg taaatgggat 6180ttctgagata gaaaatagta
aagtatatga tgatggggca ccgcaatgtg ggataaaatg 6240ttggtttgtt
aaatcagggg aatggatttc agggatattc agtggtaatt ggattgtact
6300cattgtcctc tgtgtatttc tattgttctc cttggtttta ctaagcattc
tctgtcccgt 6360aaggaagcat aaaaaatcat agctaaattc tgtgactatc
ctgttcttat gtatagcttt 6420aacatatata ctaattttta tattccagta
tactctatct aacacactaa aaaaaatagt 6480agctttctaa ccacaaaacg
gatctacgta tgatcagcct cgactgtgcc ttctagttgc 6540cagccatctg
ttgtttgccc ctcccccgtg ccttccttga ccctggaagg tgccactccc
6600actgtccttt cctaataaaa tgaggaaatt gcatcgcatt gtctgagtag
gtgtcattct 6660attctggggg gtggggtggg gcaggacagc aagggggagg
attgggaaga caatagcagg 6720catgctgggg atgcggtggg ctctatggct
tctgaggcgg aaagaaccag ctggggctcg 6780acagctcgac tctagaattg
cttcctcgct cactgactcg ctgcgctcgg tcgttcggct 6840gcggcgagcg
gtatcagctc actcaaaggc ggtaatacgg ttatccacag aatcagggga
6900taacgcagga aagaacatgt gagcaaaagg ccagcaaaag gccaggaacc
gtaaaaaggc 6960cgcgttgctg gcgtttttcc ataggctccg cccccctgac
gagcatcaca aaaatcgacg 7020ctcaagtcag aggtggcgaa acccgacagg
actataaaga taccaggcgt ttccccctgg 7080aagctccctc gtgcgctctc
ctgttccgac cctgccgctt accggatacc tgtccgcctt 7140tctcccttcg
ggaagcgtgg cgctttctca tagctcacgc tgtaggtatc tcagttcggt
7200gtaggtcgtt cgctccaagc tgggctgtgt gcacgaaccc cccgttcagc
ccgaccgctg 7260cgccttatcc ggtaactatc gtcttgagtc caacccggta
agacacgact tatcgccact 7320ggcagcagcc actggtaaca ggattagcag
agcgaggtat gtaggcggtg ctacagagtt 7380cttgaagtgg tggcctaact
acggctacac tagaagaaca gtatttggta tctgcgctct 7440gctgaagcca
gttaccttcg gaaaaagagt tggtagctct tgatccggca aacaaaccac
7500cgctggtagc ggtggttttt ttgtttgcaa gcagcagatt acgcgcagaa
aaaaaggatc 7560tcaagaagat cctttgatct tttctacggg gtctgacgct
cagtggaacg aaaactcacg 7620ttaagggatt ttggtcatga gattatcaaa
aaggatcttc acctagatcc ttttaaatta 7680aaaatgaagt tttaaatcaa
tctaaagtat atatgagtaa acttggtctg acagttacca 7740atgcttaatc
agtgaggcac ctatctcagc gatctgtcta tttcgttcat ccatagttgc
7800138001DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic polynucleotide 13gggggggggg ggcgctgagg tctgcctcgt
gaagaaggtg ttgctgactc ataccaggcc 60tgaatcgccc catcatccag ccagaaagtg
agggagccac ggttgatgag agctttgttg 120taggtggacc agttggtgat
tttgaacttt tgctttgcca cggaacggtc tgcgttgtcg 180ggaagatgcg
tgatctgatc cttcaactca gcaaaagttc gatttattca acaaagccga
240cgtcccgtca agtcagcgta atgctctgcc agtgttacaa ccaattaacc
aattctgatt 300agaaaaactc atcgagcatc aaatgaaact gcaatttatt
catatcagga ttatcaatac 360catatttttg aaaaagccgt ttctgtaatg
aaggagaaaa ctcaccgagg cagttccata 420ggatggcaag atcctggtat
cggtctgcga ttccgactcg tccaacatca atacaaccta 480ttaatttccc
ctcgtcaaaa ataaggttat caagtgagaa atcaccatga gtgacgactg
540aatccggtga gaatggcaaa agcttatgca tttctttcca gacttgttca
acaggccagc 600cattacgctc gtcatcaaaa tcactcgcat caaccaaacc
gttattcatt cgtgattgcg 660cctgagcgag acgaaatacg cgatcgctgt
taaaaggaca attacaaaca ggaatcgaat 720gcaaccggcg caggaacact
gccagcgcat caacaatatt ttcacctgaa tcaggatatt 780cttctaatac
ctggaatgct gttttcccgg ggatcgcagt ggtgagtaac catgcatcat
840caggagtacg gataaaatgc ttgatggtcg gaagaggcat aaattccgtc
agccagttta 900gtctgaccat ctcatctgta acatcattgg caacgctacc
tttgccatgt ttcagaaaca 960actctggcgc atcgggcttc ccatacaatc
gatagattgt cgcacctgat tgccccacat 1020tatcgcgagc ccatttatac
ccatataaat cagcatccat gttggaattt aatcgcggcc 1080tcgagcaaga
cgtttcccgt tgaatatggc tcataacacc ccttgtatta ctgtttatgt
1140aagcagacag ttttattgtt catgatgata tatttttatc ttgtgcaatg
taacatcaga 1200gattttgaga cacaacgtgg ctttcccccc ccccccggca
tgcctgcagg tcgacataaa 1260tcaatattgg ctattggcca ttgcatacgt
tgtatctata tcataatatg tacatttata 1320ttggctcatg tccaatatga
ccgccatgtt gacattgatt attgactagt tattaatagt 1380aatcaattac
ggggtcatta gttcatagcc catatatgga gttccgcgtt acataactta
1440cggtaaatgg cccgcctcgt gaccgcccaa cgacccccgc ccattgacgt
caataatgac 1500gtatgttccc atagtaacgc caatagggac tttccattga
cgtcaatggg tggagtattt 1560acggtaaact gcccacttgg cagtacatca
agtgtatcat atgccaagtc cggcccccta 1620ttgacgtcaa tgacggtaaa
tggcccgcct ggcattatgc ccagtacatg accttacggg 1680actttcctac
ttggcagtac atctacgtat tagtcatcgc tattaccatg gtgatgcggt
1740tttggcagta caccaatggg cgtggatagc ggtttgactc acggggattt
ccaagtctcc 1800accccattga cgtcaatggg agtttgtttt ggcaccaaaa
tcaacgggac tttccaaaat 1860gtcgtaataa ccccgccccg ttgacgcaaa
tgggcggtag gcgtgtacgg tgggaggtct 1920atataagcag agctcgttta
gtgaaccgtc agatcgcctg gagacgccat ccacgctgtt 1980ttgacctcca
tagaagacac cgggaccgat ccagcctccg cggccgggaa cggtgcattg
2040gaacgcggat tccccgtgcc aagagtgacg taagtaccgc ctatagactc
tataggcaca 2100cccctttggc tcttatgcat gctatactgt ttttggcttg
gggcctatac acccccgctc 2160cttatgctat aggtgatggt atagcttagc
ctataggtgt gggttattga ccattattga 2220ccactcccct attggtgacg
atactttcca ttactaatcc ataacatggc tctttgccac 2280aactatctct
attggctata tgccaatact ctgtccttca gagactgaca cggactctgt
2340atttttacag gatggggtcc catttattat ttacaaattc acatatacaa
caacgccgtc 2400ccccgtgccc gcagttttta ttaaacatag cgtgggatct
ccacgcgaat ctcgggtacg 2460tgttccggac atgggctctt ctccggtagc
ggcggagctt ccacatccga gccctggtcc 2520catgcctcca gcggctcatg
gtcgctcggc agctccttgc tcctaacagt ggaggccaga 2580cttaggcaca
gcacaatgcc caccaccacc agtgtgccgc acaaggccgt ggcggtaggg
2640tatgtgtctg aaaatgagct cggagattgg gctcgcaccg tgacgcagat
ggaagactta 2700aggcagcggc agaagaagat gcaggcagct gagttgttgt
attctgataa gagtcagagg 2760taactcccgt tgcggtgctg ttaacggtgg
agggcagtgt agtctgagca gtactcgttg 2820ctgccgcgcg cgccaccaga
cataatagct gacagactaa cagactgttc ctttccatgg 2880gtcttttctg
cagtcaccgt ccaagcttgc ggccgcggat ctgcaggaat tcggcacgag
2940agtagtagac tccgcaagaa acagcagtta aagaacaata ggatcatgtg
gagtttgcta 3000ttactggccg ctttagttgg ccaaggcttt gcattaaaaa
atgtatttga catgagaatt 3060cagttgcccc actcagtcaa ctttggggaa
acaagtgtgt caggctatac agaatttccc 3120ccactctcat tacaggaggc
agaacagcta gtgccagaga gctcatgcaa catggacaac 3180caccagtcac
tctcaacaat aaataaatta accaaggtca tatggcggaa aaaagcaaat
3240caggaatcag caaaccagaa ttcatttgaa gttgtggaaa gtgaagtcag
ctttaaaggg 3300ttgtgtatgt taaagcatag aatggttgaa gaatcatata
gaaataggag atcagtaatc 3360tgttatgatc tagcctgtaa tagtacattc
tgtaaaccaa ctgtttatat gattgttcct 3420atacatgctt gcaacatgat
gaaaagctgt ttgattggcc ttggccccta cagaatccag 3480gttgtctatg
aaaggacata ctgcactacg ggtatattga cagaaggaaa atgctttgtc
3540cctgacaagg ctgttgtcag tgcattgaaa agaggcatgt atgctatagc
aagcatagag 3600acaatctgct tttttattca tcagaaaggg aatacatata
agatagtgac tgccattaca 3660tcagcaatgg gctccaaatg taataataca
gatactaaag ttcaaggata ttatatctgt 3720attattggtg gaaactccgc
ccctgtatat gcccctgctg gtgaagactt cagagcaatg 3780gaggtttttt
ctgggattat tacatcacca catggagaag accatgacct acccggcgaa
3840gaaatcgcaa cgtaccagat ttcagggcag atagaggcaa aaatccctca
tacagtgagc 3900tccaaaaact taaaattgac tgcttttgca ggtattccat
catactcatc aactagtata 3960ttggctgctt cagaagatgg tcgtttcata
tttagtcctg gtttatttcc taacctaaat 4020cagtcagtct gtgacaacaa
tgcactccct ttaatctgga ggggcctaat tgatttaacg 4080ggatactatg
aggcagtcca cccttgcaat gtgttctgtg tcttatcagg accaggtgct
4140tcatgtgagg ccttttcaga aggaggtatt ttcaatatta cttctccaat
gtgtctggtg 4200tctaagcaaa atagatttag agcagctgag cagcagatta
gctttgtctg ccaaagagtt 4260gatatggata ttatagtgta ctgtaatggt
cagaaaaaaa caatcctaac aaaaacatta 4320gttataggcc aatgtattta
tactattaca agtctctttt cactgttacc aggggttgcc 4380cattctattg
ctattgagtt gtgtgttcca gggtttcatg gctgggccac agctgcactt
4440ttgattacat tctgcttcgg ctgggtattg attcctgcat gtacattagc
tattctttta 4500gtccttaagt tctttgcaaa tatccttcat acaagcaatc
aagagaaccg attcaaagcc 4560attctacgga aaataaagga ggagtttgaa
aaaacaaagg gttccatggt ttgtgagatc 4620tgtaagtatg agtgtgaaac
attaaaggaa ttgaaggcac ataacctatc atgtgttcaa 4680ggagagtgcc
catattgctt tacccactgt gaaccgacag aaactgcaat tcaggcacat
4740tacaaagttt gtcaagccac ccaccgattc agagaagatt taaaaaagac
tgtaactcct 4800caaaatattg ggccaggctg ttaccgaaca ctaaatcttt
ttaggtataa aagtaggtgt 4860tatattctga caatgtggac tcttcttctc
attattgaat ccatcctctg ggcagcaagt 4920gcagcagaaa tcccccttgt
ccctctctgg acagataatg ctcatggcgt tgggagtgtt 4980cctatgcata
cggatcttga attagacttc tctttgccat ccagttctaa gtacacatac
5040aaaagacatc tcacaaaccc agttaatgac caacagagtg tctcattgca
tatagaaatt 5100gaaagtcaag gcattggtgc tgctgttcat catcttggac
attggtatga tgcaagattg 5160aatctaaaaa cctcatttca ttgttatggt
gcctgcacaa aatatcaata cccatggcac 5220actgcaaaat gccattttga
gaaagattat gagtatgaaa atagctgggc ttgcaacccc 5280ccagattgcc
caggggttgg tacaggttgt actgcttgtg gattatatct agatcaattg
5340aagccggtag gaacagcctt taaaattata agtgtaagat acagtagaaa
agtgtgcgtg 5400cagtttggtg aagaacacct ttgtaaaaca attgatatga
atgattgctt tgtgactagg 5460catgccaaaa tatgtataat tgggactgta
tctaagtttt ctcaaggtga cactctacta 5520tttctggggc ccatggaagg
aggtggtata atctttaaac actggtgtac atctacctgt 5580cactttggag
accctggtga tgtcatgggt ccaaaagata aaccatttat ttgccctgaa
5640ttcccagggc aatttaggaa aaaatgtaac tttgccacaa ctccagtttg
tgaatatgat 5700ggaaacatta tatcaggcta taagaaagta cttgcaacaa
ttgattcttt ccaatcattt 5760aacacaagca atatacactt cactgatgag
