Method for detection of drug-selected mutations in the HIV protease gene

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6803187
  • Patent Number
    6,803,187
  • Date Filed
    Monday, June 25, 2001
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 12, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the rapid and reliable detection of drug-selected mutations in the HIV protease gene allowing the simultaneous charaterization of a range of codons involved in drug resistance using specific sets of probes optimized to function together in a reverse-hybridization assay. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for determining the susceptibility to antiviral drugs of HIV viruses in a biological sample, with said method comprising: a) if need be, releasing, isolating or concentrating the polynucleic acids present in the sample; b) if need be amplifying the relevant part of the protease gene of HIV with at least one suitable primer pair; c) hybrydizing the polynucleic acids of step a) or b) with at least one of the following probes: probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 30; probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 46 and/or 48; probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 50; probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 54; probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 82 and/or 84; probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 90; or the complement of said probes; further characterized in that said probes specifically hybridize to any of the target sequences presented in FIG. (1), or the complement of said target sequences; d) inferring from the result of step c) whether or not a mutation giving rise to drug resistance is present in any of said target sequences.
Description




1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to the field of HIV diagnosis. More particularly, the present invention relates to the field of diagnosing the susceptibility of an HIV sample to antiviral drugs used to treat HIV infection.




The present invention relates to a method for the rapid and reliable detection of drug-selected mutations in the HIV protease gene allowing the simultaneous characterization of a range of codons involved in drug resistance using specific sets of probes optimized to function together in a reverse-hybridization assay.




2. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the ethiological agent for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV, like other retroviruses, encodes an aspartic protease that mediates the maturation of the newly produced viral particle by cleaving viral polypeptides into their functional forms (Hunter et al). The HIV protease is a dimeric molecule consisting of two identical subunits each contributing a catalytic aspartic residue (Navia et al, Whodawer et al, Meek et al). Inhibition of this enzyme gives rise to noninfectious viral particles that cannot establish new cycles of viral replication (Kohl et al, Peng et al).




Attempts to develop inhibitors of HIV-1 protease were initially based on designing peptide compounds that mimicked the natural substrate. The availability of the 3-dimensional structure of the enzyme have more recently allowed the rational design of protease inhibitors (PI) using computer modeling (Huff et al, Whodawer et al). A number of second generation PI that are partially peptidic or entirely nonpeptidic have proven to exhibit particularly potent antiviral effects in cell culture. Combinations of various protease inhibitors with nucleoside and non-nucleoside RT inhibitors have also been studied extensively in vitro. In every instance, the combinations have been at least additive and usually synergistic.




In spite of the antiviral potency of many recently developed HIV-1 PI, the emergence of virus variants with decreased sensitivity to these compounds has been described both in cell culture and in treated patients thereby escaping the inhibitory effect of the antiviral (Condra et al.). Emergence of resistant variants depends on the selective pressure applied to the viral population. In the case of a relatively ineffective drug, selective pressure is low because replication of both wild-type virus and any variants can continue. If a more effective drug suppresses replication of virus except for a resistant variant, then that variant will be selected. Virus variants that arise from selection by PI carry several distinct mutations in the protease coding sequence that appear to emerge sequentially. A number of these cluster near the active site of the enzyme while others are found at distant sites. This suggests conformational adaptation to primary changes in the active site and in this respect certain mutations that increase resistance to PI also decrease protease activity and virus replication.




Amongst the PI, the antiviral activity of the PI ritonavir (A-75925; ABT-538). nelfinavir (AG-1343), indinavir (MK-639; L735; L524) and saquinavir (Ro 31-8959) have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and are currently under evaluation in clinical trials involving HIV-infected patients. The VX-487 (141W94) antiviral compound is not yet approved. The most important mutations selected for the above compounds and leading to gradually increasing resistance are found at amino acid (aa) positions 30 (D to N), 46 (M to I), 48 (G to V), 50 (I to V), 54 (I to A, I to V), 82 (V to A, or F, or I, or T), 84 (I to V) and 90 (L to M). Other mutations associated with drug resistance to the mentioned compounds have been described (Schinazi et al). Saquinavir-resistant variants, which usually carry mutations at amino acid positions 90 and/or 48, emerge in approximately 45% of patients after 1 year of monotherapy. Resistance appears to develop less frequently with higher doses of saquinavir. Resistance to indinavir and ritonavir requires multiple mutations; usually at greater than 3 and up to 11 sites, with more amino acid substitutions conferring higher levels of resistance. Resistant isolates usually carry mutations at codons 82, 84, or 90. In the case of ritonavir, the mutation at codon 82 appears fist in most patients. Although mutant virions resistant to saquinavir are not cross-resistant to indinavir or ritonavir, isolates resistant to indinavir are generally ritonavir resistant and visa versa. Resistance to either indinavir or ritonavir usually results in cross-resistance to saquinavir. Approximately one third of indinavir resistant isolates are cross-resistant to nelfinavir as well.




The regime for an efficient antiviral treatment is currently not clear at all. Patterns of reduced susceptibility to HIV protease inhibitors have been investigated in vitro by cultivating virus in the presence of PI. These data, however, do not completely predict the pattern of amino-acid changes actually seen in patients receiving PI. Knowledge of the resistance and cross-resistance patterns should facilitate selection of optimal drug combinations and selection of sequences with non-overlapping resistance patterns. This would delay the emergence of cross-resistant viral strains and prolong the duration of effective antiretroviral activity in patients. Therefore, there is need for methods and systems that detect these mutational events in order to give a better insight into the mechanisms of HIV resistance. Further, there is need for methods and systems which can provide data important for the antiviral therapy to follow in a more time-efficient and economical manner compared to the conventional cell-culture selection techniques.




3. AIMS OF THE INVENTION




It is an aim of the present invention to develop a rapid and reliable detection method for determination of the antiviral drug resistance of viruses, which contain protease genes such as HIV retroviruses present in a biological sample.




More particularly it is an aim of the present invention to provide a genotyping assay allowing the detection of the different HIV protease gene wild type and mutation codons involved in the antiviral resistance in one single experiment.




It is also an aim of the present invention to provide an HIV protease genotyping assay or method which allows to infer the nucleotide sequence at codons of interest and/or the amino acids at the codons of interest and/or the antiviral drug selected spectrum, and possibly also infer the HIV type or subtype isolate involved.




Even more particularly it is an aim of the present invention to provide a genotyping assay allowing the detection of the different HIV protease gene polymorphisms representing wild-type and mutation codons in one single experimental setup.




It is another aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated or polymorphic HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to one or more antiviral drugs, such as ritonavir (A-75925; ABT-538), nelfinavir (AG-1343), indinavir (MK-639; L735; L524), saquinavir (Ro 31-8959) and VX-478 (141W94) or others (Shinazi et al).




It is more particularly an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated or polymorphic HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to ritonavir (A-75925; ABT-538).




It is more particularly an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to nelfinavir (AG-1343).




It is more particularly an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to indinavir (MK-639; L735; L524).




It is more particularly an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to saquinavir (Ro 31-8959).




It is more particularly an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to VX-478 (141W94).




It is also an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to determine and/or infer cross-resistance to HIV protease inhibitors.




It is more particularly an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease from mutated HIV protease sequences involving at least one of amino acid positions 30 (D to N), 46 (M to I), 48 (G to V), 50 (I to V), 54 (I to A or V), 82 (V to A or F or I or T), 84(I to V) and 90 (L to M) of the viral protease gene.




It is particularly an aim of the present invention to select a particular set of probes, able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to any of the antiviral drugs defined above with this particular set of probes being used in a reverse hybridization assay.




It is moreover an aim of the present invention to combine a set of selected probes able to discriminate wild-type HIV protease sequences from mutated HIV protease sequences conferring resistance to antiviral drugs with another set of selected probes able to identify the HIV isolate, type or subtype present in the biological sample, whereby all probes can be used under the same hybridization and wash-conditions.




It is also an aim of the present invention to select primers enabling the amplification of the gene fragment(s) determining the antiviral drug resistance trait of interest.




It is also an aim of the present invention to select particular probes able to identify mutated HIV protease sequences resulting in cross-resistance to antiviral drugs.




The preset invention also aims at diagnostic kits comprising said probes useful for developing such a genotyping assay.




The present invention also aims at diagnostic kits comprising said primers useful for developing such a genotyping assay.




4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




All the aims of the present invention have been met by the following specific embodiments.




According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for determining the susceptibility to antiviral drugs of HIV viruses in a biological sample, with said method comprising:




a) if need be, releasing, isolating or concentrating the polynucleic acids present in the sample;




b) if need be amplifying the relevant part of the protease gene of HIV with at least one suitable primer pair;




c) hybridizing the polynucleic acids of step a) or b) with at least one of the following probes:




probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 30;




probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 46 and/or 48;




probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 50;




probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 54;




probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 82 and/or 84;




probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 90;




or the complement of said probes,




further characterized in that said probes specifically hybridize to any of the target sequences presented in

FIG. 1

, or to the complement of said target sequences;




d) inferring from the result of step c) whether or not a mutation giving rise to drug resistance is present in any of said target sequences.




The numbering of HIV-1 protease gene encoded amino acids is as generally accepted in literature. Mutations that give rise to an amino acid change at position 48 or 90 are known to confer resistance to saquinavir (Eriebe et al; Tisdale et al). An amino acid change at codon 46 or 54 or 82 or 84 results in ritonavir and indinavir resistance (Kempf et al; Emini et al; Condra et al). Amino acid changes at positions 30 and 46 confer resistance to nelfinavir (Patick et al) and amino acid changes at position 50 confers resistance to VX-487 (Rao et al). Therefore, the method described above allows to determine whether a HIV strain is susceptible or resistant to any of the drugs mentioned above. This method can be used, for instance, to screen for mutations conferring resistance to any of the mentioned drugs before initiating therapy. This method may also be used to s for mutations that may arise during the course of therapy (i.e. monitoring of drug therapy). It is obvious that this method may also be used to determine resistance to drugs other than the above-mentioned drugs, provided that resistance to these other drugs is linked to mutations that can be detected by use of this method. This method may also be used for the specific detection of polymorphic nucleotides. It is to be understood that the said probes may only partly overlap with the targets sequences of

FIG. 1

, table 2 and table 3, as long as they allow for specific detection of the relevant polymorphic nucleotides as indicated above. The sequences of

FIG. 1

, table 2 and table 3 were derived from polynucleic acid fragments comprising the protease gene. These fragments were obtained by PCR amplification and were inserted into a cloning vector and sequence analyzed as described in example 1. It is to be noted that some polynucleic acid fragments comprised polymorphic nucleotides in their sequences, which have not been previously disclosed. These novel polymorphic nucleotide sequences are represented in table 4 below.




The present invention thus also relates to these novel sequences, or a fragment thereof, wherein said fragment consists of at least 10, preferably 15, even more preferably 20 contiguous nucleotides and contains at least one polymorphic nucleotide. It is furthermore to be understood that these new polymorphic nucleotides may also be expected to arise in another sequence context than in the mentioned sequences. For instance a G at the third position of codon 55 is shown in SEQ ID N


o


478 m combination with a T at the third position of codon 54, but a G at the third position of codon 55 may also be expected to occur in the context of a wild type sequence. It is also to be understood that the above mentioned specifications apply to the complement of the said target sequences as well. This applies also to FIG.


1


.




According to a preferred embodiment the present invention relates to a method as indicated above, further characterized in that said probes are capable of simultaneously hybridizing to their respective target regions under appropriate hybridization and wash conditions allowing the detection of the hybrids formed.




According to a preferred embodiment, step c is performed using a set of at least 2, preferably at least 3, more preferably at least 4 and most preferably at least 5 probes meticulously designed as such that they show the desired hybridization results. In general this method may be used for any purpose that relies on the presence or absence of mutations that can be detected by this method, e.g. for genotyping. The probes of table 1 have been optimized to give specific hybridization results when used in a LiPA assay (see below), as described in examples 2 and 3. These probes have thus also been optimized to simultaneously hybridize to their respective target regions under the same hybridization and wash conditions allowing the detection of hybrids. The sets of probes for each of the codons 30,46/48, 50, 54 and 82/84 have been tested experimentally as described in examples 2 and 3. The reactivity of the sets shown in table 1 with 856 serum samples from various geographic origins was evaluated. It was found that the sets of probes for codons 30, 46/48, 50, 54 and 82/84 reacted with 98.9%, 99.6%, 98.5%, 99.20%, 95.4% and 97.2% of the test samples, respectively. The present invention thus also relates to the sets of probes for codons 30, 46/48, 50, 54, 82/84 and 90, shown in table 1 and table 7.




According to another even more preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a method as defined above, further characterized in that:




step b) comprises amplifying a fragment of the protease gene with at least one 5′-primer specifically hybridizing to a target sequence located between nucleotide position 210 and nucleotide position 260 (codon 87), more preferably between nucleotide position 220 and nucleotide position 260 (codon 87), more preferably between nucleotide position 230 and nucleotide position 260 (codon 87), even more preferably at nucleotide position 241 to nucleotide position 260 (codon 87) in combination with at least one suitable 3′-primer, and




step c) comprises hybridizing the polynucleic acids of step a) or b) with at least one of the probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising codon 90.




According to another even more preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a method as defined above, further characterized in that:




step b) comprises amplifying a fragment of the protease gene with at least one 3′-primer specifically hybridizing to a target sequence located between nucleotide position 253 (codon 85) and nucleotide positions 300, more preferably between nucleotide position 253 (codon 85) and nucleotide positions 290, more preferably between nucleotide position 253 (codon 85) and nucleotide positions 280, even more preferably at nucleotide position 253 (codon 85) to nucleotide position 273 (codon 91), in combination with at least one suitable 5′-primer, and




step c) comprises hybridizing the polynucleic acids of step a) or b) with at least one of the probes specifically hybridizing to a target sequence comprising any of codons 30, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 82 and 84.




It has been found, unexpectedly, that an amplified nucleic acid fragment comprising all of the above-mentioned codons, does not hybridize optimally to probes comprising codon 82, 84 or 90. On the other hand, a shorter fragment, for instance the fragment which is amplified by use of the primers Prot41bio and Prot6bio with respectively seq id no 5 and seq id no 4; hybridizes better to probes comprising codon 90. Better hybridization is also obtained when the fragment is amplified with primer Prot41bio in combination with primers Prot6abio, Prot6bbio, Prot6cbio and Prot6dbio. The present invention thus also relates to a method as defined above, finder characterized in that the 5′-primer is seq id no 5 and at least one 3′ primer is chosen from seq id no 4, seq id no506, seq id no 507, seq id no 508, and seq id 509. Likewise, another shorter fragment, for instance the fragment which is amplified by use of the primers Prot2bio and Prot31bio with respectively seq id no 3 and seq id no 6, was found to hybridize better to probes comprising codon 82 and/or 84. Hence the present invention also relates to a method as defined above, further characterized in that the 5′-primer is seq id no 5 and at least one 3′-primer is chosen from seq id no 4, seq id no506, seq id no 507, seq id no 508, and seq id no 509.




New sets of amplification primers as mentioned in example 1 were selected. The present invention thus also relates to primers: prot16 (SEQ ID NO 501), prot5 (SEQ ID NO 5), prot2abio (SEQ ID NO 503), prot2bbio (SEQ ID NO 504), prot31bio (SEQ ID NO 6), prot41-bio (SEQ ID NO 505), prot6a (SEQ ID NO 506), prot6b (SEQ ID NO 507), prot6c (SEQ ID NO 508) and prot6d (SEQ DID NO 509). A number of these primers are chemically modified (biotinylated), others are not. The present invention relates to any of the primers mentioned, primers containing unmodified nucleotides, or primers containing modified nucleotides.




