Therapeutic Binding Molecules

Abstract

least one antigen binding site, comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, said CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH), said CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) and said CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT); e.g. further comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3', CDR1' having the amino acid sequence Arg-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asn-Ile-Gly-Thr-Ser-Ile-Gln (RASQNIGTSIQ), CDR2' having the amino acid sequence Ser-Ser-Ser-Glu-Ser-Ile-Ser (SSSESIS) and CDR3' having the amino acid sequence Gln-Gln-Ser-Asn-Thr-Trp-Pro-Phe-Thr (QQSNTWPFT), e.g. a chimeric or humanised antibody, useful as a pharmaceutical.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001]The present invention relates to organic compounds, such as to binding molecules against CD45 antigen isoforms, such as for example monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002]One approach in the treatment of a variety of diseases is to achieve the elimination or the inactivation of pathogenic leukocytes and the potential for induction of tolerance to inactivate pathological immune responses.

[0003]Organ, cell and tissue transplant rejection and the various autoimmune diseases are thought to be primarily the result of T-cell mediated immune response triggered by helper T-cells which are capable of recognizing specific antigens which are captured, processed and presented to the helper T cells by antigen presenting cell (APC) such as macrophages and dendritic cells, in the form of an antigen-MHC complex, i.e. the helper T-cell when recognizing specific antigens is stimulated to produce cytokines such as IL-2 and to express or upregulate some cytokine receptors and other activation molecules and to proliferate. Some of these activated helper T-cells may act directly or indirectly, i.e. assisting effector cytotoxic T-cells or B cells, to destroy cells or tissues expressing the selected antigen. After the termination of the immune response some of the mature clonally selected cells remain as memory helper and memory cytotoxic T-cells, which circulate in the body and rapidly recognize the antigen if appearing again. If the antigen triggering this response is an innocuous environmental antigen the result is allergy, if the antigen is not a foreign antigen, but a self antigen, it can result is autoimmune disease; if the antigen is an antigen from a transplanted organ, the result can be graft rejection.

[0004]The immune system has developed to recognize self from non-self. This property enables an organism to survive in an environment exposed to the daily challenges of pathogens. This specificity for non-self and tolerance towards self arises during the development of the T cell repertoire in the thymus through processes of positive and negative selection, which also comprise the recognition and elimination of autoreactive T cells. This type of tolerance is referred to as central tolerance. However, some of these autoreactive cells escape this selective mechanism and pose a potential hazard for the development of autoimmune diseases. To control the autoreactive T cells that have escaped to the periphery, the immune system has peripheral regulatory mechanisms that provide protection against autoimmunity. These mechanisms are a basis for peripheral tolerance.

[0005]Cell surface antigens recognized by specific mAbs are generally designated by a CD (Cluster of Differentiation) number assigned by successive International Leukocyte Typing workshops and the term CD45 applied herein refers to the cell surface leukocyte common antigen CD45; and an mAb to that antigen is designated herein as "anti-CD45".

[0006]Antibodies against the leukocyte common antigen (LCA) or CD45 are a major component of anti-lymphocyte globulin (ALG). CD45 belongs to the family of transmembrane tyrosine phosphatases and is both a positive and negative regulator of cell activation, depending upon receptor interaction. The phosphatase activity of CD45 appears to be required for activation of Src-family kinases associated with antigen receptor of B and T lymphocytes (Trowbridge I S et al, Annu Rev Immunol. 1994; 12:85-116). Thus, in T cell activation, CD45 is essential for signal 1 and CD45-deficient cells have profound defects in TCR-mediated activation events.

[0007]The CD45 antigen exists in different isoforms comprising a family of transmembrane glycoproteins. Distinct isoforms of CD45 differ in their extracellular domain structure which arise from alternative splicing of 3 variable exons coding for part of the CD45 extracellular region (Streuli M F. et al, J. Exp. Med. 1987; 166:1548-1566). The various isoforms of CD45 have different extra-cellular domains, but have the same transmembrane and cytoplasmic segments having two homologous, highly conserved phosphatase domains of approximately 300 residues. Different isoform combinations are differentially expressed on subpopulations of T and B lymphocytes (Thomas M L. et al, Immunol. Today 1988; 9:320-325). Some monoclonal antibodies recognize an epitope common to all the different isoforms, while other mAbs have a restricted (CD45R) specificity, dependent on which of the alternatively spliced exons (A, B or C) they recognize. For example, monoclonal antibodies recognizing the product of exon A are consequently designated CD45RA, those recognizing the various isoforms containing exon B have been designated CD45RB (Beverley P C L et al, Immunol. Supp. 1988; I:3-5). Antibodies such as UCHL1 selectively bind to the 180 kDa isoform CD45RO (without any of the variable exons A, B or C) which appears to be restricted to a subset of activated T cells, memory cells and cortical thymocytes and is not detected on B cells (Terry L A et al, Immunol. 1988; 64:331-336).