agaattgaat ggagagaccc tgatggcatg 5820cttcgggatc atattaatat
tgttatttct aaagatattg attttgaaaa tttggctgag 5880aatccttgta
aagtagggct ccaggcagca aacatagaag gtgcctgggg ttcaggtgtc
5940gggtttacac tcacatgcaa ggtgtctctc acagaatgcc caacatttct
tacatcaata 6000aaggcctgtg acatggcaat ttgttatggt gcagaaagtg
tgacactctc acgaggacaa 6060aatactgtca aaattaccgg gaaaggtggc
catagtggtt cttcattcaa atgctgtcat 6120gggaaagaat gttcatcaac
tggcctccaa gccagtgcac cacatctgga taaggtaaat 6180ggtatctctg
agttagaaaa cgagaaagtt tatgatgacg gtgcacctga atgtggcatt
6240acttgttggt ttaaaaaatc aggtgaatgg gttatgggta taatcaatgg
gaactgggtt 6300gtcctaattg tcttgtgtgt actgctgctc ttttctctta
tcctgttgag catcttgtgt 6360cctgttagaa agcataaaaa atcataaatc
ccacctaaca atcttcacat catgtatcga 6420ttttcaaaca ctttatcatt
tagaacttaa cttggcacta ctatctgata actgactttc 6480atttttattt
ttatatggat taattactaa aaaaaatact ctctcgtgcc gaattcgata
6540tcaagcttat cgataccgtc gacctcgagg gggggcccgg tacccgggat
cctcgcaatc 6600cctaggagga ttaggcaagg gcttgagctc acgctcttgt
gagggacaga aatacaatca 6660ggggcagtat atgaatactc catggagaaa
cccagatcta cgtatgatca gcctcgactg 6720tgccttctag ttgccagcca
tctgttgttt gcccctcccc cgtgccttcc ttgaccctgg 6780aaggtgccac
tcccactgtc ctttcctaat aaaatgagga aattgcatcg cattgtctga
6840gtaggtgtca ttctattctg gggggtgggg tggggcagga cagcaagggg
gaggattggg 6900aagacaatag caggcatgct ggggatgcgg tgggctctat
ggcttctgag gcggaaagaa 6960ccagctgggg ctcgacagct cgactctaga
attgcttcct cgctcactga ctcgctgcgc 7020tcggtcgttc ggctgcggcg
agcggtatca gctcactcaa aggcggtaat acggttatcc 7080acagaatcag
gggataacgc aggaaagaac atgtgagcaa aaggccagca aaaggccagg
7140aaccgtaaaa aggccgcgtt gctggcgttt ttccataggc tccgcccccc
tgacgagcat 7200cacaaaaatc gacgctcaag tcagaggtgg cgaaacccga
caggactata aagataccag 7260gcgtttcccc ctggaagctc cctcgtgcgc
tctcctgttc cgaccctgcc gcttaccgga 7320tacctgtccg cctttctccc
ttcgggaagc gtggcgcttt ctcaatgctc acgctgtagg 7380tatctcagtt
cggtgtaggt cgttcgctcc aagctgggct gtgtgcacga accccccgtt
7440cagcccgacc gctgcgcctt atccggtaac tatcgtcttg agtccaaccc
ggtaagacac 7500gacttatcgc cactggcagc agccactggt aacaggatta
gcagagcgag gtatgtaggc 7560ggtgctacag agttcttgaa gtggtggcct
aactacggct acactagaag gacagtattt 7620ggtatctgcg ctctgctgaa
gccagttacc ttcggaaaaa gagttggtag ctcttgatcc 7680ggcaaacaaa
ccaccgctgg tagcggtggt ttttttgttt gcaagcagca gattacgcgc
7740agaaaaaaag gatctcaaga agatcctttg atcttttcta cggggtctga
cgctcagtgg 7800aacgaaaact cacgttaagg gattttggtc atcagattat
caaaaaggat cttcacctag 7860atccttttaa attaaaaatg aagttttaaa
tcaatctaaa gtatatatga gtaaacttgg 7920tctgacagtt accaatgctt
aatcagtgag gcacctatct cagcgatctg tctatttcgt 7980tcatccatag
ttgcctgact c 8001143447DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic polynucleotide 14atgggcgagc
tgtcccctgt gtgcctgtac ctgctgctgc agggcctgct gctgtgtaac 60accggagccg
ccaggaacct gaacgagctg aagatggagt gcccccacac catcagactg
120ggccagggcc tggtggtggg cagcgtggag ctgcccagcc tgcccatcca
gcaggtggag 180accctgaagc tggagagcag ctgtaacttc gacctgcaca
ccagcacagc cggccagcag 240agcttcacca agtggacctg ggagatcaag
ggcgacctgg ccgagaacac ccaggccagc 300agcaccagct tccagaccaa
gagcagcgag gtgaacctga gaggcctgtg cctgatcccc 360acactggtgg
tggagaccgc cgccagaatg agaaagacca tcgcctgcta cgacctgagc
420tgtaaccaga ccgtgtgtca gcctaccgtg tacctgatgg gccctatcca
gacctgtatc 480accaccaaga gctgcctgct gtccctgggc gatcagagaa
tccaggtgaa ctacgagaaa 540acctactgtg tgagcggcca gctggtggag
ggcatctgct tcaaccccat ccacaccatg 600gccctgagcc agcctagcca
cacctacgac atcatgacca tgatggtgag atgctttctg 660gtgatcaaga
aggtgaccag cggcgacagc atgaagatcg agaagaactt cgagaccctg
720gtgcagaaga atggctgtac cgccaacaac ttccagggct actacatctg
cctgatcggc 780agcagcagcg agcccctgta cgtgcccgcc ctggacgact
acagaagcgc cgaggtgctg 840tccagaatgg ccttcgcccc ccacggcgag
gaccacgaca tcgagaaaaa cgccgtgtcc 900gccatgagaa tcgccggcaa
ggtgaccggc aaggccccca gcaccgagtc cagcgacacc 960gtgcagggca
tcgccttcag cggcagcccc ctgtacacct ccaccggcgt gctgaccagc
1020aaggacgacc ccgtgtacat ctgggcccct ggcatcatca tggagggcaa
ccacagcatc 1080tgtgagaaga aaaccctgcc cctgacctgg accggcttca
tcagcctgcc cggcgagatc 1140gagaaaacca cccagtgtac cgtgttctgt
accctggccg gacctggcgc cgactgtgag 1200gcctacagcg agaccggcat
cttcaacatc agcagcccca cctgcctgat caaccgggtg 1260cagaggttca
gaggcagcga gcagcagatc aagtttgtgt gccagcgggt ggacatggac
1320atcaccgtgt actgtaacgg catgaagaag gtgatcctga ccaagacact
ggtgatcggc 1380cagtgtatct acaccttcac cagcatcttc tccctgatcc
ccggcgtggc ccacagcctg 1440gccgtggagc tgtgtgtgcc cggcctgcac
ggctgggcca ccatgctgct gctgctgacc 1500ttctgcttcg gctgggtgct
gatccctacc atcaccatga tcctgctgaa gatcctgatc 1560gccttcgcct
acctgtgctc caagtacaac accgacagca agttcagaat cctgatcgag
1620aaagtgaagc gggagtacca gaaaaccatg ggcagcatgg tgtgtgaagt
gtgccagtac 1680gagtgtgaga ccgccaagga gctggagtcc cacagaaaga
gctgctccat cggcagctgc 1740ccctactgcc tgaaccccag cgaggccacc
acctccgccc tgcaggccca cttcaaagtg 1800tgtaagctga ccagccggtt
ccaggagaac ctgaggaagt ccctgaccgt gtacgagccc 1860atgcagggct
gctacagaac cctgagcctg ttccggtaca ggagccggtt ctttgtgggc
1920ctggtgtggt gtgtgctgct ggtgctggag ctgattgtgt gggccgccag
cgccgagacc 1980cagaacctga atgccggctg gaccgacacc gcccacggca
gcggcatcat ccccatgaaa 2040accgacctgg agctggactt cagcctgcct
agcagcgcct cctacaccta caggcggcag 2100ctgcagaatc ctgccaacga
gcaggagaag atccccttcc acctgcagct gtccaagcag 2160gtgatccacg
ccgagattca gcacctgggc cactggatgg acgccacctt caacctgaaa
2220accgccttcc actgctacgg cagctgtgag aagtacgcct acccttggca
gaccgccggc 2280tgcttcatcg agaaggacta cgagtacgag accggctggg
gctgtaatcc tcctgattgc 2340cccggagtgg gcaccggctg tactgcatgt
ggcgtgtacc tggacaagct gaagtctgtg 2400ggcaaggtgt tcaagatcgt
gtccctgagg tacacccgga aagtgtgtat ccagctgggc 2460accgagcaga
cctgtaagac cgtggacagc aacgattgcc tgatcacaac cagcgtgaaa
2520gtgtgtctga tcggcaccat cagcaagttc cagcccagcg ataccctgct
gtttctgggc 2580cccctgcagc agggcggcct gatcttcaag cagtggtgta
ccaccacctg ccagttcggc 2640gatcccggcg atatcatgag cacccccacc
ggcatgaagt gccctgagct gaacggcagc 2700ttccggaaga agtgtgcctt
cgccaccacc cctgtgtgtc agttcgacgg caacaccatc 2760agcggctaca
agcggatgat cgccaccaag gacagcttcc agtccttcaa cgtgaccgag
2820ccccacatca gcaccagcgc cctggagtgg atcgatcccg acagcagcct
gagggaccac 2880atcaacgtga tcgtgtccag ggacctgagc ttccaggacc
tgagcgagac cccctgccag 2940atcgacctgg ccaccgccag catcgatggc
gcctggggca gcggagtggg cttcaacctg 3000gtgtgtacag tgagcctgac
cgagtgtagc gccttcctga ccagcatcaa agcctgtgac 3060gccgccatgt
gttacggcag caccaccgcc aacctggtga gaggccagaa caccatccac
3120attgtgggca aaggcggcca cagcggcagc aagtttatgt gctgccacga
caccaagtgt 3180agcagcaccg gcctggtggc cgctgccccc cacctggaca
gagtgaccgg ctacaaccag 3240gccgacagcg acaagatttt cgacgacgga
gcccctgagt gtggcatgag ttgctggttc 3300aagaagagcg gcgagtggat
tctgggcgtg ctgaacggga attggatggt ggtggccgtg 3360ctggtcgtgc
tgctgatcct gagcatcctg ctgttcaccc tgtgctgccc taggagaccc
3420agctaccgga aggagcacaa gccctga 3447151140PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic polypeptide
15Met Val Gly Trp Val Cys Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr Ala Thr1
5 10 15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Gln Ile Glu Cys Pro
His 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu
Thr Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Val Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu
Ser Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu His Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gln
Lys Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75 80Val Asp Trp Thr Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr
Glu Ser Thr Asn Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys
Glu Val Asn Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr
Phe Glu Ala Ala Tyr Lys Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr
Asp Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln Thr His Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His
Leu Ile Ala Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155
160Cys Met Ile Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu
Lys
165 170 175Thr Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln Leu Ile Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe
Ile Pro 180 185 190Thr His Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr
Tyr Asp Thr Met 195 200 205Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala
Lys Lys Leu Gly Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu Lys Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Glu
Lys Leu Ile Thr Gly Val Ser Cys225 230 235 240Ala Glu Asn Ser Phe
Gln Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Cys Phe Ile Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro
Leu Phe Val Pro Thr Met Glu Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu
Phe Thr Arg Met Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280
285Asp Gln Asn Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Val Thr Ala