Different techniques can be applied to perform the sequence-specific hybridization methods of the present invention. These techniques may comprise immobilizing the amplified HIV polynucleic acids on a solid support and performing hybridization with labeled oligonucleotide probes. HIV polynucleic acids may also be immobilized on a solid support without prior amplification and subjected to hybridization. Alternatively, the probes may be immobilized on a solid support and hybridization may be performed with labeled HIV polynucleic acids, preferably after amplification. This technique is called reverse hybridization. A convenient reverse hybridization technique is the line probe assay (LiPA). This assay uses oligonucleotide probes immobilized as parallel lines on a solid support strip (Stuyver et al., 1993). It is to be understood that any other technique based on the above-mentioned methods is also covered by the present invention.




According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to any of the probes mentioned above and/or to any of the primers mentioned above, with said primers and probes being designed for use in a method for determining the susceptibility to antiviral drugs of HIV viruses in a sample. According to an even more preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to the probes with seq id no 7 to seq id no 477 and seq id no510 to seq id no 519, more preferably to the seq id no mentioned in Table 1 and Table 7, and to the primers with seq id no 3, 4, 5 and 6, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508 and 509. The skilled man will recognize that addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides at their extremities may adapt the said probes and primers. Such adaptations may be requited if the conditions of amplification or hybridization are changed, or if the amplified material is RNA instead of DNA, as is the case in the NASBA system




According to another preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a diagnostic kit enabling a method for determining the susceptibility to antiviral drugs of HIV viruses in a biological sample, with said kit comprising:




a) when appropriate, a means for releasing, isolating or concentrating the polynucleic acids present in said sample;




b) when appropriate, at least one of the primers of any of claims


4


to


6


;




c) at least one of the probes of any of claims


1


to


3


, possibly fixed to a solid support;




d) a hybridization buffer, or components necessary for producing said buffer;




e) a wash solution, or components necessary for producing said solution;




f) when appropriate, a means for detecting the hybrids resulting from the preceding hybridization;




h) when appropriate, a means for attaching said probe to a solid support.




DEFINITIONS




The following definitions serve to illustrate the terms and expressions used in the present invention.




The term “antiviral drugs” refers particularly to any antiviral protease inhibitor. Examples of such antiviral drugs and the mutation they may cause in the HIV protease gene are disclosed in Schinazi et al., 1997. The contents of the latter two documents particularly are to be considered as forming part of the present invention. The most important antiviral drugs focussed at in the present invention are disclosed in Tables 1 to 2.




The target material in the samples to be analyzed may either be DNA or RNA, e.g.: genomic DNA, messenger RNA, viral RNA or amplified versions thereof. These molecules are also termed polynucleic acids.




It is possible to use genomic DNA or RNA molecules from HIV samples in the methods according to the present invention.




Well-known extraction and purification procedures are available for the isolation of RNA or DNA from a sample (fi. in Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition, Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press (1989)).




The term “probe” refers to single stranded sequence-specific oligonucleotides, which have a sequence, which is complementary to the target sequence to be detected.




The term “target sequence” as referred to in the present invention describes the wild type nucleotide sequence, or the sequence comprising one or more polymorphic nucleotides of the protease gene to be specifically detected by a probe according to the present invention. This nucleotide sequence may encompass one or several nucleotide changes. Target sequences may refer to single nucleotide positions, codon positions, nucleotides encoding amino acids or to sequences spanning any of the foregoing nucleotide positions. In the present invention said target sequence often includes one or two variable nucleotide positions.




The term “polymorphic nucleotide” indicates a nucleotide in the protease gene of a particular HIV virus that is different from the nucleotide at the corresponding position in at least one other HIV virus. The polymorphic nucleotide may or may not give rise to resistance to an antiviral drug. It is to be understood that the complement of said target sequence is also a suitable target sequence in some cases. The target sequences as defined in the present invention provide sequences which should be complementary to the central part of the probe which is designed to hybridize specifically to said target region.




The term “complementary” as used herein means that the sequence of the single stranded probe is exactly the (inverse) complement of the sequence of the single-stranded target, with the target being defined as the sequence where the mutation to be detected is located.




“Specific hybridization” of a probe to a target sequence of the HIV polynucleic acids means that said probe forms a duplex with part of this region or with the entire region under the experimental conditions used, and that under those conditions said probe does not form a duplex with other regions of the polynucleic acids present in the sample to be analyzed.




Since the current application requires the detection of single basepair mismatches, very stringent conditions for hybridization are required, allowing in principle only hybridization of exactly complementary sequences. However, variations arm possible in the length of the probes (see below), and it should be noted that, since the central part of the probe is essential for its hybridization characteristics, possible deviations of the probe sequence versus the target sequence may be allowable towards head and tail of the probe, when longer probe sequences are used. These variations, which may be conceived from the common knowledge in the art, should however always be evaluated experimentally, in order to check if they result in equivalent hybridization characteristics than the exactly complementary probes.




Preferably, the probes of the invention are about 5 to 50 nucleotides long, more preferably from about 10 to 25 nucleotides. Particularly preferred lengths of probes include 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25 nucleotides. The nucleotides as used in the present invention may be ribonucleotides, deoxyribonucleotides and modified nucleotides such as inosine or nucleotides containing modified groups, which do not essentially alter their hybridization characteristics.




Probe sequences are represented throughout the specification as single stranded DNA oligonucleotides from the 5′ to the 3′ end. It is obvious to the man skilled in the art that any of the below-specified probes can be used as such, or in their complementary form, or in their RNA form (wherein U replaces T).




The probes according to the invention can be prepared by cloning of recombinant plasmids containing inserts including the corresponding nucleotide sequences, if need be by cleaving the latter out from the cloned plasmids upon using the adequate nucleases and recovering them, e.g. by fractionation according to molecular weight. The probes according to the present invention can also be synthesized chemically, for instance by the conventional phospho-triester method.




The term “solid support” can refer to any substrate to which an oligonucleotide probe can be coupled, provided that it retains its hybridization characteristics and provided that the background level of hybridization remains low. Usually the solid substrate will be a microtiter plate, a membrane (e.g. nylon or nitrocellulose) or a microsphere (bead) or a chip. Prior to application to the membrane or fixation it may be convenient to modify the nucleic acid probe in order to facilitate fixation or improve the hybridization efficiency. Such modifications may encompass homopolymer tailing, coupling with different reactive groups such as aliphatic groups, NH


2


groups, SH groups, carboxylic groups, or coupling with biotin, haptens or proteins.




The term “labeled” refers to the use of labeled nucleic acids. Labeling may be carried out by the use of labeled nucleotides incorporated during the polymerase step of the amplification such as illustrated by Saiki et al. (1988) or Bej et al. (1990) or labeled primers, or by any other method known to the person skilled in the art. The nature of the label may be isotopic (


32


P,


35


S, etc.) or non-isotopic (biotin, digoxigenin, etc.).




The term “primer” refers to a single stranded oligonucleotide sequence capable of acting as a point of initiation for synthesis of a primer extension product, which is complementary to the nucleic acid strand to be copied. The length and the sequence of the primer must be such that they allow to prime the synthesis of the extension products. Preferably the primer is about 5-50 nucleotides long. Specific length and sequence will depend on the complexity of the required DNA or RNA targets, as well as on the conditions of primer use such as temperature and ionic strength.




The term “primer pair” refers to a set of primers comprising at least one 5′ primer and one 3′ primer. The primer pair may consist of more than two primers, the complexity of the number of primers will depend on the hybridization conditions, variability of the sequences in the regions to be amplified and the target sequences to be detected.




The fact that amplification primers do not have to match exactly with the corresponding template sequence to warrant proper amplification is amply documented in the literature (Kwok et al., 1990).




The amplification method used can be either polymerase chain reaction (PCR; Saiki et al., 1988), ligase chain reaction (LCR; Landgren et al., 1988; Wu & Wallace, 1989; Barany, 1991), nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA; Guatelli et al., 1990; Compton, 1991), transcription-based amplification system (TAS; Kwoh et al., 1989), strand displacement amplification (SDA; Duck, 1990) or amplification by means of QB replicase (Lomeli et al., 1989) or any other suitable method to amplify nucleic acid molecules known in the art.




The oligonucleotides used as primers or probes may also comprise nucleotide analogues such as phosphorothiates (Matsukura et al., 1987), alkylphosphorothiates (Miller et al., 1979) or peptide nucleic acids (Nielsen et al., 1991; Nielsen et al., 1993) or may contain intercalating agents (Asseline et al., 1984).




As most other variations or modifications introduced into the original DNA sequences of the invention these variations will necessitate adaptations with respect to the conditions under which the oligonucleotide should be used to obtain the required specificity and sensitivity. However the eventual results of hybridization will be essentially the same as those obtained with the unmodified oligonucleotides.




The introduction of these modifications may be advantageous in order to positively influence characteristics such as hybridization kinetics, reversibility of the hybrid-formation, biological stability of the oligonucleotide molecules, etc.




The “sample” may be any biological material taken either directly from the infected human being (or animal), or after culturing (enrichment). Biological material may be e.g. expectorations of any kind, broncheolavages, blood, skin tissue, biopsies, sperm, lymphocyte blood culture material, colonies, liquid cultures, fecal samples, urine etc.




The sets of probes of the present invention will include at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or more probes. Said probes may be applied in two or more distinct and known positions an a solid substrate. Often it is preferable to apply two or more probes together in one and the same position of said solid support.




For designing probes with desired characteristics, the following useful guidelines known to the person skilled in the art can be applied.




Because the extent and specificity of hybridization reactions such as those described herein are affected by a number of factors, manipulation of one or more of those factors will determine the exact sensitivity and specificity of a particular probe, whether perfectly complementary to its target or not. The importance and effect of various assay conditions, explained further herein, are known to those skilled in the art.




The stability of the [probe:target] nucleic acid hybrid should be chosen to be compatible with the assay conditions. This may be accomplished by avoiding long AT-rich sequences, by terminating the hybrids with G:C base pairs, and by designing the probe with an appropriate Tm. The beginning and end points of the probe should be chosen so that the length and % GC result in a Tm about 2-10° C. higher than the temperature at which the final assay will be performed. The base composition of the probe is significant because G-C base pairs exhibit greater thermal stability as compared to A-T base pairs due to additional hydrogen bonding. Thus, hybridization involving complementary nucleic acids of higher G-C content will be stable at higher temperatures.




Conditions such as ionic strength and incubation temperature under which a probe will be used should also be taken into account when designing a probe. It is known that hybridization will increase as the ionic strength of the reaction mixture increases, and that the thermal stability of the hybrids will increase with increasing ionic strength. On the other hand, chemical reagents, such as formamide, urea, DMSO and alcohols, which disrupt hydrogen bonds, will increase the stringency of hybridization. Destabilization of the hydrogen bonds by such reagents can greatly reduce the Tm. In general, optimal hybridization for synthetic oligonucleotide probes of about 10-50 bases in length occurs approximately 5° C. below the melting temperature for a given duplex. Incubation at tempts below the optimum may allow mismatched base sequences to hybridize and can therefore result in reduced specificity.




It is desirable to have probes, which hybridize only under conditions of high stringency. Under high stringency conditions only highly complementary nucleic acid hybrids will form; hybrids without a sufficient degree of complementarity will not form. Accordingly, the stringency of the assay conditions determines the amount of complementarity needed between two nucleic acid strands forming a hybrid. The degree of stringency is chosen such as to maximize the difference in stability between the hybrid formed with the target and the nontarget nucleic acid. In the present case, single base pair changes need to be detected, which requires conditions of very high stringency.




The length of the target nucleic acid sequence and, accordingly, the length of the probe sequence can also be important. In some cases, there may be several sequences from a particular region, varying in location and length, which will yield probes with the desired hybridization characteristics. In other cases, one sequence may be significantly better than another that differs merely by a single base. While it is possible for nucleic acids that are not perfectly complementary to hybridize, the longest stretch of perfectly complementary base sequence will normally primarily determine hybrid stability. While oligonucleotide probes of different lengths and base composition may be used, preferred oligonucleotide probes of this invention arm between about 5 to 50 (more particularly 10-25) bases in length and have a sufficient stretch in the sequence which is perfectly complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence.




Regions in the target DNA or RNA, which are known to form strong internal structures inhibitory to hybridization, arc less preferred. Likewise, probes with extensive self-complementarity should be avoided. As explained above, hybridization is the association of two single strands of complementary nucleic acids to form a hydrogen bonded double strand. It is implicit that if one of the two strands is wholly or partially involved in a hybrid that it will be less able to participate in formation of a new hybrid. There can be intramolecular and intermolecular hybrids formed within the molecules of one type of probe if there is sufficient self complementarity. Such structures can be avoided through careful probe design. By designing a probe so that a substantial portion of the sequence of interest is single stranded, the rate and extent of hybridization may be greatly increased. Computer programs are available to search for this type of interaction. However, in certain instances, it may not be possible to avoid this type of interaction.




Standard hybridization and wash conditions are disclosed in the Materials & Methods section of the Examples. Other conditions are for instance 3×SSC (Sodium Saline Citrate), 20% deionized FA (Formamide) at 50° C.




Other solutions (SSPE (Sodium saline phosphate EDTA), TMACl (tetramethyl ammonium Chloride), etc.) and temperatures can also be used provided that the specificity and sensitivity of the probes is maintained. If need be, slight modifications of the probes in length or in sequence have to be carried out to maintain the specificity and sensitivity required under the given circumstances.




Primers may be labeled with a label of choice (e.g. biotin). Different primer-based target amplification systems may be used, and preferably PCR-amplification, as set out in the examples. Single-round or nested PCR may be used.




The term “hybridization buffer” means a buffer enabling a hybridization reaction to occur between the probes and the polynucleic acids present in the sample, or the amplified product, under the appropriate stringency conditions.




The term “wash solution” means a solution enabling washing of the hybrids formed under the appropriate stringency conditions.




The following examples only serve to illustrate the present invention. These examples are in no way intended to limit the scope of the present invention.











FIGURE AND TABLE LEGENDS




FIG.


1


: Natural and drug selected variability in the vicinity of codons 30, 46, 48, 50, 54, 82, 84, and 90 of the HIV-1 protease gene. The most frequently observed wild-type sequence is shown in the top line (SEQ ID NO: 520 for codon 30, SEQ ID NO: 521 for codon 46/48, SEQ ID NO: 522 for codon 50, SEQ ID NO: 523 for codon for codon 54, SEQ ID NO: 524 for codon 82/84, and SEQ ID NO: 525 for codon 90). Naturally occurring variations are indicated below and occur independently from each other. Variants sequences for each of the indicated codons are as follows: SEQ ID NO: 7-46 for codon 30, SEQ ID NO: 47-120 for codon 46/48, SEQ ID NO: 121-175 for codon 50, SEQ ID NO: 176-227 for codon 54, SEQ ID NO: 228-357 for codon 82/84, and SEQ ID NO: 358-477 for codon 90. Drug-selected variants are indicated in bold.




FIG.


2


A: Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 30 immobilized on LiPA strips with reference material. The information in the boxed surface is not relevant for the discussion of probes for codon 30. The position of each selected probe on the membrane strip is shown at the left of each panel. The sequence of the relevant part of the selected probes is shown at the left and is given in Table 1. Each strip is incubated with a biotinylated PCR fragment from the reference panel. The reference panel accession numbers are indicated in Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 31 corresponds to w25, SEQ ID NO: 35 corresponds to w29, SEQ ID NO: 32 corresponds to w32, SEQ ID NO: 42 corresponds to w36, and SEQ ID NO: 29 corresponds to m23). For several probes multiple reference panel possibilities are available, but only one relevant accession number given each time. *: False positive reactivities. At the bottom the strips, the amino acids at the relevant codon, as derived from the probe reactivity, is indicated.




