HIV-1 SUBTYPE ISOLATE REGULATORY/ACCESSORY GENES, AND MODIFICATIONS AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF

摘要

The invention describes HIV-1 subtype isolate regulatory/accessory genes, and modifications and derivatives thereof. The genes which are described are the tat, nef and rev genes. Consensus amino acid sequences are also disclosed. The invention also relates to a vaccine including two or more of the nucleotide sequences, and nucleotide sequences from the pol and/or gag genes of HIV-1.