290 295 300Lys Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile
Ala Phe305 310 315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr
Leu Val Arg Lys Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro Glu Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly
Ile Ile Ala Glu Ser Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr
Val Pro Leu Thr Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu
Ile Glu Arg Ile Thr Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Ala
Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Cys Glu Ala Tyr Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395
400Ile Phe Asn Ile Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys
405 410 415Phe Arg Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg
Val Asp 420 425 430Gln Gly Val Val Val Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys
Val Ile Leu Thr 435 440 445Lys Thr Leu Val Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr
Thr Phe Thr Ser Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His
Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Cys Val465 470 475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly
Trp Ala Thr Thr Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp
Leu Leu Ile Pro Thr Val Thr Leu Ile Ile Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu
Arg Leu Leu Thr Phe Pro Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520
525Phe Lys Val Ile Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met
530 535 540Gly Ser Met Val Cys Asp Ile Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr
Ala Lys545 550 555 560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu
Gly Gln Cys Pro Tyr 565 570 575Cys Met Thr Ile Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu
Ser Ala Leu Gln Ala His Phe 580 585 590Ser Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn
Arg Phe Gln Glu Asn Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu
Val Arg Lys Gly Cys Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr
Lys Ser Arg Cys Tyr Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Ile Leu625 630 635
640Leu Thr Thr Glu Leu Ile Ile Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu
645 650 655Met Glu Ser Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile
Val Pro 660 665 670Met Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala
Ser Ser Ser Ser 675 680 685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu Val Asn Pro
Ala Asn Gln Glu Glu Thr 690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe Gln Leu Asp
Lys Gln Val Val His Ala Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn Leu Gly His
Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730 735Phe His Cys
Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala
Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760
765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys
770 775 780Gly Val Tyr Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr
Lys Ile785 790 795 800Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile
Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu 805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn
Asp Cys Leu Val Thr Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val Cys Met Ile Gly
Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu
Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855 860Gln Trp Cys
Thr Thr Ser Cys Val Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile Met865 870 875
880Ser Thr Thr Ser Gly Met Arg Cys Pro Glu His Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg
885 890 895Lys Ile Cys Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln
Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr Val Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met Met Ala Thr Arg
Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920 925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu Pro His Ile Thr
Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp 930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys
Asp His Ile Asn Met Val Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe
Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970 975Leu His Thr
Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr
Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe Ile Thr 995
1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr
Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr Val Lys Val
Val Gly Lys 1025 1030 1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys
Cys His Asp Thr Asp 1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala
Ser Pro Pro His Leu Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln
Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly Ala Pro Pro
Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly 1085 1090 1095Glu Trp
Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala 1100 1105
1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe Ser Phe
1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro Val Arg Asn Arg Lys Asn Lys Ala Asn 1130
1135 1140161140PRTSin Nombre virusstrain Convict Creek 107 16Met
Val Gly Trp Val Cys Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr Ala Thr1 5 10
15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys Pro His
20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu Thr
Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Val Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu Ser
Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu His Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gln Lys
Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75 80Val Asp Trp Thr Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr Glu
Ser Thr Asn Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys Glu
Val Asn Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr Phe
Glu Ala Ala Tyr Lys Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr Asp
Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln Thr His Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His Leu
Ile Ala Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155 160Cys
Met Ile Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys 165 170
175Thr Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln Leu Ile Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe Ile Pro
180 185 190Thr His Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr Tyr Asp
Thr Met 195 200 205Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala Lys Lys
Leu Gly Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu Lys Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Glu Lys Leu
Ile Thr Gly Val Ser Cys225 230 235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe Gln Gly
Tyr Tyr Ile Cys Phe Ile Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro Leu Phe
Val Pro Thr Met Glu Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu Phe Thr
Arg Met Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280 285Asp
Gln Asn Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Val Thr Ala 290 295
300Lys Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile Ala
Phe305 310 315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr Leu
Val Arg Lys Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro Glu Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly Ile
Ile Ala Glu Ser Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr Val
Pro Leu Thr Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu Ile
Glu Arg Ile Thr Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Ala Gly
Pro Gly Ala Ser Cys Glu Ala Tyr Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395 400Ile
Phe Asn Ile Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys 405 410
415Phe Arg Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg Val Asp
420 425 430Gln Asp Val Val Val Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys Val Ile
Leu Thr 435 440 445Lys Thr Leu Val Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr Thr Phe
Thr Ser Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His Ser Leu
Ala Val Glu Leu Cys Val465 470 475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly Trp Ala
Thr Thr Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp Leu Leu
Ile Pro Thr Val Thr Leu Ile Ile Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu Arg Leu
Leu Thr Phe Ser Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520 525Phe
Lys Val Ile Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met 530 535
540Gly Ser Met Val Cys Asp Ile Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr Ala
Lys545 550 555 560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu Gly
Gln Cys Pro Tyr 565 570 575Cys Met Thr Ile Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser
Ala Leu Gln Ala His Phe 580 585 590Ser Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn Arg