FIG.


2


B: Reactivities of the selected probes for codons 46 and 48 immobilized on LiPA strips with reference material. The information in the boxed surface is not relevant for the discussion of probes for codons 46 and 48. The position of each selected probe on the membrane strip is shown at the left of each panel. The sequence of the relevant part of the selected probes is given in Table 1. Each strip is incubated with a biotinylated PCR fragment from the reference panel. The reference panel accession numbers are indicated in Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 93 corresponds to w47, SEQ ID NO: 91 corresponds to w45, SEQ ID NO: 120 corresponds to w72, and SEQ ID NO: 87 corresponds to m41). For several probes multiple reference panel possibilities are available, but only one relevant accession number given each time. *: False positive reactivities. On top of the strips, the amino acids at the relevant codon, as derived from the probe reactivity, is indicated.




FIG.


2


C: Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 50 immobilized on LiPA strips With reference material. The information in the boxed surface is not relevant for the discussion of probes for codon 50. The position of each selected probe on the membrane strip is shown at the left of each panel. The sequence of the relevant part of the selected probes is given in Table 1. Each strip is incubated with a biotinylated PCR fragment from the reference panel. The reference panel accession numbers are indicated in Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 151 corresponds to w31, SEQ ID NO: 164 corresponds to w44, SEQ ID NO: 172 corresponds to w51, and SEQ ID NO: 157 corresponds to m37). For several probes multiple reference panel possibilities are available, but only one relevant accession number given each time. *: False positive reactivities. At the bottom of the strips, the amino acids at the relevant codon, as derived from the probe reactivity, is indicated.




FIG.


2


D: Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 54 immobilized on LiPA strips with reference material. The information in the boxed surface is not relevant for the discussion of probes for codon 54. The position of each selected probe on the membrane strip is shown at the left of each panel. The sequence of the relevant part of the selected probes is given in Table 1. Each strip is incubated with a biotinylated PCR fragment from the reference panel. The reference panel accession numbers are indicated in Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 178 corresponds to w3, SEQ ID NO: 212 corresponds to w34, SEQ ID NO: 189 corresponds to w14, SEQ ID NO: 194 corresponds to w19, SEQ ID NO: 197 corresponds to w22, SEQ ID NO: 202 corresponds to w26, SEQ ID NO: 204 corresponds to w27, SEQ ID NO: 213 corresponds to m35, and SEQ ID NO: 215 corresponds to m37). For several probes multiple reference panel possibilities are available, but only one relevant accession number given each time. *: False positive reactivities. At the bottom of the strips, the amino acids at the relevant codon, as derived from the probe reactivity, is indicated.




FIG.


2


E: Reactivities of the selected probes for codons 82 and 84 immobilized on LiPA strips with reference material. The information in the boxed surface is not relevant for the discussion of probes for codons 82 and 84. The position of each selected probe on the membrane strip is shown at the left of each panel. The sequence of the relevant part of the selected probes is given in Table 1. Each strip is incubated with a biotinylated PCR fragment from the reference panel. The reference panel accession numbers are indicated in Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 318 corresponds to w91, SEQ ID NO: 287 corresponds to w60, SEQ ID NO: 338 corresponds to w111, SEQ ID NO: 316 corresponds to w89, SEQ ID NO: 269 corresponds to w42 SEQ ID NO: 263 corresponds to m36, SEQ ID NO: 294 corresponds to m67. SEQ ID NO: 265 corresponds to m38, SEQ ID NO: 332 corresponds to m105, SEQ ID NO: 354 corresponds to m127, SEQ ID NO: 267 corresponds to m40, SEQ ID NO: 290 corresponds to m63, and SEQ ID NO: 328 corresponds to m101). For several probes multiple reference panel possibilities are available, but only one relevant accession number given each time. *: False positive reactivities. At the bottom of the strips, the amino acids at the relevant codon, as derived from the probe reactivity, is indicated.




FIG.


2


F: Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 90 immobilized on LiPA strips with reference material. The information in the boxed surface is not relevant for the discussion of probes for codon 90. The position of each selected probe on the membrane strip is shown at the left of each panel. The sequence of the relevant part of the selected probes is given in Table 1. Each strip is incubated with a biotinylated PCR fragment from the reference panel. The reference panel accession numbers are indicated in Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 384 corresponds to w27, SEQ ID NO: 394 corresponds to w37, SEQ ID NO: 396 corresponds to w39, SEQ ID NO: 407 corresponds to w50, SEQ ID NO: 409 corresponds to w52, SEQ ID NO: 426 corresponds to w69, SEQ ID NO: 430 corresponds to w73, SEQ ID NO: 436 corresponds to w79, SEQ ID NO: 400 corresponds to m43, and SEQ ID NO: 413 corresponds to m56). For several probes multiple reference panel possibilities are available, but only one relevant accession number given each time. *: False positive reactivities. At the bottom of the strips, the amino acids at the relevant codon, as derived from the probe reactivity, is indicated.




FIG.


3


: Sequence and position of the HIV-1 protease amplification primers. To obtain the reactivity with probes selected to determine the susceptibility to antiviral drugs involving codons 30, 46, 48, 50, 54, 82, and 84, nested amplification primers prot2bio (5′ primer, SEQ ID NO: 526) and Prot31bio (3′ primer, SEQ ID NO: 527) were designed. To obtain the reactivity with probes selected to determine the susceptibility to antiviral drugs involving codon 90, nested amplification primers Prot41bio (5′ primer, SEQ ID NO: 528) and Prot6bio (3′ primer, SEQ ID NO: 529) were designed.




FIG.


4


A: Phylogenetic analysis on 312 protease sequences allowed to separate genotype B strains from non-B strains. Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 30 immobilized on LiPA strips with a biotinylated PCR fragment of genotype B strains and non-B strains is shown, the exact percentages are indicated in table 5. The probes are indicated at the bottom. The sequence of the relevant part of the probes is given in Table 1.




FIG.


4


B: Phylogenetic analysis on 312 protease sequences allowed to separate genotype B strains from non-B strains. Reactivities of the selected probes for codons 46/48 immobilized on LiPA strips with a biotinylated PCR fragment of genotype B strains and non-B strains is shown, the exact percentages are indicated in table 5. The probes are indicated at the bottom. The sequence of the relevant part of the probes is given in Table 1.




FIG.


4


C: Phylogenetic analysis on 312 protease sequences allowed to separate genotype B strains from non-B strains. Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 50 immobilized on LiPA strips with a biotinylated PCR fragment of genotype B strains and non-B sons is shown, the exact percentages are indicated in table 5. The probes are indicated at the bottom. The sequence of the relevant part of the probes is given in Table 1.




FIG.


4


D: Phylogenetic analysis on 312 protease sequences allowed to separate genotype B strains from non-B strains. Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 54 immobilized on LiPA strips with a biotinylated PCR fragment of genotype B strains and non-B stains is shown, the exact percentages are indicated in table 5. The probes are indicated at the bottom. The sequence of the relevant part of the probes is given in Table 1.




FIG.


4


E: Phylogenetic analysis on 312 protease sequences allowed to separate genotype B strains from non-B strains. Reactivities of the selected probes for codons 82/84 immobilized an LiPA strips with a biotinylated PCR fragment of genotype B strains and non-B stains is shown, the exact percentages are indicated in table 5. The probes are indicated at the bottom. The sequence of the relevant part of the probes is given in Table 1.




FIG.


4


F: Phylogenetic analysis on 312 protease sequences allowed to separate genotype B strains from non-B strains. Reactivities of the selected probes for codon 90 immobilized on LiPA strips with a biotinylated PCR fragment of genotype B strains and non-B strains is shown, the exact percentages are indicated in table 5. The probes are indicated at the bottom. The sequence of the relevant part of the probes is given in Table 1.




FIG.


5


A: Geographical origin of 856 samples and reactivities with the different probes at codon position 30. The exact percentages are indicated in table 6. The probes are indicated at the bottom.




FIG.


5


B: Geographical origin of 856 samples and reactivities with the different probes at codon positions 46/48. The exact percentages are indicated in table 6. The probes are indicated at the bottom.




FIG.


5


C: Geographical origin of 856 samples and reactivities with the different probes at codon position 50. The exact percentages arm indicated in table 6. The probes are indicated at the bottom.




FIG.


5


D: Geographical origin of 856 samples and reactivities with the different probes at codon position 54. The exact percentages arm indicated in table 6. The probes are indicated at the bottom.




FIG.


5


E: Geographical origin of 856 samples and reactivities with the different probes at codon positions 82/84. The exact percentages are indicated in table 6. The probes are indicated at the bottom.




FIG.


5


F: Geographical origin of 856 samples and reactivities with the different probes at codon position 90. The exact percentages are indicated in table 6. The probes are indicated at the bottom.











Table 1: HIV-1 protease wild-type and drug-selected mutation probes with their corresponding sequences as applied on the HIV-1 protease LiPA strip. The most frequently observed wild-type sequence is shown at the top line. Probe names corresponding to the selected motifs are indicated in the left column, the relevant part of each probe applied on the strip is shown under the consensus sequence.




Table 2: Protease Inhibitors.




Table 3: HIV-1 protease wild-type and drug-selected mutation probes with their corresponding sequences as synthesized, immobilized and tested on LiPA strips. The most frequently observed wild-type sequence is shown at the top line. Probe names corresponding to the selected motifs arc indicated in the left column, the relevant part of each probe applied on the strip is shown under the consensus sequence. The probes retained are indicated in table 1.




Table 4: Polymorphic nucleotide sequences.




Table 5: % Reactivities of the HIV-1 protease wild-type and drug-selected mutation probes applied on the HIV-1 protease LiPA strip with genotype B strains and non-B strains.




Table 6: % Reactivities of the HIV-1 protease wild-type and drug-selected mutation probes applied on the HIV-1 protease LiPA strip with samples of different geographical origin.




Table 7: HIV-1 protease wild-type and drug-selected mutation probes with their corresponding sequences as applied on the HIV-1 protease LiPA strip. The most frequently observed wild-type sequence is shown at the top line. Probe names corresponding to the selected motifs are indicated in the left column, the relevant part of each probe applied on the strip is shown under the consensus sequence.




EXAMPLES




Example 1




Selection of the Plasma Samples, PCR Amplification and Cloning of the PCR Products




Plasma samples (n=557) were taken from HIV type-1 infected patients and stored at −20° C. until use. Plasma samples were obtained from naive and drug-treated patients. The drugs involved ritonavr, indinavir and saquinavir. The serum samples were collected from patients residing in Europe (Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and UK), USA and Brazil.




HIV RNA was prepared from these samples using the guanidinium-phenol procedure. Fifty μl plasma was mixed with 150 μl Trizol®LS Reagent (Life Technologies, Gent, Belgium) at room temperature (volume ratio: 1 unit sample/3 units Trizol). Lysis and denaturation occurred by carefully pipetting up and down several times, followed by an incubation step at room temperature for at least 5 minutes. Fourthy μl CHCl


3


was added and the mixture was shaken vigorously by hand for at least 15 seconds, and incubated for 15 minutes at room temperature. The samples were centrifuged at maximum 12,000 g for 15 minutes at 4° C., and the colorless aqueous phase was collected and mixed with 100 μl isopropanol. To visualize the minute amounts of viral RNA, 20 μl of 1 μg/μl Dextran T500 (Pharmacia) was added, mixed and left at room temperature for 10 minutes. Following centrifugation at max. 12,000 g for 10 minutes at 4° C. and aspiration of the supernatant, the RNA pellet was washed with 200 μl ethanol, mixed by vortexing and collected by centrifugation at 7,500 g for 5 minutes at 4° C. Finally the RNA pellet was briefly air-dried and stored at −20° C. Alternatively, the High Pure Viral Nucleic Acid Kit (Boehringer Mannheim ) was used to extract RNA from the samples.




For cDNA synthesis and PCR amplification, the RNA pellet was dissolved in 15 μl random primes (20 ng/μl, pdN


6


, Pharmacia), prepared in DEPC-treated or HPLC grade water. After denaturation at 70° C. for 10 minutes, 5 μl cDNA mix was added, composed of 4 μl 5× AMV-RT buffer (250 mM Tris.HCl pH 8.5, 100 mM KCl, 30 mM MgCl


2


, 25 mM DTT)), 0.4 μL 25 mM dXTPs, 0.2 μl or 25 U Ribonuclease Inhibitor (HPRI, Amersham), and 0.3 μl or 8 U AMV-RT (Stratagene). cDNA synthesis occurred during the 90 minutes incubation at 42° C. The HIV-1 protease gene was than amplified using the following reaction mixture: 5 μl cDNA, 4.5 μl 10× Taq buffer, 0.3 μl 25 mM dXTPs, 1 μl (10 pmol) of each PCR primer, 38 μl H


2


O, and 0.2 μl (1 U) Taq. . Alternatively, the Titon One Tube RT-PCR system (Boehringer Mannheim) was used to perform RT-PCR. Codon positions involving resistance to saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir and VX-478 have been described (Shinazi et al) and PCR amplification primers were chosen outside these regions. The primer design was based on HIV-1 published sequences (mainly genotype B clade) (Myers et al.) and located in regions that showed a high degree of nucleotide conservation between the different HIV-1 clades. The final amplified region covered the HIV-1 protease gene from codon 9 to codon 99. The primers for amplification had the following sequence: outer sense primer Pr16: 5′ bio-CAGAGCCAACAGCCCCACCAG 3′ (SEQ ID NO 1); nested sense primer Prot2bio: 5′ CCT CAR ATC ACT CTT TGG CAA CG 3′ (SEQ ED NO 3); nested antisense primer Prot6bio: 3′ TAA TCR GGA TAA CTY TGA CAT GGT C 5′ (SEQ ID NO 4); and outer antisense primer RT12: 5′ bioATCAGGATGGAGTTCATAACCCATCCA 3′ (SEQ ID NO 2). Annealing occurred at 57° C., extension at 72° C. and denaturation at 94° C. Each step of the cycle took 1 minute, the outer PCR contained 40 cycles, the nested round 35. Nested round PCR products were analyzed on agarose gel and only clearly visible amplification products were used in the LiPA procedure. Quantification of viral RNA was obtained with the HIV Monitor™test (Roche, Brussels, Belgium). Later on, new sets of primers for amplification were selected. For the amplification of HIV protease codon 30-84: outer sense primer prot16: 5′-CAGAGCCAACAGCCCCACCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 501), outer antisense primer prot5: 5′-TTTTCTTCTGTCAATGGCCATTGTTT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 502) were used. Annealing occurred at 50° C., extension at 68° C. and denaturation at 94° C. for 35 cycles for the outer PCR. For the nested PCR annealing occurred at 45° C., denaturation at 94° C. and extension at 92° C. with primers: nested sense primers prot2a-bio: 5′-bio-CCTCAAATCACTCTTTGGCAACG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 503)and prot2b-bio: 5′-bio-CCTCSGSTCSCTCTTTGGCSSCG-3′ (SEQ ED NO 504), and nested antisense primer prot31-bio: 5′-bio-AGTCAACAGATTTCTTTCCAAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 6). For the amplification of HIV protease codon 90, the outer PCR was as specified for HIV protease codon 30-84. For the nested PCR, nested sense primer prot41-bio: 5′-bio-CCTGTCAACATAATTGCAAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 505) and nested antisense primers prot6a: 5′-bio-CTGGTACAGTTTCAATAGGGCTAAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 506), prot6b: 5′-bio-CTGGTACAGTTTCAATAGGACTAAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 507), prot6c: 5′-bio-CTGGTACAGTCTCAATAGGACTAAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 508), prot6d: 5′-bio-CTGGTACAGTCTCAATAGGGCTAAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO 509) were used. For the nested PCR the annealing temperature occurred at 45° C. Primers were tested on a plasmid, which contained an HIV fragment of 1301 bp ligated in a pGEM-T vector. The fragment contains protease, reverse transcriptase and the primer sites of first and second round PCR. By restriction with SacI the plasmid is linearised.