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0008]FIG. 1 shows that the inhibition of primary MLR by the "candidate mAb" is dose-dependent in the range of 0.001 and 10 μg/ml. "Concentration" is concentration of the "candidate mAb".

[0009]FIG. 2 shows the plasmid map of the expression vector HCMV-G1 HuAb-VHQ comprising the heavy chain having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:12 (3921-4274) in the complete expression vector nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:15.

[0010]FIG. 3 shows the plasmid map of the expression vector HCMV-G1 HuAb-VHE comprising the heavy chain having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:11 (3921-4274) in the complete expression vector nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:16.

[0011]FIG. 4 shows the plasmid map of the expression vector HCMV-K HuAb-humV1 comprising the light chain having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:14 (3964-4284) in the complete expression vector nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:17.

[0012]FIG. 5 shows the plasmid map of the expression vector HCMV-K HuAb-humV2 comprising the light chain having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:13 (3926-4246) in the complete expression vector nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:18.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013]We have now found a binding molecule which comprises a polypeptide sequence which binds to CD45RO and CD45RB, hereinafter also designated as a "CD45RO/RB binding molecule". These binding molecule according to the invention may induce immunosuppression, inhibit primary T cell responses and induce T cell tolerance. Furthermore, the binding molecules of the invention inhibit primary mixed lymphocyte responses (MLR). Cells derived from cultures treated with CD45RO/RB binding molecules preferredly also have impaired proliferative responses in secondary MLR even in the absence of CD45RO/RB binding molecules in the secondary MLR. Such impaired proliferative responses in secondary MLR are an indication of the ability of binding molecules of the invention to induce tolerance.

[0014]Furthermore, it is found that in vivo administration of CD45RO/RB binding molecule to severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice undergoing xeno-GVHD following injection with human PBMC may prolong mice survival, compared to control treated mice, even though circulating human T cells may still be detected in CD45RO/RB binding molecule treated mice. CD45RB/RO binding molecule may also suppress the inflammatory process that mediates human allograft skin rejection.

[0015]By "CD45RO/RB binding molecule" is meant any molecule capable of binding specifically to the CD45RB and CD45RO isoforms of the CD45 antigen, either alone or associated with other molecules. The binding reaction may be shown by standard methods (qualitative assay) including for example any kind of binding assay such as direct or indirect immunofluorescence together with fluorescence microscopy or cytofluorimetric (FACS) analysis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or radioimmunoassay in which binding of the molecule to cells expressing a particular CD45 isoform can be visualized. In addition, the binding of this molecule may result in the alteration of the function of the cells expressing these isoforms. For example inhibition of primary or secondary mixed lymphocyte response (MLR) may be determined, such as an in vitro assay or a bioassay for determining the inhibition of primary or secondary MLR in the presence and in the absence of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule and determining the differences in primary MLR inhibition.

[0016]Alternatively, the in vitro functional modulatory effects can also be determined by measuring the PBMC or T cells or CD4.sup.+ T cells proliferation, production of cytokines, change in the expression of cell surface molecules e.g. following cell activation in MLR, or following stimulation with specific antigen such as tetanus toxoid or other antigens, or with polyclonal stimulators such as phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 antibodies or phorbol esters and Ca²+ ionophores. The cultures are set up in a similar manner as described for MLR except that instead of allogeneic cells as stimulators soluble antigen or polyclonal stimulators such as those mentioned above are used. T cell proliferation is measured preferably as described above by ³H-thymidine incorporation.

[0017]Cytokine production is measured preferably by sandwich ELISA where a cytokine capture antibody is coated on the surface of a 96-well plate, the supernatants from the cultures are added and incubated for 1 hr at room temperature and a detecting antibody specific for the particular cytokine is then added, following a second-step antibody conjugated to an enzyme such as Horseradish peroxidase followed by the corresponding substrate and the absorbance is measured in a plate reader. The change in cell surface molecules may be preferably measured by direct or indirect immunofluorescence after staining the target cells with antibodies specific for a particular cell surface molecule. The antibody can be either directly labeled with fluorochrome or a fluorescently labeled second step antibody specific for the first antibody can be used, and the cells are analysed with a cytofluorimeter.

[0018]The binding molecule of the invention has a binding specificity for both CD45RO and CD45RB ("CD45RB/RO binding molecule").

[0019]Preferably the binding molecule binds to CD45RO isoforms with a dissociation constant (Kd)<20 nM, preferably with a Kd <15 nM or <10 nM, more preferably with a Kd <5 nM. Preferably the binding molecule binds to CD45RB isoforms with a Kd <50 nM, preferably with a Kd <15 nM or <10 nM, more preferably with a Kd <5 nM.