Phe Gln Glu Ile Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu Val
Arg Lys Gly Cys Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr Lys
Ser Arg Cys Tyr Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Ile Leu625 630 635 640Leu
Thr Thr Glu Leu Ile Ile Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu 645 650
655Met Glu Ser Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile Val Pro
660 665 670Met Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala Ser Ser
Ser Ser 675 680 685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu Val Asn Pro Ala Asn
Gln Glu Glu Thr 690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe Gln Leu Asp Lys Gln
Val Val His Ala Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn Leu Gly His Trp Met
Asp Gly Thr Phe Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730 735Phe His Cys Tyr Gly
Glu Cys Lys Lys Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala Lys Cys
Phe Phe Glu Lys Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760 765Cys
Asn Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys 770 775
780Gly Val Tyr Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr Lys
Ile785 790 795 800Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile Gln
Leu Gly Thr Glu 805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn Asp
Cys Leu Val Thr Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val Cys Met Ile Gly Thr
Ile Ser Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu Gly
Pro Leu Glu Gln Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855 860Gln Trp Cys Thr
Thr Ser Cys Val Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile Met865 870 875 880Ser
Thr Thr Ser Gly Met Arg Cys Pro Glu His Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg 885 890
895Lys Ile Cys Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asn
900 905 910Thr Val Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met Met Ala Thr Arg Asp Ser
Phe Gln 915 920 925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu Pro His Ile Thr Ser Asn
Arg Leu Glu Trp 930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys Asp His
Ile Asn Met Val Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe Gln Asp
Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970 975Leu His Thr Gln Ser
Ile Asp Gly Ala Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr Leu Val
Cys Thr Val Gly Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe Ile Thr 995 1000
1005Ser Ile Lys Ala Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr Val
1010 1015 1020Thr Asn Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr Val Lys Val Val
Gly Lys 1025 1030 1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys Cys
His Asp Thr Asp 1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala Ser
Pro Pro His Leu Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln Ile
Asp Ser Asp Lys Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly Ala Pro Pro Cys
Thr Ile Lys Cys Trp Phe Thr Arg Ser Gly 1085 1090 1095Glu Trp Leu
Leu Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala 1100 1105 1110Val
Leu Ile Val Ile Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe Ser Phe 1115 1120
1125Phe Cys Pro Val Arg Asn Arg Lys Asn Lys Ala Asn 1130 1135
1140171140PRTSin Nombre virusstrain Convict Creek 107 isolate 74
17Met Val Gly Trp Val Cys Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr Ala Thr1
5 10 15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys Pro
His 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu
Thr Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Val Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu
Ser Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu His Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gln
Lys Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75 80Val Asp Trp Thr Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr
Glu Ser Thr Asn Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys
Glu Val Asn Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr
Phe Glu Ala Ala Phe Lys Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr
Asp Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln Thr His Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His
Leu Ile Ala Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155
160Cys Met Ile Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys
165 170 175Thr Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln Leu Ile Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe
Ile Pro 180 185 190Thr His Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr
Tyr Asp Thr Met 195 200 205Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala
Lys Lys Leu Gly Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu Lys Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Glu
Lys Leu Ile Thr Gly Val Ser Cys225 230 235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe
Gln Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Cys Phe Ile Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro
Leu Phe Val Pro Thr Met Glu Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu
Phe Thr Arg Met Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280
285Asp Gln Asn Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Val Thr Ala
290 295 300Lys Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile
Ala Phe305 310 315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr
Leu Val Arg Lys Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro Glu Tyr
Val Phe Ser Pro Gly Ile Ile Ala Glu Ser Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val
Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr Val Pro Leu Thr Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360
365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu Ile Glu Arg Ile Thr Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys
370 375 380Thr Leu Ala Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Cys Glu Ala Tyr Ser Glu
Thr Gly385 390 395 400Ile Phe Asn Ile Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val
Asn Lys Val Gln Lys 405 410 415Phe Arg Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn
Phe Met Cys Gln Arg Val Asp 420 425 430Gln Asp Val Val Val Tyr Cys
Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys Val Ile Leu Thr 435 440 445Lys Thr Leu Val Ile
Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr Thr Phe Thr Ser Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser Leu Ile
Pro Gly Val Ala His Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Cys Val465 470 475
480Pro Gly Leu His Gly Trp Ala Thr Thr Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys
485 490 495Phe Gly Trp Leu Leu Ile Pro Thr Val Thr Leu Ile Ile Leu
Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu Arg Leu Leu Thr Phe Ser Cys Ser His Tyr Ser
Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520 525Phe Lys Val Ile Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val
Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met 530 535 540Gly Ser Met Val Cys Asp Ile Cys
His His Glu Cys Glu Thr Ala Lys545 550 555 560Glu Leu Glu Thr His
Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu Gly Gln Cys Pro Tyr 565 570 575Cys Met Thr
Ile Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Ala Leu Gln Ala His Phe 580 585 590Ser
Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn Arg Phe Gln Glu Ile Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600
605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu Val Arg Lys Gly Cys Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val
610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr Lys Ser Arg Cys Tyr Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly
Ile Leu625 630 635 640Leu Thr Thr Glu Leu Ile Ile Trp Ala Ala Ser
Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu 645 650 655Met Glu Ser Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala
His Gly Val Gly Ile Val Pro 660 665 670Met Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu
Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser 675 680 685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg
Lys Leu Val Asn Pro Ala Asn Gln Glu Glu Thr 690 695 700Leu Pro Phe
His Phe Gln Leu Asp Lys Gln Val Val His Ala Glu Ile705 710 715
720Gln Asn Leu Gly His Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala
725 730 735Phe His Cys Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp
Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu
Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760 765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Gly Val Gly
Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys 770 775 780Gly Val Tyr Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg
Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr Lys Ile785 790 795 800Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr
Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu 805 810 815Gln Thr Cys
Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn Asp Cys Leu Val Thr Pro Ser 820 825 830Val
Lys Val Cys Met Ile Gly Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840
845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys
850 855 860Gln Trp Cys Thr Thr Ser Cys Val Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp
Ile Met865 870 875 880Ser Thr Thr Ser Gly Met Arg Cys Pro Glu His
Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg 885 890 895Lys Ile Cys Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro
Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr Val Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg
Met Met Ala Thr Arg Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920 925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr
Glu Pro His Ile Thr Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp 930 935 940Ile Asp Pro
Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys Asp His Ile Asn Met Val Leu Asn945 950 955
960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Cys Lys Val Asp
965 970 975Leu His Thr Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala Trp Gly Ser Gly Val
Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala
Asn Phe Ile Thr 995 1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala Cys Asp Ser Ala Met
Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser
Asn Thr Val Lys Val Val Gly Lys 1025 1030 1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly
Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys Cys His Asp Thr Asp 1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu
Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala Ser Pro Pro His Leu Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val
Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075
1080Gly Ala Pro Pro Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly
1085 1090 1095Glu Trp Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val
Val Ala 1100 1105 1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu
Leu Phe Ser Phe 1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro Val Arg Asn Arg Lys Asn
Lys Ala Asn 1130 1135 1140181140PRTSin Nombre virusstrain NMH10
18Met Val Gly Trp Val Cys Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr Ala Thr1
5 10 15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys Pro
His 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu
Ile Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Val Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu
Ser Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu His Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gln
Lys Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75 80Val Asp Trp Thr Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr
Glu Ser Thr Asn Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys
Glu Ile Asn Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Pro Thr Thr
Phe Glu Ala Ala Tyr Lys Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr
Asp Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln Thr His Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His
Leu Ile Ala Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155
160Cys Met Ile Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys
165 170 175Thr Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln Leu Ile Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe
Ile Pro 180 185 190Thr His Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr
Tyr Asp Thr Met 195 200 205Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala
Lys Lys Leu Gly Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu Lys Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Glu
Lys Leu Ile Thr Gly Val Ser Cys225 230 235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe
Gln Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Cys Phe Ile Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro
Leu Phe Val Pro Thr Met Glu Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu
Phe Thr Arg Met Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280
285Asp Gln Asn Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Val Thr Ala
290 295 300Lys Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile
Ala Phe305 310 315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr
Leu Val Arg Lys Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro Glu Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly
Ile Ile Ala Glu Ser Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr
Val Pro Leu Thr Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu
Ile Glu Lys Ile Thr Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Ala
Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Cys Glu Ala Tyr Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395
400Ile Phe Asn Ile Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys
405 410 415Phe Arg Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg
Val Asp 420 425 430Gln Asp Val Val Val Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys
Val Ile Leu Thr 435 440 445Lys Thr Leu Val Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr
Thr Phe Thr Ser Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His
Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Cys Val465 470 475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly
Trp Ala Thr Thr Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp
Leu Leu Ile Pro Ala Val Thr Leu Ile Ile Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu
Arg Leu Leu Thr Phe Ser Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520
525Phe Lys Val Ile Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met
530 535 540Gly Ser Met Val Cys Asp Ile Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr
Ala Lys545 550 555 560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu
Gly Gln Cys Pro Tyr 565 570 575Cys Met Thr Ile Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu
Ser Ala Leu Gln Ala His Phe 580 585 590Ala Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn
Arg Phe Gln Glu Asn Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu
Val Arg Lys Gly Cys Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr
Lys Ser Arg Cys Tyr Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Ile Leu625 630 635
640Leu Thr Thr Glu Leu Ile Ile Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu
645 650 655Met Glu Ser Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile
Ile Pro 660 665 670Met Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala
Ser Ser Ser Ser 675 680 685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu Val Asn Pro
Ala Asn Gln Glu Glu Thr 690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe Gln Leu Asp
Lys Gln Val Val His Ala Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn Leu Gly His
Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730 735Phe His Cys
Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala
Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760
765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys
770 775 780Gly Val Tyr Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr
Lys Ile785 790 795 800Val Ser Leu Lys Tyr Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile
Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu 805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn
Asp Cys Leu Val Thr Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val Cys Met Ile Gly
Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu
Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855 860Gln Trp Cys
Thr Thr Ser Cys Val Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile Met865 870 875
880Ser Thr Thr Ser Gly Met Arg Cys Pro Glu His Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg
885 890 895Lys Ile Cys Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln
Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr Val Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met Met Ala Thr Arg
Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920 925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu Pro His Ile Thr
Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp 930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys
Asp His Ile Asn Met Val Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe
Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970 975Leu His Thr
Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr
Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe Ile Thr 995
1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr
Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr Val Lys Val