Selected PCR products were cloned into the pretreated EcoRV site of the pGEMT vector (Promega). Recombinant clones were selected after α-complementation and restriction fragment length analysis, and sequenced using standard sequencing techniques with plasmid primers and internal HIV protease primers. Sometimes biotinylated fragments were directly sequenced with a dye-terminator protocol (Applied Biosystems) using the amplification primers. Alternatively, nested PCR was carried out with analogs of the nested primers, in which the biotin group was replaced with the T7- and SP6-primer sequence, respectively. These amplicons were than sequenced with an SP6- and T7-dye-primer procedure.




Example 2




Selection of a Reference Panel




Codon positions involving resistance to saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfmiavir and VX-478 have been described (Shiazi et al. 1997). It was the aim to clone in plasmids those viral protease genes that are covering the different genetic motifs at those important codon positions conferring resistance against the described protease inhibitors.




After careful analysis of 312 protease gene sequences, obtained after direct sequencing of PCR fragments, a selection of 47 PCR fragments which covered the different target polymorphisms and mutations were retained and cloned in plasmids using described cloning techniques. The selection of samples originated from naive or drug-treated European, Brazilian or US patients. These 47 recombinant plasmids are used as a reference panel, a panel that was sequenced on both strands, and biotinylated PCR products from this panel were used to optimize probes for specificity and sensitivity.




Although this panel of 47 samples is a representative selection of clones at this moment, it is important to mention here that this selection is an fact only a temporally picture of the variability of the virus, and a continuous update of this panel will be mandatory. This includes on ongoing screening for the new variants of the virus, and recombinant cloning of these new motifs.




Probe Selection and LiPA Testing




To cover all the different genetic motifs in the reference panel, a total of 471 probes were designed (codon 30: 40 probes; codon 46/48: 72 probes; codon 50: 55 probes; codon 54: 54 probes, codon 82/84: 130 probes; codon 90: 120 probes). Table 3 shows the different probes that were selected for the different codon positions.




It was the aim to adapt all probes to react specifically under the same hybridization and wash conditions by carefully considering the % (G+C), the probe length, the final concentration of the buffer components, and hybridization temperature (Stuyver et al., 1997). Therefore, probes were provided enzymatically with a poly-T-tail using the TdT (Pharmacia) in a standard reaction condition, and purified via precipitation. For a limited number of probes with 3′ T-ending sequences, an additional G was incorporated between the probe sequence and the poly-T-tail in order to limit the hybridizing part to the specific probe sequence and to exclude hybridization with the tail sequence. Probe pellets were dissolved in standard saline citrate (SSC) buffer and applied as horizontal parallel lines on a membrane strip. Control lines for amplification (probe 5′ TAGGGGGAATTGGAGGTTTTAG 3 ′ (SEQ ID NO: 125), HIV protease aa 47 to aa 54) and conjugate incubation (biotinylated DNA) were applied alongside. Probes were immobilized onto membranes by baking, and the membranes were sliced into 4 mm strips also called LiPA strips.




Selection of the amplification primers and PCR amplification was as described in example 1. In order to select specific reacting probes out of the 471 candidate probes, LiPA tests were performed with biotinylated PCR fragments from the reference panel. To perform LiPA tests, equal amounts (10 μl) of biotinylated amplification products and denaturation mixture (0.4 N NaOH/0.1l% SDS) were mixed, followed by an incubation at room temperature for 5 minutes. Following this denaturation step, 2 ml hybridization buffer (2×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 50 mM Tris pH7.5) was added together with a membrane strip and hybridization was carried out at 39° C. for 30 min. Then, the hybridization mix was replaced by stringent washing buffer (same composition as hybridization buffer), and stringent washing occurred first at room temperature for 5 minutes and than at 39° C. for another 25 minutes. Buffers were than replaced to be suitable for the streptavidine alkaline phosphatase conjugate incubations. After 30 minutes incubation at room temperature, conjugate was rinsed away and replaced by the substrate components for alkaline phosphatase, Nitro-Blue-Tetrazolium and 5-Bromo-4-Chloro-3-Indolyl Phosphate. After 30 minutes incubation at room temperature, probes where hybridization occurred became visible because of the purple brown precipitate at these positions.




After careful analysis of the 471 probes, the most specific and sensitive probes (n=46) were finally selected, covering the natural and drug-selected variability in the vicinity of aa 30, 46, 48, 50, 54, 82, 84, and 90.

FIG. 2

shows the reactivity of the finally selected probes with the reference panel.




Example 3




LiPA Testing on Clinical Samples




A total of 856 samples were tested on this selection of 46 specific probes. The geographical origin of these samples is as follows: USA:359; France: 154; UK:36; Brazil 58; Spain 35; Belgium 199; Luxembourg: 15.




From this population, a total of 144 samples were sequenced which allowed to separate the genotype B samples (94) from the non-B samples (50). After analysis of these genotyped samples on LiPA, the genotypic reactivity on the selected probes was scored.

FIGS. 4A

to


4


F show these results for the different codon positions and for the genotype B versus non-B group. From these tables, it is clear that there is little difference in sequence usage for the different codon positions with resect to specific reactivities at the different probes.




The total collection of 856 samples was then tested on the available 46 probes. After dissection of those reactivities over the different probes and different geographical origin, the picture looks as is presented in

FIGS. 5A

to


5


F. Again here, the majority of the sequences used at the different codon positions are restricted to some very abundant wild type motifs. It is important to mention here that the majority of these samples are taken from patients never treated with protease inhibitors, en therefore, the majority of the reactivities are found in wild type motifs. Nevertheless, it is clear from some codon positions that the variability at some codon positions in the mutant motif might be considerable, and again, a continuous update on heavily treated patients is mandatory. Another issue is the amount of double blank reactivities, which is in this approach reaching up to 5% in global; with some peak values for some countries for some codon positions: for example 13.8% for codon 82/85 in Brazil; and 18.1% for codon 90 in Belgium.




The continuous update resulted in a further selection of probes. This later configuration of the strip is indicated in table 7.




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TABLE 1












26




27




28




29




30




31




32




33




34




3




Tm




lengte




Seq ID










ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TTA




GAA




GAA






pc30w25






GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GT 







40




14




31






pc30w29





  A




GCG




GAT




GAT




ACA








36




13




35






pc30w32






GCA




GAT




GAC




ACA




GT 







42




14




38






pc30w36






GCA




GAC




GAT




ACA




GG 







40




14




42






pc30m23





  A




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GT 







40




15




29



























44




45




46




47




48




49




50




51




52













CCA




AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT






pc48w47





AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA







42




15




93






pc48w45





  A




ATG




ATA




GGA




GGA




ATT






42




16




91






pc48w72




  A




AAA




ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA







42




16




120






pc48m41






ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT






40




15




87

























48




49




50




51




52




53




54













GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC






pc50w31





GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





42




15




151






pc50w44





GGA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TTG





42




15




164






pc50w52





 GA




ATT




GGA




GGC




TTG






14




172






pc50m37




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA







40




12




157


























51




52




53




54




55




56




57




58













GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA




CAG






pc54w3





 GT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA





42




17




178






pc54w34




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GT 






42




16




212






pc54w14





GGT




TTT




ATC




AAG




GTA




A  





42




16




189






pc54w19




  A




GGC




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






42




16




194






pc54w22




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA






42




17




197






pc54w26




  A




GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA






42




16




202






pc54w27





GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA




A  





40




16




204






pc54m55




  A




GGT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GT 






38




15






pc54m35





GGT




TTT




GTC




AAA




GTA






40




15




213






pc54m37





GGT




TTT




GTC




AGA




GTA






42




15




215




























78




79




80




81




82




83




84




85




86




87













GGA




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




AGA






pc82w91






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




A  






44




16




318






pc82w60






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATG






42




17




287






pc82w111






  A




CCG




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






44




16




338






pc82w89






ACA




CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




AG 






42




17




316






pc82w42






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




GTA







42




14




269






pc82m36






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA







42




15




263






pc82m67






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




GT 







42




14




294






pc82m38






ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA







40




15




265






pc82m105






ACG




CCC




TTC




AAC




ATA







44




15




332






pc82m127






 CA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




ATG






44




17




354






pc82m40






ACA




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA







44




15




267






pc82m63






 CA




CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




AG 






42




16




290






pc82m101






ACA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




ATG






44




18




328



























86




87




88




89




90




91




92




93




94













GGA




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGT






pc90w27






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






38




14




384






pc90w37






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATG





42




18




394






pc90w39





 GA




ACT




CTG




TTG




ACT




C  






44




15




396






pc90w50






AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG






40




15




407






pc90w52






AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






40




15




409






pc90w69





 GA




AAC




CTG




TTG




ACT







40




14




426






pc90w73







 TG




TTG




ACA




CAG




CTT




G  




44




15




430






pc90w79







 TG




TTG




ACC




CAG




ATT




G  




44




15




436






pc90m43





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CA 






40




15




400






pc90m56






AAT




ATG




ATG




ACC




CAG







42




15




413






















TABLE 2











Protease Inhibitors















Compound




Amino








Protease




acid







Inhibitors




change




Codon change











A-77003




R8Q




CGA to CAA








R8K




CGA to AAA








V32I




GTA to ATA








M46I




ATG to ATA








M46L




ATG to TTC








M46F




ATG to TTC








M46V




ATG to GTG








G48V




GGG to GTG








A71V




GCT to GTT








V82I




GTC to ATC








V82A




GTC to GCC








L63P




CTC to CCC








A71T




GCT to ACT








A71V




GCR to GTT








G73S




GGT to GCT








V82A




GTC to GCC








V82F




GTC to TTC








V82T




GTC to ACC








I84V




ATA to GTA








L90M




TTG to ATG







P9941




V82A




GTC to GCC







Ro 31-8959




L10I




CTC to ATC







(saquinavir)




G48V




GGG to GTG








I54V




ATC to GTC








I54V




ATA to GTA








G73S




GGT to AGT








V82A




GTC to GCC








I84V




ATA to GTA








L90M




TTG to ATG







RPI-312




I84V




ATA to GTA







SC-52151




L24V




TTA to GTA








G48V




GGG to GTG








A71V




GCT to GTT








V75I




GTA to ATA








P81T




CCT to ACT








V82A




GTC to GCC








N88D




AAT to GAT







SC-55389A




L10F




CTC to CGC








N88S




AAT to AGT







SKF108842




V82T




GTC to ACC








I84V




ATA to GTA







SKF108922




V82A




GTC to GCC








V82T




GTC to ACC







VB 11,328




L10F




CTC to GGC








M46I




ATG to ATA








I47V




ATA to CTA








I50V




ATT to GTT








184V




ATA to GTA







VX-478




L10F




CTC to CGC







(141W94)




M46I




ATG to ATA








I47V




ATA to CTA








I50V




ATT to GTT








I84V




ATA to GTA







XM323




L10F




CTC to CGC








K45I




AAA to ATA








M46L




ATG to CTG








V82A




GTC to GCC








V82I




GTC to ATC








V82F




GTC to TTC








I84V




ATA to GTA








L97V




TTA to GTA








I82T




ATC to ACC







A-75925




V32I




GTA to ATA







ABT-538




K20R




AAG to AAA







(ritonavir)




L33F




TTA to TTC








M36I




ATG to ATA








M46I




ATG to ATA








I54L




ATC to ?








I54V




ATC to GTC








A71V




GTC to GTT








V82F




GTC to TTC








V82A




GTC to GCC








V82T




GTC to ACC








V82S




GTC to TCC








I84V




ATA to GTA








L90M




TTG to ATG







AG1343




D30N




GAT to AAT







(nelfinavir)




M36I








M46I




ATG to ATA








L63P




CTC to CCC








A71V




GCT to GTT








V771








184V




ATA to GTA








N88D








L90M




TTG to ATG







BILA 1906




V32I




GTA to ATA







BS




M46I




ATG to ATA








M46L




ATG to TTG








A71V




GCT to CTT








I84A




ATA to GCA








184V




ATA to GTA







BILA 2011




V32I




GTA to ATA







(palinavir)




A71V




GCT to GTT








I84A




ATG to ATA








L63P




CTC to CCC







BILA 2185 BS




L23I




CTA to ATA







BMS 186,318




A71T




GCT to ACT








V82A




GTC to GCC







DMP450




L10F




CTC to TTC








M46I




ATG to ATA








D60E




GAT to GAA








I84V




ATA to GTA







KNI-272




V32I




GTA to ATA







MK-639




L10I




CTC to ATC







(L-735, 524,




L10R




CTC to CGC







indinavir)




