METHOD FOR PRODUCING OF PROTEASE, REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE AND ENDONUCLEASE OF RETROVIRUS

摘要

Disclosed is a method for producing retroviral proteins which are protease, reverse transcriptase, endonuclease and Gag proteins. The method is characterized by the consecutive accomplishment of expression and processing of retroviral genes and these products under the stepwise cultivation of hosts transformed with a vector constructed to carry retroviral gene fragments comprising at least a protease gene and one or more of the other genes coding for retroviral proteins. The retroviral proteins of this invention are used as specific reagens for the diagnosis of retroviral disease, e.g., AIDS, malignant tumors and so forth, also may be used as the basis for research and development of antiviral agents and a vaccine against the above infectious diseases, and for genetic engineering.