Val Gly Lys 1025 1030 1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys
Cys His Asp Thr Asp 1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala
Ser Pro Pro His Leu Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln
Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly Ala Pro Pro
Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly 1085 1090 1095Glu Trp
Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala 1100 1105
1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe Ser Phe
1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro Val Arg Ser Arg Lys Asn Lys Ala Asn 1130
1135 1140191140PRTNew York virus 19Met Val Gly Trp Val Cys Ile Ser
Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr Thr Thr1 5 10 15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu
Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys Pro His 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Gln
Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu Thr Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr
Gln Val Thr Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu Ser Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu
His Val Pro Ser Thr Ser Ile Gln Lys Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75 80Val Glu
Trp Ala Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr Ser Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala
Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys Glu Val Ser Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105
110Cys Asn Ile Pro Val Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Ala Tyr Lys Ser Arg Lys
115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr Asp Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln Thr His Cys
Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His Leu Ile Ala Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met
Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155 160Cys Met Ile Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg
Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys 165 170 175Thr Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln
Leu Val Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe Ile Pro 180 185 190Thr His Thr Ile Ala
Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr Tyr Asp Thr Met 195 200 205Thr Leu Pro
Ile Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala Lys Lys Leu Gly Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu
Lys Ile Ala Val Glu Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Thr Ala Ser Gly Cys225 230
235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe Gln Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Cys Phe Leu Gly Lys
His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro Leu Phe Val Pro Met Met Asp Asp Tyr Arg
Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu Phe Thr Arg Met Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly
Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280 285Asp Gln Asn Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg
Ile Ala Gly Pro Ile Thr Ala 290 295 300Lys Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr
Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile Ala Phe305 310 315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro
Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr Leu Val Arg Lys Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro
Asp Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly Ile Ile Ala Glu Ser Asn His 340 345
350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr Ile Pro Leu Thr Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu
355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu Ile Glu Lys Ile Thr Gly Cys Thr Val
Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Val Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Cys Glu Ala Tyr
Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395 400Ile Phe Asn Ile Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys
Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys 405 410 415Phe Arg Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg
Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg Val Asp 420 425 430Gln Asp Val Ile Val
Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys Val Ile Leu Thr 435 440 445Lys Thr Leu
Val Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr Thr Phe Thr Ser Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser
Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Cys Val465 470
475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly Trp Ala Thr Thr Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe
Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp Leu Leu Ile Pro Thr Ile Thr Met Ile Ile
Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu Arg Leu Leu Thr Phe
Ser Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520 525Phe Lys Ala Ile
Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met 530 535 540Gly Ser
Met Val Cys Asp Val Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr Ala Lys545 550 555
560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu Gly Gln Cys Pro Tyr
565 570 575Cys Met Thr Met Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Ala Leu Gln Ala
His Phe 580 585 590Ser Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn Arg Phe Gln Glu Asn
Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu Val Lys Gln Gly Cys
Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr Lys Ser Arg Cys Tyr
Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Val Leu625 630 635 640Leu Thr Thr Glu Leu
Ile Val Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu 645 650 655Met Glu Ser
Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile Val Pro 660 665 670Met
Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser 675 680
685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu Val Asn Pro Ala Asn Lys Glu Glu Thr
690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe Gln Leu Asp Lys Gln Val Val His Ala
Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn Leu Gly His Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe
Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730 735Phe His Cys Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys
Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys
Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760 765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp
Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys 770 775 780Gly Val Tyr
Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr Lys Ile785 790 795
800Val Ser Leu Lys Phe Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu
805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn Asp Cys Leu Val Thr
Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val Cys Leu Ile Gly Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu
Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln
Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855 860Gln Trp Cys Thr Thr Ser Cys Val
Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile Met865 870 875 880Ser Thr Thr Thr Gly
Met Lys Cys Pro Glu His Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg 885 890 895Lys Ile Cys
Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr
Ile Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met Met Ala Thr Arg Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920
925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu Pro His Ile Thr Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp
930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys Asp His Ile Asn Met Val
Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn
Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970 975Leu His Thr Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala
Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly
Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe Ile Thr 995 1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala
Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn
Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr Val Lys Val Val Gly Lys 1025 1030
1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys Cys His Asp Thr Asp
1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala Ser Pro Pro His Leu
Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys
Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly Ala Pro Pro Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys
Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly 1085 1090 1095Glu Trp Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu
Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala 1100 1105 1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile
Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe Ser Phe 1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro
Ile Arg Gly Arg Lys Asn Lys Ser Asn 1130 1135 1140201140PRTNew York
virus 20Met Val Gly Phe Val Cys Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr Thr
Thr1 5 10 15Ala Gly Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys
Pro His 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val
Gly Thr Thr 35 40 45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Val Thr Asp Leu Lys Ile
Glu Ser Ser Cys 50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu His Val Pro Ser Thr Ser Ile
Gln Lys Tyr Asn Gln65 70 75 80Val Glu Trp Ala Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr
Thr Glu Ser Thr Ser Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr
Lys Glu Val Ser Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Val Thr
Thr Phe Glu Ala Ala Tyr Lys Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys
Tyr Asp Leu Ala Cys Asn Gln Thr His Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val
His Leu Ile Ala Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155
160Cys Met Ile Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys
165 170 175Thr Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln Leu Val Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe
Ile Pro 180 185 190Thr His Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr
Tyr Asp Thr Met 195 200 205Thr Leu Pro Ile Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala
Lys Lys Leu Gly Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu Lys Ile Ala Val Glu Leu Glu
Lys Leu Ile Thr Ala Gly Gly Cys225 230 235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe
Gln Gly Tyr Tyr Ile Cys Phe Leu Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro
Leu Phe Val Pro Met Met Asp Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu
Phe Thr Arg Met Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280
285Asp Gln Asn Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Ile Thr Ala
290 295 300Lys Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Ala Met Gln Gly Ile
Ala Phe305 310 315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro Met Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr
Leu Val Arg Lys Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro Asp Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly
Ile Ile Ala Glu Ser Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Thr
Ile Pro Leu Thr Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu
Ile Glu Lys Ile Thr Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Val
Gly Pro Gly Ala Ser Cys Glu Ala Tyr Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395
400Ile Phe Asn Ile Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys
405 410 415Phe Arg Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg
Val Asp 420 425 430Gln Asp Val Ile Val Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys
Val Ile Leu Thr 435 440 445Lys Thr Leu Val Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr
Thr Phe Thr Ser Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His
Ser Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Cys Val465 470 475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly
Trp Ala Thr Thr Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp
Leu Leu Ile Pro Thr Ile Thr Met Ile Ile Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu
Arg Leu Leu Thr Phe Ser Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520
525Phe Lys Ala Ile Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met
530 535 540Gly Ser Met Val Cys Asp Val Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr
Ala Lys545 550 555 560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu
Gly Gln Cys Pro Tyr 565 570 575Cys Met Thr Met Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu
Ser Ala Leu Gln Ala His Phe 580 585 590Ser Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn
Arg Phe Gln Glu Asn Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu
Val Lys Gln Gly Cys Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr
Lys Ser Arg Cys Tyr Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Val Leu625 630 635
640Leu Thr Thr Glu Leu Ile Val Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu
645 650 655Met Glu Ser Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile
Val Pro 660 665 670Met Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala
Ser Ser Ser Ser 675 680 685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu Val Asp Pro
Ala Asn Lys Glu Glu Thr 690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe Gln Leu Asp
Lys Gln Val Val His Ala Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn Leu Gly His
Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730 735Phe His Cys
Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr 740 745 750Ala
Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser Trp Gly 755 760
765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly Cys Thr Ala Cys
770 775 780Gly Val Tyr Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Val Gly Lys Ala Tyr
Lys Ile785 790 795 800Val Ser Leu Lys Phe Thr Arg Lys Val Cys Ile
Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu 805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His Ile Asp Val Asn
Asp Cys Leu Val Thr Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val Cys Leu Ile Gly
Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr Leu Leu Phe Leu
Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855 860Gln Trp Cys
Thr Thr Ser Cys Val Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile Met865 870 875
880Ser Thr Thr Thr Gly Met Lys Cys Pro Glu His Thr Gly Ser Phe Arg
885 890 895Lys Ile Cys Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr Cys Glu Tyr Gln
Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr Ile Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met Met Ala Thr Arg
Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920 925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu Pro His Ile Thr
Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp 930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp Ser Ser Ile Lys
Asp His Ile Asn Met Val Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg Asp Val Ser Phe
Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970 975Leu His Thr
Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe 980 985 990Thr
Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe Ile Thr 995
1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr Gly Ala Thr
Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr Val Lys Val
Val Gly Lys 1025 1030 1035Gly Gly His Ser Gly Ser Leu Phe Lys Cys
Cys His Asp Thr Asp 1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly Leu Ala Ala
Ser Pro Pro His Leu Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly Tyr Asn Gln
Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly Ala Pro Pro
Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly 1085 1090 1095Glu Trp
Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala 1100 1105
1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe Ser Phe
1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro Ile Arg Gly Arg Lys Asn Lys Ser Asn 1130
1135 1140211140PRTNew York virusstrain Rhode Island-1 21Met Val Gly
Trp Val Cys Ile Phe Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr Thr Thr1 5 10 15Ala Gly
Leu Thr Arg Asn Leu Tyr Glu Leu Lys Ile Glu Cys Pro His 20 25 30Thr
Val Gly Leu Gly Gln Gly Tyr Val Thr Gly Ser Val Glu Thr Thr 35 40
45Pro Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Val Thr Asp Leu Lys Ile Glu Ser Ser Cys
50 55 60Asn Phe Asp Leu His Val Pro Ser Thr Ser Ile Gln Lys Tyr Asn
Gln65 70 75 80Val Glu Trp Ala Lys Lys Ser Ser Thr Thr Glu Ser Thr
Ser Ala Gly 85 90 95Ala Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala Lys Thr Lys Glu Val Ser
Leu Lys Gly Thr 100 105 110Cys Asn Ile Pro Val Thr Thr Phe Glu Ala
Ala Tyr Lys Ser Arg Lys 115 120 125Thr Val Ile Cys Tyr Asp Leu Ala
Cys Asn Gln Thr Tyr Cys Leu Pro 130 135 140Thr Val His Leu Ile Ala
Pro Val Gln Thr Cys Met Ser Val Arg Ser145 150 155 160Cys Met Ile
Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Lys 165 170 175Thr
Tyr Cys Val Thr Gly Gln Leu Val Glu Gly Leu Cys Phe Ile Pro 180 185
190Thr His Thr Ile Ala Leu Thr Gln Pro Gly His Thr Tyr Asp Thr Met
195 200 205Thr Leu Pro Ile Thr Cys Phe Leu Val Ala Lys Lys Leu Gly
Thr Gln 210 215 220Leu Lys Ile Ala Val Glu Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Thr
Ala Ser Gly Cys225 230 235 240Thr Glu Asn Ser Phe Gln Gly Tyr Tyr
Ile Cys Phe Leu Gly Lys His 245 250 255Ser Glu Pro Leu Ser Val Pro
Met Met Asp Asp Tyr Arg Ser Ala Glu 260 265 270Leu Phe Thr Arg Met
Val Leu Asn Pro Arg Gly Glu Asp His Asp Pro 275 280 285Asp Gln Asn
Gly Gln Gly Leu Met Arg Ile Ala Gly Pro Ile Thr Ala 290 295 300Lys