L10V




CTC to GTC








K20M




AAG to ATG








K20R




AAG to AAA








L24I




TTA to ATA








V32I




GTA to ATA








M46I




ATG to ATA








M46L




ATG to TTG








I54V




ATC to GTC



































TABLE 3












26




27




28




29




30




31




32




33




34




35




length




Seq ID










ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TTA




GAA




GAA






P30w1





  A




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TT 






18




7






P30w2





 GA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TT 






19




8






P30w3





  A




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TTA






19




9






P30w4





GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TT 






20




10






P30w5





GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TTA






21




11






P30w6




ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA








18




12






P30w7




 CA




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GT 







19




13






P30w8




  A




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TG 






20




14






P30w9





GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TG 






19




15






P30w10




ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GG 







19




16






P30m11





  A




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TT 






18




17






P30m12





 GA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TT 






19




18






P30m13





  A




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TTA






19




19






P30m14





GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TT 






20




20






P30m15





GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TTA






21




21






P30m15




ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA








18




22






P30m17




 CA




GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GT 







19




23






P30m18




  A




GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TG 






20




24






P30m19





GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




TG 






19




25






P30m20




ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GG 







19




26






p30w21





  A




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GT 







15




27






p30w22





  A




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




G  






16




28






p30m23





  A




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA







15




29






p30m24





  A




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA




G  






16




30






p30w25






GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GT 







14




31






p30w26





  A




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GG 







14




32






p30w27






 CA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GT 







13




33






p30w28





 GA




GCG




GAT




GAT




ACA








14




34






p30w29





  A




GCG




GAT




GAT




ACA








13




35






p30m30






GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GTA







15




36






p30m31






GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GT 







14




37






p30w32






GCA




GAT




GAC




ACA




GT 







14




38






p30w33






 CA




GAT




GAC




ACA




GTA




G  






14




39






p30w34






 CA




GAT




GAT




ACA




ATA




TT 






16




40






p30w35






GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




ATA




TG 






16




41






p30w36






GCA




GAC




GAT




ACA




GG 







13




42






p30w37






GCA




GAC




GAT




ACA




GT 







14




43






p30w38






  A




GAT




GAT




ACA




ATA




TT 






15




44






p30w39






  A




GAT




GAT




ACA




ATA




TTA






16




45






p30w40






GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




ATA







15




46




























44




45




46




47




48




49




50




51




52




53




54




length




Seq ID










CCA




AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC






P48w1







GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




GG 





18




47






P48w2







GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TG 





19




48






P48w3







GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





20




49






P48w4







GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





21




50






P48w5






  G




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





21




51






P48w6






ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA







18




52






P48w7






ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




G  






19




53






P48w8





  A




ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA







19




54






P48w9





  A




ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




G  






20




55






P48w10





  A




ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGG




GG 





22




56






P48w21






ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA







18




57






P48w22






ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA







18




58






P48w23





  A




ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA







19




59






P48w24





  A




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA







19




60






P48w25







ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




GG 





18




61






P48w26







ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TG 





19




62






P48w28







ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





20




63






P48w29







ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





21




64






P48m11







GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




GG 





18




65






P48m12







GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TG 





19




66






P48m13







GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





20




67






P48m14







GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





21




68






P48m15






  G




GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





21




69






P48m16






ATG




GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA







18




70






P48m17






ATG




GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




G  






19




71






P48m18





  A




ATG




GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA







19




72






P48m19





  A




ATG




GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




G  






20




73






P48m20





  A




ATG




GTA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGG




GG 





22




74






P48m29







ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




GG 





18




75






P48m30







ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TG 





19




76






P48m31






ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA







18




77






P48m32






ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA




G  






19




78






P48m33





  A




ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GGA







19




79






p48w34






  G




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




G  







14




80






p48w35






 TG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




G  







15




81






p48w36






 TG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GG 







16




82






p48w37






ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT








15




83






p48m38






  G




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




G  







14




84






p48m39






 TG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




G  







15




85






p48m40






 TG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT




GG 







16




86






p48m41






ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT








15




87






p48w42






ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT








15




88






p48w43






 TG




ATA




GGG




GGA




GTT








14




89






p48w44






  G




ATA




GGG




GGA




GTT




G  







14




90






p48w45





  A




ATG




ATA




GGA




GGA




ATT








16




91






p48w46






ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT








15




92






p48w47





AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA









15




93






p48w48




  A




AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GG 









15




94






p48w49





 AA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




AG 








15




95






p48w50





AAA




ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA




AG 








16




96






p48w51





AAA




ATA




AAA




AT 










15




97






p48m52





AAA




ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




AG 








16




98






p48w52b





AAA




TTG




ATA




GGG




GG 









14




99






p48m53





AAA




ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA









15




100






p48w53b





AAA




TTG




ATA




GGG




GGA









15




101






p48w54




 CA




AAA




TTG




ATA




G  










15




102






p48w55






ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT








15




103






p48w56





 AA




ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA









14




104






p48w57




  A




AAA




ATG




GTA




GGG




G  









14




105






p48w58






ATG




ATA




GGG




GAA




ATT








15




106






p48w59







ATA




GGG




GAA




ATT




GGA







15




107






p48w60







ATA




GGG




GAA




ATT




GGA




G  






16




108






p48w61






ATG




ATA




GGG




GGG




ATT








15




109






p48w62







ATA




GGG




GGG




ATT




GG 







14




110






p48w63







  A




GGG




GGG




ATT




GGA







13




111






p48m64





AAA




ATA




ATA




GTG




GGA









15




112






p48m65




  A




AAA




ATA




ATA




GTG




GGA









16




113






p48m66




 CA




AAA




ATA




ATA




GTG




GG 









16




114






p48m67





AAA




TTG




ATA




GTG




GGA









15




115






p48m68




  A




AAA




TTG




ATA




GTG




GGA









16




116






p48m69




 CA




AAA




TTG




ATA




GTG




G  









15




117






p48w70





AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GG 









14




118






p48w71




  A




AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




G  









14




119






pc48w72




  A




AAA




ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA









16




120



























45




46




47




48




49




50




51




52




53




54




length




Seq ID










AAA




ATG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC






P50w1







GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





18




121






P50w2






  A




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





19




122






P50w3






 TA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





20




123






P50w4






  A




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AG 




20




124






P50w5






 TA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AG 




21




125






P50w6






GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TGG





19




126






P50w7





  G




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TGG





20




127






P50w8






GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





20




128






P50w9






GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





20




129






P50w10





 TG




GTA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




GG 





20




130






p50w21







 GG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





17




131






P50w22







 GG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTG





16




132






P50w23







 GG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AG 




18




133






P50w24







 GG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TG 





15




134






P50w25







  G  




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AT 




18




135






P50w26







 GG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





17




136






P50m11







GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT





18




137






P50m12






  A




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT





19




138






P50m13






 TA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT





20




139






P50m14






  A




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AG 




20




140






P50m15






 TA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AG 




21




141






P50m16






GTA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TGG





19




142






P50m17





  G




GTA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TGG





20




143






P50m18






GTA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTG





20




144






P50m19






GTA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC




21




145






P50m20





 TG




GTA




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




GG 





20




146






P50m27







 GG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTG





19




147






P50m28







 GG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AG 




18




148






P50m29







 GG




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TG 





15




149






P50m30







  G




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT




AT 




18




150






p50w31








GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





15




151






p50w32







  G




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TGG





15




152






p50m33








GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT





15




153






p50m34







  G




GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TGG





14




154






p50m35







GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA




G  






13




155






p50m36







 GG




GGA




GTT




GGA




G  






12




156






p50m37







GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA







12




157






p50w38








GGA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TTG





14




158






p50w39








 GA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TTT





14




159






p50w40








 GA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TTT




AG 




15




160






p50w41








GGA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TG 





13




161






p50w42








GGA




ATT




GGG




GGT




G  





12




162






p50w43








 GA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TG 





12




163






p50w44








 GA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TTG





13




164






p50w45







GGG




GGA




ATT




GCA




G  






13




165






p50w46








GGA




ATT




GCA




GGT




TG 





14




166






p50w47








GGA




ATT




GCA




GGT




G  





13




167






p50w48








GGA




ATT




GGA




GGG




TTG





14




168






p50w49








 GA




ATT




GGA




GGG




TTG





13




169






p50w50








 GA




ATT




GGA




GGG




TTT





14




170






p50w51








GGA




ATT




GGA




GGC




TTG





14




171






p50w52








 GA




ATT




GGA




GGC




TTG





13




172






p50w53








 GA




ATT




GGA




GGC




TTT





14




173






p50m54








GGA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTG





15




174






p50m55








 GA




GTT




GGA




GGT




TTT





14




175

























51




52




53




54




55




56




57




58




length




Seq ID










GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA




CAG






p54w1





GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




A  





16




176






p54w2





 GT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AG 





16




177






p54w3





 GT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA





17




178






p54w4





  T




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA





16




179






p54w5





GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






15




180






p54w6





 GT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






15




181






p54m7





GGT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GTA






15




182






p54m8





 GT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GTA




A  





15




183






p54m9





 GT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GTA




AG 





16




184






p54m10





  T




TTT




GCC




AAA




GTA




AGA





16




185






p54m11





GGT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GT 






14




186






p54m12





 GT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GTA






14




187






p54w13





 GT




TTT




ATC




AAG




GTA




AA 





16




188






p54w14





GGT




TTT




ATC




AAG




GTA




A  





16




189






p54w15




  A




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAG




GTA






16




190






p54w16





 GT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTC




AGA





17




191






p54w17






TTT




ATC




AAA




GTC




AGA




C  




16




192






p54w18




  A




GGC




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




A  





17




193






p54w19




  A




GGC




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






16




194






p54m20




  A




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA




A  





17




195






p54m21





GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA




AG 





17




196






p54w22




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA






17




197






p54m22




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA






17




198






p54m23





GGT




TTT




ATT




GGT




TTT




AT 





16




199






p54m24





GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA






15




200






p54m25





GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA




A  





16




201






p54w26




  A




GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA






16




202






p54m26




  A




GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA






16




203






p54w27





GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA




A  





16




204






p54m27





GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA




A  





16




205






p54m28




  A




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA






16




206






p54m29




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GT 






16




207






p54m30





GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA




AG 





17




208






p54w31





GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




A  





16




209






p54w32




  A




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




A  





17




210






p54w33




  A




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






16




211






p54w34




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GT 






16




212






p54m35





GGT




TTT




GTC




AAA




GTA






15




213






p54m36





GGT




TTT




GTC




AAA




GTA




A  





16




214






p54m37





GGT




TTT




GTC




AGA




GTA






15




215






p54m38





GGT




TTT




GTC




AGA




GTA




A  





16




216






p54w39





GGG




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






15




217






p54w40





GGG




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




A  





16




218






p54w41





GGC




TTC




ATC




AAA




GT 






14




219






p54w42




 GA




GGC




TTC




ATC




AAA







14




220






p54m48





GGT




TTT




GTC




AAA




GT 






14




221






p54m49





 GT




TTT




GTC




AGA




GTA






14




222






p54m50





GGT




TTT




GTC




AGA




GT 






14




223






p54w51




  A




GGT




TTA




ATC




AAA




GTA






16




224






p54w52




 GA




GGT




TTA




ATC




AAA




GT 






16




225






p54m53





GGT




TTT




ACC




AAA




GTA






15




226






p54m54





GGT




TTT




ACC




AAA




GT 






14




227



























78




79




80




81




82




83




84




85




86




87




length




Seq ID










GGA




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




AGA






P82w1





CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




AG 






19




228






P82w2





CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATG






20




229






P82w3





CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






21




230






P82w4




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




AG 






20




231






P82w5




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATG






21




232






P82w6




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







19




233






P82w7




 GA




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







20




234






P82w8






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





20




235






P82w9






  A




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




A  




20




236






P82w10






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GG 





20




237






P82W21






  A




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





19




238






P82m11





CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




AG 






19




239






P82m12





CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATG






20




240






P82m13





CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATT






21




241






P82m14




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




AG 






20




242






P82m15




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATG






21




243






P82m16




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA







19




244






P82m17




 GA




CCT




ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA







20




245






P82m18






 CA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





20




246






P82m19






  A




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




A  




20




247






P82m20






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATT




G  





19




248






P82m22





CCT




ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






21




249






P82m23





CCT




ACA




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA




ATT






21




250






P82m24





CCT




ACA




CCT




TCC




AAC




ATA




ATT






21




251






P82m25






  A




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




A  




20




252






P82m26






  A




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




A  




20




253






P82m27






  A




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




A  




20




254






P82m28






  A




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA




ATT






16




255






P82m29






  A




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





19




256






P82m30






  A




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





19




257






P82m31






  A




CCT




TCC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





19




258






P82w32





  T




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




AT 







15




259






P82w33





  T




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







16




260






P82w34






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







15




261






P82w35






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







14




262






P82m36






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA







15




263






P82m37






 CA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA







14




264






P82m38






ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA







15




265






P82m39






 CA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA







14




266






P82m40






ACA




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA







15




267






P82m41






 CA




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA







14




268






P82w42






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




GTA







14




269






P82w43






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




GT 







13




270






P82w44





CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC








15




271






P82w45





  T




ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




AT 







15




272






P82w46





 CT




ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




AG 







15




273






P82m47






ACA




CCT




TCC




AAC




ATA







15




274






P82m48






 CA




CCT




TCC




AAC




ATA







14




275






P82m49






ACA




CCT




TCC




AAC




AT 







14




276






P82m50






ACA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA







15




277






P82m51






 CA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




AG 






15




278






P82m52






 CA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




ATG






16




279






P82m53






  A




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




ATG






15




280






P82w54







CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






15




281






P82w55







CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




ATT




G  





16




282






P82w56






  A




CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




ATG






15




283






P82w57







CCG




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






15




284






P82w58






ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




AT 







14




285






P82w59







CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATT






15




286






P82w60






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATG






16




287






P82w61






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




AG 






16




288






P82m62







CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




ATT






15




289






P82m63






 CA




CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




AG 






15




290






P82m64







CCT




ACC




AAC




GTA




ATT






15




291






P82m65







CCT




ACC




AAC




GTA




ATG






14




292






P82m66






 CA




CCT




ACC




AAC




GTA







14




293






P82m67






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




GT 







14




294






P82m68







CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




ATT






15




295






P82m69






 CA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




AG 






15




296






P82m70






ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA







15




297






P82m71






  A




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




ATG






15




298






p82w72







 CT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATT




G  





15




299






p82w73







CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATT




G  





16




300






p82w74






  A




CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATT






16




301






p82w75







 CT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATT




GG 





16




302






p82w76





CCT




ACG




CCT




GTC




AA 








14




303






p82w77





 CT




ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC








14




304






p82w78




  A




CCT




ACG




CCT




GTC




AA 








15




305






p82w79




  A




CCT




ACG




CCT




GTC




A  








14




306






p82w80





  T




ACA




CCG




GTC




AAC




A  







14




307






p82w81





 CT




ACA




CCG




GTC




AA 








13




308






p82w82





CCT




ACA




CCG




GTC




A  








13




309






p82w83






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




A  






15




310






p82w84






  A




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




AT 






15




311






p82w85





 CT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




A  







15




312






p82w86






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




AT 







14




313






p82w87






  A




CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




ATT




G  





17




314






p82w88






 CA




CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




AG 






15




315






p82w89






ACA




CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




AG 






16




316






p82w90






TCA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







14




317






p82w91






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




A  






16




318






p82w92






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




AT 






16




319






p82w93







CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






15




320






p82w94






  A




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






16




321






p82w95







CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




G  





16




322






p82w96





CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AA 








14




323






p82w97







  T




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GG 





15




324






p82w98







  T




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA





16




325






p82m99






ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA




A  






16




326






p82m100





  T




ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA







16




327






p82m101






ACA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




ATG






17




328






p82m102






ACA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




AG 






16




329






p82m103






 CA




CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




ATG






16




330






p82m104






ACA




CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




AG 






16




331






p82m105






ACG




CCC




TTC




AAC




ATA







15




332






p82m106






 CG




CCC




TTC




AAC




ATA




AG 






15




333






p82m107





  T




ACG




CCC




TTC




AAC




AT 







15




334






p82w108





 CT




ACA




CCG




GTC




AAC








14




335






p82w109





CCT




ACA




CCG




GTC




AA 








14




336






p82w110






  A




CCG




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATG






15




337






p82w111






  A




CCG




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






16




338






p82w112





 CT




ACA




CCA




GTC




AAC








14




339






p82w113





 CT




ACA




CCA




GTC




AAC




A  







15




340






p82w114






ACA




CCA




GTC




AAC




ATA







15




341






p82w115






ACA




CCA




GTC




AAC




ATA




AG 






16




342






p82w116





  T




ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




AT 







15




343






p82w117






ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







15




344






p82w118





  T




ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




A  







14




345






p82m119





CCT




ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC








15




346






p82m120





 CT




ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC








14




347






p82m121




  A




CCT




ACA




CCT




TTC




AA 








15




348






p82w122






ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




AGG






16




349






p82w123





  T




ACG




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA







16




350






p82w124






 CG




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




AGG






15




351






p82m125





  T




ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA







16




352






p82m126






ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




AGG






16




353






p82m127






 CA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




ATG






16




354






p82m128






  A




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




ATT






16




355






p82o129








  C




AAC




GTA




ATT




GGA




AGA




16




356






p82o130








  C




AAC




GTA




ATT




GGA




AG




15




357


























86




87




88




89




90




91




92




93




94




length




Seq ID










GGA




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGT






P90w1





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






16




358






P90w2





 GA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






17




359






P90w3





 GA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




AGG





18




360






P90w4





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




AGG





17




361






P90w5





AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




AGG





19




362






P90w6





AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATG





20




363






P90w7





AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT





21




364






P90w8





AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GG 




20




365






P90w9




 GA




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




AGG





21




366






P90w10




  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATG





21




367






P90m11





AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATG





20




368






P90m12





AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT





21




369






P90m13




  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




AGG





20




370






P90m14




 GA




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




AGG





21




371






P90m15




  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATG





21




372






P90m16




 GA




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT





20




373






P90m17




GGA




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






21




374






P90m18




  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






19




375






P90m19





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GG 




21




376






P90m20





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




G  




20




377






P90m21





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




20




378






P90m22





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT





19




379






P90m23






AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




18




380






P90w24





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




20




381






P90w25





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT





19




382






P90w26






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




19




383






P90w27






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






14




384






P90w28






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




385






P90w29





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






15




386






P90w30





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






16




387






P90m31






AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CA 






14




388






P90m32






AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






15




389






P90m33





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CA 






15




390






P90m34





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






16




391






P90w35





 GA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




C  






15




392






P90w36





 GA




ACT




CTG




TTG




ACT




C  






15




393






P90w37






  T




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATG





15




394






P90w38





 GA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




C  






15




395






P90w39





 GA




ACT




CTG




TTG




ACT




C  






15




396






P90w40





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






15




397






P90w41






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




398






P90m42






AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






15




399






P90m43





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CA 






15




400






P90w44






 AT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




AG 





15




401






P90w45







CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT





15




402






P90w46





AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT







15




403






P90m47






 AT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




AG 





15




404






P90m48







CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT





15




405






P90m49





AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CA 






17




406






P90w50






AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




407






P90w51





 GA




AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CA 






16




408






P90w52






AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




409






P90w53





 GA




AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






16




410






P90w54






AAT




ATG




TTG




ACC




CAG






15




411






P90w55





  A




AAT




ATG




TTG




ACC




CA 






15




412






P90m56






AAT




ATG




ATG




ACC




CAG






15




413






P90m57





  A




CAG




ATG




ATG




ACC




CA 






15




414






P90w58






AAC




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




415






P90w59





  A




AAC




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




416






P90w60







 TG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT





14




417






P90w61







CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTG





14




418






P90m62







 CT




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT





14




419






P90m63







CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




C-G





14




420






P90w64







 TG




ACT




ACA




CAG




CTT





14




421






P90w65







CTG




TTG




ACA




CAG




C-G





14




422






P90w66






AAT




CTG




TTG




ACA




CAG






15




423






P90w67






AAC




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






13




424






P90w68





  A




AAC




CTG




TTG




ACT




C  






13




425






P90w69





 GA




AAC




CTG




TTG




ACT







13




426






p90w70







 TG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




G  




15




427






p90w71







 TG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGG




16




428






p90w72







  G




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGG




15




429






p90w73







 TG




TTG




ACA




CAG




CTT




G  




15




430






p90w74







CTG




TTG




ACA




CAG




CTT





15




431






p90w75







  G




TTG




ACA




CAG




CTT




GGG




15




432






p90w76







 TG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




15




433






p90w77







  G




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATG





15




434






p90w78







  G




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




14




435






p90w79







 TG




TTG




ACC




CAG




ATT




G  




15




436






p90w80







  G




TTG




ACC




CAG




ATT




G  




14




437






p90w81







  G




TTG




ACC




CAG




ATT




GGG




15




438






p90m82







 TG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




G  




15




439






p90m83







 TG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGG




16




440






p90m84







  G




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGG




15




441






p90m85







  G




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGT




16




442






p90m86







CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT





15




443






p90m87







 TG




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT




G  




15




444






P90w88





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






15




445






P90w89





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






15




446






p90w90





  A




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






15




447






p90w100






AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






15




448






p90m92





  A




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CA 






16




449






p90m93





 GA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




C  






15




450






p90m94







CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATG





15




451






p90m95





AGA




AAT




ATG




ATG








15




452






p90m96




  A




AGA




AAT




ATG




ATG




ACT







16




453






p90m97




  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT







16




454






p90m98




  A




AGA




AAT




ATA




ATG




ACT







16




455






p90m99





  A




AAT




ATA




ATG




ACT




CAG






16




456






p90m100






AAT




ATG




ATG




ACC




CAG






15




457






p90m101






AAC




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






15




458






p90m102





AGA




AAT




TTG




ATG




ACT




C  






16




459






p90m103





  A




AAT




TTG




ATG




ACT




ATG




ACT





16




460






p90m104






 AC




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






14




461






p90m105






AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




A  





16




462






p90m106






 AT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATG





16




463






p90m107






 AT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG






14




464






p90m108







CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




G  




16




465






p90m109





AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




C  






16




466






p90m110





AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT







15




467






p90m111




 GA




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




A  







15




468






p90m112




GGA




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




A  







16




469






p90m113




 GA




AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




AC 







16




470






p90m114





AGA




AAT




CTG




ATG




AC 







14




471






p90w115






AAT




CTG




TTA




ACT




CAG






15




472






p90w116






  T




CTG




TTA




ACT




CAG




ATT





16




473






p90w117






 AT




CTG




TTA




ACT




CAG




AG 





15




474






p90w118





AGA




AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT







16




475






p90w119





 GA




AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




C  






15




476






p90w120






AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






15




477






















TABLE 4









Polymorphic nucleotide sequences.
































51




52




53




54




55




56




57




58





codon position






gga




ggt




ttt




atc




aaa




gta




aga




cag





consensus sequence









GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTC




AGA




CAA





SEQ ID NO 478






GGA




GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA




AAA




CAG





SEQ ID NO 479






GGA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA




AGA




CAG





SEQ ID NO 480






GGA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA




AGA




CAA





SEQ ID NO 481






GGA




GGC




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA




CAA





SEQ ID NO 482






GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTC




AGA




CAA





SEQ ID NO 483









78




79




80




81




82




83




84




85





codon position






gga




cct




aca




cct




gtc




aac




ata




att




gg




consensus sequence









GGA




CCT




ACA




CCG




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GG




SEQ ID NO 484






GGA




CCT




ACA




CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




ATT




GG




SEQ ID NO 485






GGA




CCT




ACG




CCC




TTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GG




SEQ ID NO 486






GGA




CCG




ACA




CCT




GTC




ACC




ATA




ATT




GG




SEQ ID NO 487






GGA




CCT




ATA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GG




SEQ ID NO 488










87




88




89




90




91




92




93




94




codon position






  a




aga




aat




ctg




ttg




act




cag




att




ggc




consensus sequence









  A




AAA




AAT




CTG




ATG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGC




SEQ ID NO 489






  A




AGA




ACT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




GGA




SEQ ID NO 490






  A




AGA




AAT




ATG




ATG




ACC




CAG




CTT




GGC




SEQ ID NO 491






  A




AGA




AAT




ATA




ATG




ACT




CAG




CTT




GGA




SEQ ID NO 492






  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




CTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGG




SEQ ID NO 493






  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACA




CAG




CTT




GGC




SEQ ID NO 494






  A




AGA




AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




GGT




SEQ ID NO 495






  A




AGA




AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGG




SEQ ID NO 496






  A




AGA




AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




GGT




SEQ ID NO 497






  A




AGA




AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




GGA




SEQ ID NO 498






  A




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




CTT




GGA




SEQ ID NO 499






  A




AGA




AAC




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAA




CTT




GGT




SEQ ID NO 500






























TABLE 5











probes for






probes for






probes for








codon p30




Type B




non-B




codon p48




Type B




non-B




codon p50




Type B




non-B









w25




95.7




98




w47




71.3




70




w31




95.7




98






w29




1.1




0




w45




11.7




22




w44




1.1




2






w32




1.1




1




w72




16




4




w52




8.5




4






w36




1.1




0




m41




3.2




0




m37




1.1




6






m23




1.1




0




neg.




0




8




neg.




1.1




0






neg.




0




1









probes for






probes for






probes for






codon p54




Type B




non-B




codon p82/84




Type B




non-B




codon p90




Type B




non-B









w3




71.3




48




w91




81.9




70




w27




50




2.5






w34




81.9




62




w60




2.1




12




w37




66.1




17.5






w14




3.2




18




w111




1.1




0




w39




7.1




0






w19




6.4




0




w89




1.1




10




w50




12.5




65






w22




4.3




8




w42




4.3




2




w52




7.1




2.5






w26




0




4




m36




2.1




0




w69




5.4




2.5






w27




0




4




m67




1.1




0




w73




5.4




22.5






m55




3.2




0




m38




2.1




2




w79




0




10






m35




14.9




4




m105




1.1




0




m43




19.6




5






m37




1.1




4




m127




1.1




0




m56




0




2.5






neg.




0




4




m40




14.9




2




neg.




3.6




12.5









m63




3.2




2









m101




2.1




12









neg.




3.2




8





























TABLE 6











p30




USA




France




U.K.




Brazil




Spain




Luxemb.




Belgium









w25




98.9




99.4




88.9




98.3




94.3




100.0




97.0






w29




2.5




0.6




0.0




1.7




0.0




0.0




0.0






w32




3.3




0.6




5.6




5.2




5.7




6.7




1.5






w36




2.5




0.0




0.0




3.4




0.0




0.0




1.0






m23




3.1




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




1.0






neg.




0.6




0.6




5.6




0.0




0.0




0.0




1.0









p46/48




USA




France




U.K.




Brazil




Spain




Luxemb.




Belgium









w47




94.2




80.5




83.3




89.7




97.1




73.3




82.9






w45




8.6




15.6




0.0




1.7




5.7




6.7




11.1






w72




4.2




0.0




16.7




0.0




2.9




13.3




5.0






m41




0.0




0.0




0.0




10.3




0.0




13.3




1.0






neg.




2.8




4.5




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




2.5









p50




USA




France




U.K.




Brazil




Spain




Luxemb.




Belgium









w31




96.4




97.4




100.0




96.6




100.0




100.0




96.5






w44




1.7




0.6




0.0




1.7




0.0




0.0




1.0






w52




10.0




4.5




0.0




1.7




2.9




6.7




9.0






m37




2.5




0.6




0.0




1.7




0.0




6.7




0.5






neg.




3.1




2.6




0.0




3.4




0.0




0.0




1.5









p54




USA




France




U.K.




Brazil




Spain




Luxemb.




Belgium









w34




96.9




82.5




97.2




87.9




100.0




53.3




89.4






w3




84.7




77.9




94.4




69.0




82.9




46.7




76.9






w14




3.3




5.8




0.0




3.4




11.4




0.0




6.5






w19




9.2




2.6




0.0




1.7




2.9




6.7




5.5






w22




2.8




10.4




0.0




0.0




5.7




0.0




2.5






w26




0.0




1.3




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0






w27




0.0




1.9




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.5






m55




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




13.3




0.5






m35




1.1




0.0




2.8




6.9




0.0




46.7




3.0






m37




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




13.3




0.0






neg.




0.6




1.3




0.0




1.7




0.0




0.0




2.0









p82/84




USA




France




U.K.




Brazil




Spain




Luxemb.




Belgium









w91




91.6




93.5




94.4




77.6




100.0




73.3




85.9






w60




6.4




2.6




0.0




1.7




2.9




13.3




5.5






w111




3.6




0.6




0.0




1.7




0.0




0.0




0.5






w89




7.0




1.9




0.0




3.4




0.0




0.0




3.0






w42




0.6




0.0




2.8




1.7




0.0




0.0




2.0






m36




0.3




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0






m67




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.5






m38




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




6.7




0.0






m105




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0






m127




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0






m40




2.8




0.0




8.3




3.4




5.7




46.7




0.0






m63




0.3




0.0




0.0




1.7




2.9




13.3




0.5






m101




1.9




4.5




0.0




3.4




0.0




6.7




4.0






neg.




2.5




3.9




0.0




13.8




0.0




6.7




5.0









p90




USA




France




U.K.




Brazil




Spain




Belgium









w27




51.1




45.5




34.3




47.7




52.8




25.7






w37




91.9




73.4




80.0




81.8




88.9




55.2






w39




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




2.9






w50




2.6




23.8




2.9




13.6




11.1




21.9






w52




8.4




11.2




5.7




6.8




13.9




4.8






w69




5.2




1.4




5.7




2.3




0.0




3.8






w73




6.1




9.1




0.0




0.0




8.3




6.7






w79




7.1




11.2




8.6




9.1




5.6




5.7






m43




1.9




0.0




11.4




0.0




0.0




8.6






m56




0.3




1.4




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0






neg.