Val Pro Ser Thr Glu Thr Thr Glu Thr Met Gln Gly Ile Ala Phe305 310
315 320Ala Gly Ala Pro Thr Tyr Ser Ser Phe Ser Thr Leu Val Arg Lys
Ala 325 330 335Asp Pro Asp Tyr Val Phe Ser Pro Gly Ile Ile Ala Glu
Ser Asn His 340 345 350Ser Val Cys Asp Lys Lys Ala Ile Pro Leu Thr
Trp Thr Gly Phe Leu 355 360 365Ala Val Ser Gly Glu Ile Glu Lys Ile
Thr Gly Cys Thr Val Phe Cys 370 375 380Thr Leu Val Gly Pro Gly Ala
Ser Cys Lys Ala Tyr Ser Glu Thr Gly385 390 395 400Ile Phe Asn Ile
Ser Ser Pro Thr Cys Leu Val Asn Lys Val Gln Lys 405 410 415Phe Arg
Gly Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Phe Met Cys Gln Arg Val Asp 420 425
430Gln Asp Val Ile Val Tyr Cys Asn Gly Gln Lys Lys Val Ile Leu Thr
435 440 445Lys Thr Leu Ile Ile Gly Gln Cys Ile Tyr Thr Phe Thr Ser
Leu Phe 450 455 460Ser Leu Ile Pro Gly Val Ala His Ser Leu Ala Val
Glu Leu Cys Val465 470 475 480Pro Gly Leu His Gly Trp Ala Thr Ala
Ala Leu Leu Ile Thr Phe Cys 485 490 495Phe Gly Trp Leu Leu Ile Pro
Thr Ile Thr Met Ile Ile Leu Lys Ile 500 505 510Leu Arg Leu Leu Thr
Phe Ser Cys Ser His Tyr Ser Thr Glu Ser Lys 515 520 525Phe Lys Ala
Ile Leu Glu Arg Val Lys Val Glu Tyr Gln Lys Thr Met 530 535 540Gly
Ser Met Val Cys Asp Ala Cys His His Glu Cys Glu Thr Ala Lys545 550
555 560Glu Leu Glu Thr His Lys Lys Ser Cys Pro Glu Gly Gln Cys Pro
Tyr 565 570 575Cys Met Thr Met Thr Glu Ser Thr Glu Ser Ala Leu Leu
Ala His Phe 580 585 590Ser Ile Cys Lys Leu Thr Asn Arg Phe Gln Glu
Asn Leu Lys Lys Ser 595 600 605Leu Lys Arg Pro Glu Val Lys Gln Gly
Arg Tyr Arg Thr Leu Gly Val 610 615 620Phe Arg Tyr Lys Ser Arg Cys
Tyr Val Gly Leu Val Trp Gly Val Leu625 630 635 640Leu Thr Thr Glu
Leu Ile Val Trp Ala Ala Ser Ala Asp Thr Pro Leu 645 650 655Met Glu
Ser Gly Trp Ser Asp Thr Ala His Gly Val Gly Ile Val Pro 660 665
670Met Lys Thr Asp Leu Glu Leu Asp Phe Ala Leu Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser
675 680 685Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Arg Lys Leu
Val Asn Pro Ala Asn Lys Glu Glu Thr 690 695 700Leu Pro Phe His Phe
Gln Leu Asp Lys Gln Val Val His Ala Glu Ile705 710 715 720Gln Asn
Leu Gly His Trp Met Asp Gly Thr Phe Asn Ile Lys Thr Ala 725 730
735Phe His Cys Tyr Gly Glu Cys Lys Lys Tyr Ala Tyr Pro Trp Gln Thr
740 745 750Ala Lys Cys Phe Phe Glu Lys Asp Tyr Gln Tyr Glu Thr Ser
Trp Gly 755 760 765Cys Asn Pro Pro Asp Cys Pro Gly Val Gly Thr Gly
Cys Thr Ala Cys 770 775 780Gly Val Tyr Leu Asp Lys Leu Arg Ser Gly
Gly Lys Ala Tyr Lys Ile785 790 795 800Val Ser Leu Lys Phe Thr Arg
Lys Val Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Thr Glu 805 810 815Gln Thr Cys Lys His
Ile Asp Val Asn Asp Cys Leu Val Thr Pro Ser 820 825 830Val Lys Val
Cys Leu Ile Gly Thr Ile Ser Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp 835 840 845Thr
Leu Leu Phe Leu Gly Pro Leu Glu Gln Gly Gly Ile Ile Leu Lys 850 855
860Gln Trp Cys Thr Thr Ser Cys Val Phe Gly Asp Pro Gly Asp Ile
Met865 870 875 880Ser Thr Thr Thr Gly Met Lys Cys Pro Glu His Thr
Gly Ser Phe Arg 885 890 895Lys Ile Cys Gly Phe Ala Thr Thr Pro Thr
Cys Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asn 900 905 910Thr Ile Ser Gly Phe Gln Arg Met
Met Ala Thr Arg Asp Ser Phe Gln 915 920 925Ser Phe Asn Val Thr Glu
Pro His Ile Thr Ser Asn Arg Leu Glu Trp 930 935 940Ile Asp Pro Asp
Ser Ser Ile Lys Asp His Ile Asn Met Val Leu Asn945 950 955 960Arg
Asp Val Ser Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Cys Lys Val Asp 965 970
975Leu His Thr Gln Ser Ile Asp Gly Ala Trp Gly Ser Gly Val Gly Phe
980 985 990Thr Leu Val Cys Thr Val Gly Leu Thr Glu Cys Ala Asn Phe
Ile Thr 995 1000 1005Ser Ile Lys Ala Cys Asp Ser Ala Met Cys Tyr
Gly Ala Thr Val 1010 1015 1020Thr Asn Leu Leu Arg Gly Ser Asn Thr
Val Lys Val Val Gly Lys 1025 1030 1035Gly Gly His Ser Ser Ser Leu
Phe Lys Cys Cys His Asp Thr Asp 1040 1045 1050Cys Thr Glu Glu Gly
Leu Ala Ala Ser Pro Pro His Leu Asp Arg 1055 1060 1065Val Thr Gly
Tyr Asn Gln Ile Asp Ser Asp Lys Val Tyr Asp Asp 1070 1075 1080Gly
Ala Pro Pro Cys Thr Ile Lys Cys Trp Phe Thr Lys Ser Gly 1085 1090
1095Glu Trp Leu Leu Gly Ile Leu Asn Gly Asn Trp Val Val Val Ala
1100 1105 1110Val Leu Ile Val Ile Leu Ile Leu Ser Ile Leu Leu Phe
Ser Phe 1115 1120 1125Phe Cys Pro Ile Arg Gly Arg Lys Asn Lys Ser
Asn 1130 1135 1140223733DNAArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic polynucleotide 22gcggccgcgg
atctgcagga attcggcacg agagtagtag actccgcacg aagaagcaaa 60cactgaataa
aggatataca gaatggtagg gtgggtttgc atcttcctcg tggtccttac
120tactgcaact gctggattga cacggaatct ctatgaatta cagatagaat
gtccacatac 180tgtgggtcta ggtcaaggtt atgtgacagg ttctgtagaa
actacaccta ttctcttaac 240acaggtagct gacctcaaga ttgagagttc
ttgcaatttt gacttgcatg tcccagccac 300tactactcag aaatacaatc
aagttgactg gactaaaaaa agttctacta cagaaagcac 360gaatgcaggt
gcaactacat ttgaggctaa aacaaaagag gtaaatttaa aaggcacatg
420taatattcct ccaactacgt ttgaggctgc atacaagtca aggaagacag
tgatttgtta 480tgatttggcc tgtaatcaaa cacattgtct tcctacagtc
catctgattg ctcctgttca 540aacatgtatg tctgtacgga gctgtatgat
aggtctgtta tctagcagga tccaggttat 600ctacgagaag acatattgtg
tcacgggtca gttaatagaa gggctatgtt tcattccaac 660acatacaatt
gcacttacac agcctggtca tacttatgat actatgacat tgcctgtgac
720ttgtttttta gtagccaaaa agttggggac gcagcttaag ctggctgttg
agttagagaa 780attgattact ggtgtgagct gcgcagagaa tagcttccaa
ggttattaca tctgttttat 840tggaaaacat tcagagccct tatttgtacc
aacaatggaa gattatagat cagctgagtt 900atttactcgt atggttttaa
atccaagagg tgaagatcat gaccctgatc aaaatggaca 960agggttgatg
agaatagctg gacctgttac tgccaaggta ccatctacag aaacgactga
1020aacaatgcaa ggaattgcat ttgctggggc accaatgtat agttcattct
caactcttgt 1080gagaaaagct gatcctgaat atgtcttttc tccaggtata
attgcagaat caaatcatag 1140tgtttgtgat aaaaagacag tgcccctaac
atggactggg tttctagcag tttcaggaga 1200gatagaaagg ataacaggct
gtacagtttt ctgtacattg gctggacctg gtgccagttg 1260tgaagcatac
tcagaaacag gaatcttcaa cataagctcc ccaacttgct tggtaaataa
1320agtccaaaaa tttagaggtt cagaacaaag aattaatttt atgtgtcaaa
gggttgatca 1380aggtgttgtg gtttactgta atggacagaa gaaagtcatt
cttaccaaaa ccctagtaat 1440aggtcaatgt atctacacat ttactagtct
gttttcactg atccctggag ttgctcattc 1500ccttgctgtg gagttatgtg
ttccaggtct tcatggctgg gctacaacag cactacttat 1560tactttctgc
tttggctggc ttctcatacc aacagttact ttaattatac taaaaatctt
1620aaggctattg accttcccat gctcgcacta ttctacagaa tcaaaattca
aagtcatttt 1680agaaagagtc aaggtggagt atcaaaagac aatgggttca
atggtgtgtg acatttgtca 1740ccatgaatgt gagacggcaa aagagctcga
aacacataag aaaagttgcc cagaaggtca 1800atgcccatac tgcatgacaa
taactgagtc cactgagagt gcattacaag ctcatttttc 1860aatctgtaag
ctaacgaaca ggttccagga aaatctaaaa aaatcattaa aacgtccaga
1920agtaaggaaa ggttgttaca ggacattagg agtattccgc tacaagagca
ggtgctatgt 1980tggcttagta tgggggatcc tcttgacgac agagctgatt
atatgggctg ctagtgcaga 2040tacccctcta atggagtctg gttggtcaga
tacagcacat ggtgtaggta tagtccctat 2100gaaaacagat ttagagcttg
actttgcctt ggcctcatca tcttcttata gttatagaag 2160aaagcttgta
aaccctgcca atcaagagga gacactccct tttcatttcc agttagataa
2220gcaagtagtg catgcagaaa tacagaacct agggcattgg atggatggca
cattcaacat 2280aaagactgct ttccattgct atggagaatg taaaaaatat
gcctatcctt ggcagacagc 2340caagtgtttc tttgaaaaag attatcagta
tgaaacaagc tggggctgta acccaccaga 2400ttgcccagga gtagggacag
gttgtacagc ctgtggggta tacttagaca agctccgttc 2460agttgggaaa
gcctataaaa ttgtatcact caaatacacg cgaaaggtgt gtattcaatt
2520ggggacagaa caaacctgta aacatataga tgttaatgat tgtttggtca
ccccgtctgt 2580taaagtttgc atgataggta ccatctcgaa gcttcagcca
ggtgacacct tattgttttt 2640gggcccttta gagcaaggtg ggattattct
aaaacaatgg tgcacaacat catgtgtgtt 2700tggagaccct ggtgatatca
tgtcaacaac aagtgggatg agatgccctg agcacacagg 2760gtcttttaga
aaaatctgtg gatttgctac aacacctaca tgtgaatatc aaggtaatac
2820agtgtctgga ttccaacgca tgatggcaac tcgagattct tttcaatcat
tcaatgtgac 2880agaaccacat attaccagca atcgactgga atggattgat
ccagatagta gtattaaaga 2940ccatatcaac atggttttga atagagatgt
ttccttccaa gatctaagtg ataatccatg 3000taaggttgat ttgcatacac
aatctattga tggggcttgg ggatcaggag tgggctttac 3060attagtatgt
actgtaggtc ttacagagtg tgcaaatttc ataacttcaa ttaaggcgtg
3120tgattctgct atgtgttatg gggccacagt tacaaatcta ctcagagggt
ctaacacagt 3180taaagttgtc ggtaaaggtg ggcattctgg gtccttgttc
aagtgctgcc atgatactga 3240ctgtactgaa gaaggtttag cagcatcacc
acctcattta gatagggtta ctggttacaa 3300tcaaatagat tctgataagg
tttatgatga cggtgcaccg ccctgtacaa ttaaatgttg 3360gttcacaaag
tcaggtgagt ggttgctagg aattcttaat ggcaattggg tagtagttgc
3420tgttttgatt gtaattttga tactatcaat actcctgttc agcttctttt
gtcctgttag 3480aaatagaaaa aataaggcca attagcaaac atatatgtaa
gtaagggtat gatcatatta 3540tatcattatg cgtatactct tatatctata
atatctatgt atccttatac tctaactatt 3600tatattaatt tttactttta
tacaagtatt aactaaccca ttaccagcta aaaaaaacaa 3660acccttaaca
cctatataat cccatttgct tattacgagg cttttgttcc tgcggagtct
3720actactattc gaa 3733
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