1.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




0.0




18.1
































TABLE 7



















Tm




lengte




Seq ID









pc50w5




AGG




GGG




AAT




TGG




AGG




TTT




TA








20




511




























26




27




28




29




30




31




32




33




34




35













ACA




GGA




GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GTA




TTA




GAA




GAA






pc30w25






GCA




GAT




GAT




ACA




GT 







40




14




31






pc30w29





  A




GCG




GAT




GAT




ACA








36




13




35






pc30w32






GCA




GAT




GAC




ACA




GT 







42




14




38






pc30w36






GCA




GAC




GAT




ACA




GG 







40




14




42






pc30m23





  A




GCA




GAT




AAT




ACA




GT 







40




15




29



























44




45




46




47




48




49




50




51




52













CCA




AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT






pc48w37






ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA




ATT







15




512






pc48w47





AAA




ATG




ATA




GGG




GGA







42




15




93






pc48w73




  A




AGA




ATG




ATA




GGG




G  








14




513






pc48w45





AAA




ATG




ATA




GGA




GGA




ATT






42




18




91






pc48w72




  A




AAA




ATA




ATA




GGG




GGA







42




16




120






pc48m41






ATG




ATA




GTG




GGA




ATT






40




15




87

























48




49




50




51




52




53




54













GGG




GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC






pc50w31





GGA




ATT




GGA




GGT




TTT





42




15




151






pc50w44





GGA




ATT




GGG




GGT




TT 





42




14




164






pc50w52





 GA




ATT




GGA




GGC




TTG






14




172






pc50m37




GGG




GGA




GTT




GGA







40




12




157


























51




52




53




54




55




56




57




58













GGA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA




AGA




CAG






pc54w34




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATC




AAA




GT 






42




16




212






pc54w14





GGT




TTT




ATC




AAG




GTA




A  





42




16




189






pc54w19




  A




GGC




TTT




ATC




AAA




GTA






42




16




194






pc54w22




 GA




GGT




TTT




ATT




AAA




GTA






42




17




197






pc54w26




  A




GGT




TTC




ATT




AAG




GTA






42




16




202






pc54w27





GGT




TTT




ATT




AAG




GTA




A  





40




16




204






pc54m35





GGT




TTT




GTC




AAA




GTA






40




15




213






pc54m37





GGT




TTT




GTC




AGA




GTA






42




15




215






pc54m55




  A




GGT




TTT




GCC




AAA




GT 







15




516




























78




79




80




81




82




83




84




85




86




87













GGA




CCT




ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT




GGA




AGA






pc82w91






ACA




CCT




GTC




AAC




ATA




A  






44




16




318






pc82w60






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAT




ATA




ATG






42




17




287






pc82w111






  A




CCG




GTC




AAC




ATA




ATT






44




16




338






pc82w89






ACA




CCT




GTT




AAC




ATA




AG 






42




17




316






pc82m101






ACA




CCT




ATC




AAC




ATA




AT 







17




517






pc82w42






 CA




CCT




GTC




AAC




GTA







42




14




269






pc82m38






ACA




CCT




TTC




AAC




ATA







40




15




265






pc82m105






ACG




CCC




TTC




AAC




ATA







44




15




332






pc82m127






 CA




CCT




TTC




AAC




GTA




ATG






44




17




354






pc82m40






ACA




CCT




GCC




AAC




ATA







44




15




267






pc82m63






 CA




CCT




GCC




AAT




ATA




AG 






42




16




290






pc82m36






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




ATA








15




518






pc82m67






ACA




CCT




ACC




AAC




GT 








14




519



























86




87




88




89




90




91




92




93




94













GGA




AGA




AAT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




ATT




GGT






pc90w27






ATT




CTG




TTG




ACT




CA 






38




14




384






pc90w37






  T




CTG




TTG




ACT




CAG




AT 






15




514






pc90w39





 GA




GTC




AAC




AGA




GTT




C  







15




515






pc90w50






AAT




ATG




TTG




ACT




CAG






40




15




407






pc90w52






AAT




TTG




TTG




ACT




CAG






40




15




409






pc90w69





 GA




AAC




CTG




TTG




ACT







40




14




426






pc90w73







 TG




TTG




ACA




CAG




CTT




G  




44




15




430






pc90w79







 TG




TTG




ACC




CAG




ATT




G  




44




15




436






pc90m138





GTC




ATC




AGA




TTT




CT 








14




510






pc90m56






AAT




ATG




ATG




ACC




CAG






42




15




413

















529




1


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



1
cagagccaac agccccacca g 21




2


27


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



2
atcaggatgg agttcataac ccatcca 27




3


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



3
cctcaratca ctctttggca acg 23




4


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



4
taatcrggat aactytgaca tggtc 25




5


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



5
cctgtcaaca taattggaag 20




6


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



6
agtcaacaga tttcttccaa t 21




7


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



7
agcagatgat acagtatt 18




8


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



8
gagcagatga tacagtatt 19




9


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



9
agcagatgat acagtatta 19




10


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



10
ggagcagatg atacagtatt 20




11


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



11
ggagcagatg atacagtatt a 21




12


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



12
acaggagcag atgataca 18




13


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



13
caggagcaga tgatacagt 19




14


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



14
aggagcagat gatacagtat g 21




15


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



15
ggagcagatg atacagtatg 20




16


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



16
acaggagcag atgatacagg 20




17


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



17
agcagataat acagtatt 18




18


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



18
gagcagataa tacagtatt 19




19


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



19
agcagataat acagtatta 19




20


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



20
ggagcagata atacagtatt 20




21


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



21
ggagcagata atacagtatt a 21




22


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



22
acaggagcag ataataca 18




23


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



23
caggagcaga taatacagt 19




24


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



24
aggagcagat aatacagtat g 21




25


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



25
ggagcagata atacagtatg 20




26


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



26
acaggagcag ataatacagg 20




27


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



27
agcagatgat acagt 15




28


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



28
agcagatgat acagtag 17




29


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



29
agcagataat acagt 15




30


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



30
agcagataat acagtag 17




31


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



31
gcagatgata cagt 14




32


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



32
agcagatgat acagg 15




33


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



33
cagatgatac agt 13




34


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



34
gagcggatga taca 14




35


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



35
agcggatgat aca 13




36


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



36
gcagataata cagta 15




37


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



37
gcagataata cagt 14




38


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



38
gcagatgaca cagt 14




39


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



39
cagatgacac agtag 15




40


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



40
cagatgatac aatatt 16




41


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



41
gcagatgata caatatg 17




42


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



42
gcagacgata cagg 14




43


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



43
gcagacgata cagt 14




44


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



44
agatgataca atatt 15




45


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



45
agatgataca atatta 16




46


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



46
gcagatgata caata 15




47


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



47
gtagggggaa ttggaggtgg 20




48


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



48
gtagggggaa ttggaggttg 20




49


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



49
gtagggggaa ttggaggttt g 21




50


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



50
gtagggggaa ttggaggttt t 21




51


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



51
ggtaggggga attggaggtt tg 22




52


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



52
atggtagggg gaattgga 18




53


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



53
atggtagggg gaattggag 19




54


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



54
aatggtaggg ggaattgga 19




55


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



55
aatggtaggg ggaattggag 20




56


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



56
aatggtaggg ggaattggag gggg 24




57


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



57
ataatagggg gaattgga 18




58


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



58
atgatagggg gaattgga 18




59


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



59
aataataggg ggaattgga 19




60


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



60
aatgataggg ggaattgga 19




61


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



61
atagggggaa ttggaggtgg 20




62


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



62
atagggggaa ttggaggttg 20




63


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



63
atagggggaa ttggaggttt g 21




64


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



64
atagggggaa ttggaggttt t 21




65


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



65
gtagtgggaa ttggaggtgg 20




66


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



66
gtagtgggaa ttggaggttg 20




67


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



67
gtagtgggaa ttggaggttt g 21




68


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



68
gtagtgggaa ttggaggttt t 21




69


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



69
ggtagtggga attggaggtt tg 22




70


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



70
atggtagtgg gaattgga 18




71


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



71
atggtagtgg gaattggag 19




72


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



72
aatggtagtg ggaattgga 19




73


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



73
aatggtagtg ggaattggag 20




74


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



74
aatggtagtg ggaattggag gggg 24




75


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



75
atagtgggaa ttggaggtgg 20




76


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



76
atagtgggaa ttggaggttg 20




77


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



77
atgatagtgg gaattgga 18




78


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



78
atgatagtgg gaattggag 19




79


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



79
aatgatagtg ggaattgga 19




80


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



80
gataggggga attg 14




81


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



81
tgataggggg aattg 15




82


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



82
tgataggggg aattgg 16




83


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



83
atgatagggg gaatt 15




84


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



84
gatagtggga attg 14




85


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



85
tgatagtggg aattg 15




86


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



86
tgatagtggg aattgg 16




87


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



87
atgatagtgg gaatt 15




88


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



88
ataatagggg gaatt 15




89


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



89
tgataggggg agtt 14




90


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



90
gataggggga gttg 14




91


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



91
aaaatgatag gaggaatt 18




92


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



92
atgatagggg gaatt 15




93


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



93
aaaatgatag gggga 15




94


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



94
aaaaatgata ggggg 15




95


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



95
aaatgatagg gggaag 16




96


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



96
aaaataatag ggggaag 17




97


11


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



97
aaaataaaaa t 11




98


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



98
aaaatgatag tgggaag 17




99


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



99
aaattgatag gggg 14




100


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



100
aaaatgatag tggga 15




101


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



101
aaattgatag gggga 15




102


12


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



102
caaaattgat ag 12




103


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



103
atggtagggg gaatt 15




104


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



104
aaatggtagg ggga 14




105


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



105
aaaaatggta gggg 14




106


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



106
atgatagggg aaatt 15




107


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



107
ataggggaaa ttgga 15




108


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



108
ataggggaaa ttggag 16




109


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



109
atgatagggg ggatt 15




110


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



110
atagggggga ttgg 14




111


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



111
aggggggatt gga 13




112


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



112
aaaataatag tggga 15




113


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



113
aaaaataata gtggga 16




114


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



114
caaaaataat agtggg 16




115


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



115
aaattgatag tggga 15




116


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



116
aaaattgata gtggga 16




117


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



117
caaaattgat agtgg 15




118


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



118
aaaatgatag gggg 14




119


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



119
aaaaatgata gggg 14




120


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



120
aaaaataata ggggga 16




121


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



121
gggggaattg gaggtttt 18




122


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



122
agggggaatt ggaggtttt 19




123


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



123
tagggggaat tggaggtttt 20




124


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



124
agggggaatt ggaggtttta g 21




125


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



125
tagggggaat tggaggtttt ag 22




126


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



126
gtagggggaa ttggaggttg g 21




127


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



127
ggtaggggga attggaggtt gg 22




128


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



128
gtagggggaa ttggaggttt g 21




129


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



129
gtagggggaa ttggaggttt t 21




130


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



130
tggtaggggg aattggaggt gg 22




131


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



131
ggggaattgg aggtttt 17




132


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



132
ggggaattgg aggtttg 17




133


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



133
ggggaattgg aggttttag 19




134


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



134
ggggaattgg aggttg 16




135


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



135
gggaattgga ggttttat 18




136


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



136
ggggaattgg aggtttt 17




137


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



137
gggggagttg gaggtttt 18




138


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



138
agggggagtt ggaggtttt 19




139


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



139
tagggggagt tggaggtttt 20




140


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



140
agggggagtt ggaggtttta g 21




141


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



141
tagggggagt tggaggtttt ag 22




142


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



142
gtagggggag ttggaggttg g 21




143


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



143
ggtaggggga gttggaggtt gg 22




144


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



144
gtagggggag ttggaggttt g 21




145


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



145
gtagggggag ttggaggttt tatc 24




146


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



146
tggtaggggg agttggaggt gg 22




147


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



147
ggggagttgg aggtttg 17




148


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



148
ggggagttgg aggttttag 19




149


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



149
ggggagttgg aggttg 16




150


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



150
gggagttgga ggttttat 18




151


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



151
ggaattggag gtttt 15




152


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



152
gggaattgga ggttgg 16




153


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



153
ggagttggag gtttt 15




154


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



154
gggagttgga ggttgg 16




155


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



155
gggggagttg gag 13




156


12


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



156
ggggagttgg ag 12




157


12


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



157
gggggagttg ga 12




158


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



158
ggaattgggg gtttg 15




159


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



159
gaattggggg tttt 14




160


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



160
gaattggggg ttttag 16




161


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



161
ggaattgggg gttg 14




162


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



162
ggaattgggg gtg 13




163


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



163
gaattggggg ttg 13




164


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



164
ggaattgggg gttt 14




165


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



165
gggggaattg cag 13




166


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



166
ggaattgcag gttg 14




167


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



167
ggaattgcag gtg 13




168


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



168
ggaattggag ggttg 15




169


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



169
gaattggagg gttg 14




170


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



170
gaattggagg gttt 14




171


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



171
ggaattggag gcttg 15




172


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



172
gaattggagg cttg 14




173


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



173
gaattggagg cttt 14




174


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



174
ggagttggag gtttg 15




175


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



175
gagttggagg tttt 14




176


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



176
ggttttatca aagtaa 16




177


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



177
gttttatcaa agtaag 16




178


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



178
gttttatcaa agtaaga 17




179


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



179
ttttatcaaa gtaaga 16




180


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



180
ggttttatca aagta 15




181


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



181
gttttatcaa agta 14




182


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



182
ggttttgcca aagta 15




183


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



183
gttttgccaa agtaa 15




184


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



184
gttttgccaa agtaag 16




185


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



185
ttttgccaaa gtaaga 16




186


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



186
ggttttgcca aagt 14




187


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



187
gttttgccaa agta 14




188


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



188
gttttatcaa ggtaaa 16




189


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



189
ggttttatca aggtaa 16




190


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



190
aggttttatc aaggta 16




191


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



191
gttttatcaa agtcaga 17




192


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



192
tttatcaaag tcagac 16




193


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



193
aggctttatc aaagtaa 17




194


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



194
aggctttatc aaagta 16




195


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



195
aggttttatt aaagtaa 17




196


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



196
ggttttatta aagtaag 17




197


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



197
gaggttttat taaagta 17




198


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



198
gaggttttat taaagta 17




199


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



199
ggttttattg gttttat 17




200


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



200
ggtttcatta aggta 15




201


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



201
ggtttcatta aggtaa 16




202


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



202
aggtttcatt aaggta 16




203


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



203
aggtttcatt aaggta 16




204


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



204
ggttttatta aggtaa 16




205


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



205
ggttttatta aggtaa 16




206


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



206
aggttttatt aaggta 16




207


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



207
gaggttttat taaggt 16




208


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



208
ggttttatta aggtaag 17




209


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



209
ggttttatca aagtaa 16




210


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



210
aggttttatc aaagtaa 17




211


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



211
aggttttatc aaagta 16




212


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



212
gaggttttat caaagt 16




213


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



213
ggttttgtca aagta 15




214


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



214
ggttttgtca aagtaa 16




215


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



215
ggttttgtca gagta 15




216


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



216
ggttttgtca gagtaa 16




217


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



217
gggtttatca aagta 15




218


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



218
gggtttatca aagtaa 16




219


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



219
ggcttcatca aagt 14




220


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



220
gaggcttcat caaa 14




221


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



221
ggttttgtca aagt 14




222


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



222
gttttgtcag agta 14




223


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



223
ggttttgtca gagt 14




224


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



224
aggtttaatc aaagta 16




225


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



225
gaggtttaat caaagt 16




226


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



226
ggttttacca aagta 15




227


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



227
ggttttacca aagt 14




228


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



228
cctacacctg tcaacataag 20




229


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



229
cctacacctg tcaacataat g 21




230


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



230
cctacacctg tcaacataat t 21




231


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



231
acctacacct gtcaacataa g 21




232


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



232
acctacacct gtcaacataa tg 22




233


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



233
acctacacct gtcaacata 19




234


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



234
gacctacacc tgtcaacata 20




235


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



235
cacctgtcaa cataattgga 20




236


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



236
acctgtcaac ataattggaa 20




237


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



237
acacctgtca acataattgg 20




238


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



238
acctgtcaac ataattgga 19




239


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



239
cctacaccta ccaacataag 20




240


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



240
cctacaccta ccaacataat g 21




241


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



241
cctacaccta ccaacataat t 21




242


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



242
acctacacct accaacataa g 21




243


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



243
acctacacct accaacataa tg 22




244


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



244
acctacacct accaacata 19




245


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



245
gacctacacc taccaacata 20




246


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



246
cacctaccaa cataattgga 20




247


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



247
acctaccaac ataattggaa 20




248


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



248
acacctacca acataattg 19




249


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



249
cctacacctt tcaacataat t 21




250


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



250
cctacacctg ccaacataat t 21




251


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



251
cctacacctt ccaacataat t 21




252


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



252
acctttcaac ataattggaa 20




253


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



253
acctgccaac ataattggaa 20




254


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



254
acctttcaac ataattggaa 20




255


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



255
acctaccaac ataatt 16




256


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



256
acctttcaac ataattgga 19




257


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



257
acctgccaac ataattgga 19




258


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



258
accttccaac ataattgga 19




259


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



259
tacacctgtc aacat 15




260


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



260
tacacctgtc aacata 16




261


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



261
acacctgtca acata 15




262


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



262
cacctgtcaa cata 14




263


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



263
acacctacca acata 15




264


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



264
cacctaccaa cata 14




265


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



265
acacctttca acata 15




266


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



266
cacctttcaa cata 14




267


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



267
acacctgcca acata 15




268


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



268
cacctgccaa cata 14




269


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



269
cacctgtcaa cgta 14




270


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



270
cacctgtcaa cgt 13




271


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



271
cctacacctg tcaac 15




272


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



272
tacgcctgtc aacat 15




273


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



273
ctacgcctgt caacag 16




274


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



274
acaccttcca acata 15




275


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



275
caccttccaa cata 14




276


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



276
acaccttcca acat 14




277


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



277
acacctatca acata 15




278


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



278
cacctatcaa cataag 16




279


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



279
cacctatcaa cataatg 17




280


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



280
acctatcaac ataatg 16




281


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



281
cctgtcaaca taatt 15




282


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



282
cctgttaaca taattg 16




283


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



283
acctgttaac ataatg 16




284


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



284
ccggtcaaca taatt 15




285


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



285
acgcctgtca acat 14




286


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



286
cctgtcaata taatt 15




287


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



287
cacctgtcaa tataatg 17




288


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



288
acacctgtca atataag 17




289


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



289
cctgccaata taatt 15




290


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



290
cacctgccaa tataag 16




291


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



291
cctaccaacg taatt 15




292


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



292
cctaccaacg taatg 15




293


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



293
cacctaccaa cgta 14




294


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



294
acacctacca acgt 14




295


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



295
cctttcaacg taatt 15




296


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



296
cacctttcaa cgtaag 16




297


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



297
acacctttca acgta 15




298


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



298
acctttcaac gtaatg 16




299


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



299
ctgtcaatat aattg 15




300


16


DNA


Aids-associated



300
cctgtcaata taattg 16




301


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



301
acctgtcaat ataatt 16




302


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



302
ctgtcaatat aattgg 16




303


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



303
cctacgcctg tcaa 14




304


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



304
ctacgcctgt caac 14




305


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



305
acctacgcct gtcaa 15




306


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



306
acctacgcct gtca 14




307


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



307
tacaccggtc aaca 14




308


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



308
ctacaccggt caa 13




309


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



309
cctacaccgg tca 13




310


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



310
cacctgtcaa cataa 15




311


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



311
acctgtcaac ataat 15




312


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



312
ctacacctgt caaca 15




313


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



313
acacctgtca acat 14




314


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



314
acctgttaac ataattg 17




315


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



315
cacctgttaa cataag 16




316


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



316
acacctgtta acataag 17




317


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



317
tcacctgtca acata 15




318


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



318
acacctgtca acataa 16




319


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



319
cacctgtcaa cataat 16




320


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



320
cctgtcaaca taatt 15




321


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



321
acctgtcaac ataatt 16




322


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



322
cctgtcaaca taattg 16




323


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



323
cctacacctg tcaa 14




324


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



324
tgtcaacata attgg 15




325


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



325
tgtcaacata attgga 16




326


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



326
acacctttca acataa 16




327


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



327
tacacctttc aacata 16




328


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



328
acacctatca acataatg 18




329


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



329
acacctatca acataag 17




330


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



330
cacctgccaa tataatg 17




331


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



331
acacctgcca atataag 17




332


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



332
acgcccttca acata 15




333


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



333
cgcccttcaa cataag 16




334


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



334
tacgcccttc aacat 15




335


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



335
ctacaccggt caac 14




336


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



336
cctacaccgg tcaa 14




337


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



337
accggtcaac ataatg 16




338


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



338
accggtcaac ataatt 16




339


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



339
ctacaccagt caac 14




340


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



340
ctacaccagt caaca 15




341


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



341
acaccagtca acata 15




342


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



342
acaccagtca acataag 17




343


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



343
tacgcctgtc aacat 15




344


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



344
acgcctgtca acata 15




345


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



345
tacgcctgtc aaca 14




346


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



346
cctacacctt tcaac 15




347


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



347
ctacaccttt caac 14




348


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



348
acctacacct ttcaa 15




349


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



349
acgcctgtca acataagg 18




350


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



350
tacgcctgtc aacata 16




351


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



351
cgcctgtcaa cataagg 17




352


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



352
tacacctttc aacgta 16




353


18


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



353
acacctttca acgtaagg 18




354


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



354
cacctttcaa cgtaatg 17




355


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



355
acctttcaac gtaatt 16




356


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



356
caacgtaatt ggaaga 16




357


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



357
caacgtaatt ggaag 15




358


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



358
aaatctgttg actcag 16




359


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



359
gaaatctgtt gactcag 17




360


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



360
gaaatctgtt gactcagagg 20




361


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



361
aaatctgttg actcagagg 19




362


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



362
agaaatctgt tgactcagag g 21




363


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



363
agaaatctgt tgactcagat g 21




364


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



364
agaaatctgt tgactcagat t 21




365


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



365
agaaatctgt tgactcagat tgg 23




366


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



366
gaagaaatct gttgactcag agg 23




367


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



367
aagaaatctg ttgactcaga tg 22




368


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



368
agaaatctga tgactcagat g 21




369


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



369
agaaatctga tgactcagat t 21




370


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



370
aagaaatctg atgactcaga gg 22




371


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



371
gaagaaatct gatgactcag agg 23




372


22


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



372
aagaaatctg atgactcaga tg 22




373


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



373
gaagaaatct gatgactcag att 23




374


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



374
ggaagaaatc tgatgactca g 21




375


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



375
aagaaatctg atgactcag 19




376


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



376
aaatctgatg actcagattg g 21




377


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



377
aaatctgatg actcagattg 20




378


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



378
aaatctgatg actcagcttg 20




379


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



379
aaatctgatg actcagctt 19




380


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



380
aatctgatga ctcagcttg 19




381


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



381
aaatctgttg actcagcttg 20




382


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



382
aaatctgttg actcagctt 19




383


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



383
aatctgttga ctcagcttg 19




384


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



384
aatctgttga ctca 14




385


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



385
aatctgttga ctcag 15




386


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



386
aaatctgttg actca 15




387


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



387
aaatctgttg actcag 16




388


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



388
aatctgatga ctca 14




389


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



389
aatctgatga ctcag 15




390


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



390
aaatctgatg actca 15




391


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



391
aaatctgatg actcag 16




392


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



392
gaaatctgtt gactc 15




393


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



393
gaactctgtt gactc 15




394


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



394
tctgttgact cagatg 16




395


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



395
gaaatctgtt gactc 15




396


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



396
gaactctgtt gactc 15




397


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



397
aaatctgttg actca 15




398


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



398
aatctgttga ctcag 15




399


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



399
aatctgatga ctcag 15




400


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



400
aaatctgatg actca 15




401


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



401
atctgttgac tcagag 16




402


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



402
ctgttgactc agatt 15




403


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



403
agaaatctgt tgact 15




404


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



404
atctgatgac tcagag 16




405


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



405
ctgatgactc agatt 15




406


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



406
agaaatctga tgactca 17




407


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



407
aatatgttga ctcag 15




408


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



408
gaaatatgtt gactca 16




409


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



409
aatttgttga ctcag 15




410


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



410
gaaatttgtt gactca 16




411


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



411
aatatgttga cccag 15




412


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



412
aaatatgttg accca 15




413


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



413
aatatgatga cccag 15




414


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



414
acagatgatg accca 15




415


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



415
aacatgttga ctcag 15




416


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



416
aaacatgttg actcag 16




417


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



417
tgttgactca gctt 14




418


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



418
ctgttgactc agctg 15




419


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



419
ctatgactca gctt 14




420


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



420
ctgatgactc agcg 14




421


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



421
tgactacaca gctt 14




422


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



422
ctgttgacac agcg 14




423


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



423
aatctgttga cacag 15




424


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



424
aacctgttga ctca 14




425


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



425
aaacctgttg actc 14




426


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



426
gaaacctgtt gact 14




427


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



427
tgttgactca gattg 15




428


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



428
tgttgactca gattggg 17




429


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



429
gttgactcag attggg 16




430


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



430
tgttgacaca gcttg 15




431


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



431
ctgttgacac agctt 15




432


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



432
gttgacacag cttggg 16




433


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



433
tgttgactca gcttg 15




434


13


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



434
gttgactcag atg 13




435


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



435
gttgactcag cttg 14




436


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



436
tgttgaccca gattg 15




437


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



437
gttgacccag attg 14




438


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



438
gttgacccag attggg 16




439


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



439
tgatgactca gattg 15




440


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



440
tgatgactca gattggg 17




441


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



441
gatgactcag attggg 16




442


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



442
gatgactcag attggt 16




443


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



443
ctgatgactc agctt 15




444


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



444
tgatgactca gcttg 15




445


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



445
aaatctgttg actca 15




446


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



446
aaatctgttg actca 15




447


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



447
aaatctgttg actca 15




448


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



448
aatctgatga ctcag 15




449


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



449
aaatctgatg actca 15




450


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



450
gaaatctgat gactc 15




451


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



451
ctgatgactc agatg 15




452


12


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



452
agaaatatga tg 12




453


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



453
aagaaatatg atgact 16




454


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



454
aagaaatctg atgact 16




455


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



455
aagaaatata atgact 16




456


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



456
aaatataatg actcag 16




457


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



457
aatatgatga cccag 15




458


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



458
aacctgatga ctcag 15




459


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



459
agaaatttga tgactc 16




460


19


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



460
aaatttgatg actatgact 19




461


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



461
acctgatgac tcag 14




462


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



462
aatctgatga ctcaga 16




463


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



463
atctgatgac tcagatg 17




464


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



464
atctgatgac tcag 14




465


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



465
ctgatgactc agattg 16




466


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



466
agaaatctga tgactc 16




467


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



467
agaaatctga tgact 15




468


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



468
gaagaaatct gatga 15




469


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



469
ggaagaaatc tgatga 16




470


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



470
gaagaaatct gatgac 16




471


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



471
agaaatctga tgac 14




472


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



472
aatctgttaa ctcag 15




473


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



473
tctgttaact cagatt 16




474


16


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



474
atctgttaac tcagag 16




475


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



475
agaaatttgt tgact 15




476


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



476
gaaatttgtt gactc 15




477


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



477
aatttgttga ctcag 15




478


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



478
ggaggtttta tcaaagtcag acaa 24




479


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



479
ggaggtttca ttaaggtaaa acag 24




480


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



480
ggaggtttta ttaaggtaag acag 24




481


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



481
ggaggtttta ttaaagtaag acaa 24




482


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



482
ggaggcttta tcaaagtaag acaa 24




483


24


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



483
ggaggtttta tcaaagtcag acaa 24




484


26


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



484
ggacctacac cggtcaacat aattgg 26




485


26


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



485
ggacctacac ctgccaatat aattgg 26




486


26


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



486
ggacctacgc ccttcaacat aattgg 26




487


26


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



487
ggaccgacac ctgtcaccat aattgg 26




488


26


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



488
ggacctatac ctgtcaacat aattgg 26




489


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



489
aaaaaatctg atgactcaga ttggc 25




490


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



490
aagaactctg ttgactcagc ttgga 25




491


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



491
aagaaatatg atgacccagc ttggc 25




492


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



492
aagaaatata atgactcagc ttgga 25




493


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



493
aagaaatctg ctgactcaga ttggg 25




494


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



494
aagaaatctg ttgacacagc ttggc 25




495


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



495
aagaaatatg ttgactcagc ttggt 25




496


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



496
aagaaatttg ttgactcaga ttggg 25




497


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



497
aagaaatatg ttgactcagc ttggt 25




498


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



498
aagaaatatg ttgactcagc ttgga 25




499


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



499
aagaaatctg ttgactcagc ttgga 25




500


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



500
aagaaacctg ttgactcaac ttggt 25




501


21


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



501
cagagccaac agccccacca g 21




502


26


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



502
ttttcttctg tcaatggcca ttgttt 26




503


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



503
cctcaaatca ctctttggca acg 23




504


23


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



504
cctcagatca ctctttggca acg 23




505


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



505
cctgtcaaca taattgcaag 20




506


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



506
ctggtacagt ttcaataggg ctaat 25




507


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



507
ctggtacagt ttcaatagga ctaat 25




508


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



508
ctggtacagt ctcaatagga ctaat 25




509


25


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



509
ctggtacagt ctcaataggg ctaat 25




510


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



510
gtcatcagat ttct 14




511


20


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



511
agggggaatt ggaggtttta 20




512


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



512
atgatagggg gaatt 15




513


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



513
aagaatgata gggg 14




514


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



514
tctgttgact cagat 15




515


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



515
gagtcaacag agttc 15




516


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



516
aggttttgcc aaagt 15




517


17


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



517
acacctatca acataat 17




518


15


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



518
acacctacca acata 15




519


14


DNA


Aids-associated retrovirus



519
acacctacca acgt 14




520


30


DNA


AIDS-associated retrovirus



520
acaggagcag atgatacagt attagaagaa 30




521


33


DNA


AIDS-associated retrovirus



521
ccaaaaatga tagggggaat tggaggtttt atc 33




522


30


DNA


AIDS-associated retrovirus



522
aaaatgatag ggggaattgg aggttttatc 30




523


24


DNA


AIDS-associated retrovirus



523
ggaggtttta tcaaagtaag acag 24




524


30


DNA


AIDS-associated retrovirus



524
ggacctacac ctgtcaacat aaatggaaga 30




525


27


DNA


AIDS-associated retrovirus



525
ggaagaaatc tgttgactca gattggt 27




526


23


DNA


Artificial Sequence




Synthetic oligonucleotide





526
cctcaratca ctctttggga acg 23




527


21


DNA


Artificial Sequence




Synthetic oligonucleotide





527
taaccttctt tagacaactg a 21




528


20


DNA


Artificial Sequence




Synthetic oligonucleotide





528
cctgtcaaca taattggaag 20




529


25


DNA


Artificial Sequence




Synthetic oligonucleotide





529
taatcrggat aactytgaca tggtc 25






Claims
  • 1. Method for determining the susceptibility to antiviral drugs of HIV viruses in a biological sample comprising polynucleic acids, with said method comprising:a) releasing, isolating or concentrating the polynucleic, acids present in the sample; b) amplifying part of a protease gene of HIV comprising codons 82 and 84 from the polynucleic acids with at least one suitable primer pair; c) hybridizing the polynucleic acids of step a) or b) with probes having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:267 and SEQ ID NO:354, or probes having sequence complementary to SEQ ID NO:267 and SEQ ID NO:354; wherein said probes are immobilized on a solid support; and d) inferring from the result of step c) whether or not a mutation giving rise to drug resistance is present in said polynucleic acids.
  • 2. A method for determining the susceptibility to antiviral drugs of HIV viruses in a biological sample comprising polynucleic acids, with said method comprising:a) releasing, isolating or concentrating the polynucleic acids present in the sample; b) optionally, amplifying part of a protease gene of HIV comprising codons 82 and 84 with at least one suitable primer pair; c) hybridizing the nucleic acids of step a) or b) with probes having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:267 and SEQ ID NO:354, or probes having sequences complementary to SEQ ID NO:267 and SEQ ID NO:354; wherein said probes are immobilized on a solid support; and d) inferring from the result of step c) whether or not a mutation giving rise to drug resistance is present in said polynucleic acids.
  • 3. Method according to claim 2 further characterized in that said primer pair is chosen from the following primers: SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 503, SEQ ID NO: 504, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 506, SEQ ID NO: 507, SEQ ID NO: 508 and SEQ ID NO: 509.
  • 4. The method of claim 2 wherein step b) comprises amplifying a fragment of the protease gene with at least one 5′-primer specifically hybridizing to a target sequence located at nucleotide position 210 to 260 of the coding portion of the protease gene, in combination with at least one suitable 3′-primer.
  • 5. The method of claim 2 wherein step b) comprises amplifying a fragment of the protease gene with at least one 3′-primer specifically hybridizing to a target sequence located at nucleotide position 253 (codon 85) to position 300 of the coding portion of the protease gene, in combination with at least one suitable 5′-primer.
  • 6. Method according to claim 4, further characterized in that the 5′-primer is SEQ ID NO: 5 and the 3′-primer is one primer or a combination of primers chosen from the following primers: SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 506, SEQ ID NO: 507, SEQ ID NO: 508 and SEQ ID NO: 509.
  • 7. Method according to claim 5, further characterized in that the 5′-primer is one primer or a combination of primer chosen from the following primers: SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 503, SEQ ID NO: 504 and the 3′-primer is SEQ ID NO: 6.
  • 8. The method according to claim 1 wherein said primer pair is chosen from the following primers: SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 503, SEQ ID NO: 504, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 506, SEQ ID NO: 507, SEQ ID NO: 508 and SEQ ID NO: 509.
  • 9. The method of claim 1 wherein step b) comprises amplifying a fragment of the protease gene with at least one 5′-primer specifically hybridizing to a target sequence located at nucleotide position 210 to 260 of the coding portion of the protease gene, in combination with at least one suitable 3′-primer.
  • 10. The method of claim 1 wherein step b) comprises amplifying a fragment of the protease gene with at least one 3′-primer specifically hybridizing to a target sequence located at nucleotide position 253 (codon 85) to position 300, in combination with at least one suitable 5′-primer.
  • 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the target sequences for codon 82/84 are provided by SEQ ID NO: 228-357.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
98870143 Jun 1998 EP
Parent Case Info

This application is a §371 national stage filing of PCT/EP99/04317, filed 22 Jun. 1999 (published in English on 29 Dec. 1999 as WO 99/67428) and claiming priority to EP 98870143.9 filed 24 Jun. 1998.

PCT Information
Filing Document Filing Date Country Kind
PCT/EP99/04317 WO 00
Publishing Document Publishing Date Country Kind
WO99/67428 12/29/1999 WO A
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
Entry
Eastman 1998, J Virol. 72 (6) pp. 5154-5164.