[0020]In a further preferred embodiment the binding molecule of the invention binds those CD45 isoforms which

1) include the A and B epitopes but not the C epitope of the CD45 molecule; and/or2) include the B epitope but not the A and not the C epitope of the CD45 molecule; and/or3) do not include any of the A, B or C epitopes of the CD45 molecule.

[0021]In yet a further preferred embodiment the binding molecule of the invention does not bind CD45 isoforms which include

1) all of the A, B and C epitopes of the CD45 molecule; and/or2) both the B and C epitopes but not the A epitope of the CD45 molecule.

[0022]In further preferred embodiments the binding molecule of the invention further

1) recognises memory and in vivo alloactivated T cells; and/or2) binds to its target on human T cells, such as for example PEER cells; wherein said binding preferably is with a Kd <15 nM, more preferably with a Kd <10 nM, most preferably with a Kd <5 nM; and/or3) inhibits in vitro alloreactive T cell function, preferably with an IC₅₀ of about less than 100 nM, preferably less than 50 nM or 30 nM, more preferably with an IC₅₀ of about 10 or 5 nM, most preferably with an IC₅₀ of about 0.5 nM or even 0.1 nM; and/or4) induces cell death through apoptosis in human T lymphocytes; and/or5) induces alloantigen-specific T cell tolerance in vitro; and/or6) prevents lethal xenogeneic graft versus host disease (GvHD) induced in SCID mice by injection of human PBMC when administered in an effective amount; and/or7) binds to T lymphocytes, monocytes, stem cells, natural killer cells and/or granulocytes, but not to platelets or B lymphocytes; and/or8) supports the differentiation of T cells with a characteristic T regulatory cell (Treg) phenotype; and/or9) induces T regulatory cells capable of suppressing naive T cell activation; and/or10) suppresses the inflammatory process that mediates human allograft skin rejection, in particular, suppresses the inflammatory process that mediates human allograft skin rejection in vivo in SCID mice transplanted with human skin and engrafted with mononuclear splenocytes.

[0023]In a further preferred embodiment the binding molecule of the invention binds to the same epitope as the monoclonal antibody "A6" as described by Aversa et al., Cellular Immunology 158, 314-328 (1994).

[0024]Due to the above-described binding properties and biological activities, such binding molecules of the invention are particularly useful in medicine, for therapy and/or prophylaxis. Diseases in which binding molecules of the invention are particularly useful include autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and allergies, as will be further set out below.

[0025]We have found that a molecule comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 is a CD45RO/RB binding molecule. We also have found the hypervariable regions CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:1, CDR1' having the amino acid sequence Arg-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asn-Ile-Gly-Thr-Ser-Ile-Gln (RASQNIGTSIQ), CDR2' having the amino acid sequence Ser-Ser-Ser-Glu-Ser-Ile-Ser (SSSESIS) and CDR3' having the amino acid sequence Gln-Gln-Ser-Asn-Thr-Trp-Pro-Phe-Thr (QQSNTWPFT).

[0026]We also have found the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:2, CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH), CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) and CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT).

[0027]CDRs are 3 specific complementary determining regions which are also called hypervariable regions which essentially determine the antigen binding characteristics. These CDRs are part of the variable region, e.g. of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, respectively, wherein these CDRs alternate with framework regions (FR's) e.g. constant regions. A SEQ ID NO: 1 is part of a light chain, e.g. of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a SEQ ID NO:2 is part of a heavy chain, e.g. of SEQ ID NO: 4, in a chimeric antibody according to the present invention. The CDRs of a heavy chain together with the CDRs of an associated light chain essentially constitute the antigen binding site of a molecule of the present invention. It is known that the contribution made by a light chain variable region to the energetics of binding is small compared to that made by the associated heavy chain variable region and that isolated heavy chain variable regions have an antigen binding activity on their own. Such molecules are commonly referred to as single domain antibodies.

[0028]In one aspect the present invention provides a molecule comprising at least one antigen binding site, e.g. a CD45RO/RB binding molecule, comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, said CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH), said CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) and said CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT); e.g. and direct equivalents thereof.

[0029]In another aspect the present invention provides a molecule comprising at least one antigen binding site, e.g. a CD45RO/RB binding molecule, comprising [0030]a) a first domain comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, said CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH), said CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) and said CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT); and [0031]b) a second domain comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3', CDR1' having the amino acid sequence Arg-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asn-Ile-Gly-Thr-Ser-Ile-Gln (RASQNIGTSIQ), CDR2' having the amino acid sequence Ser-Ser-Ser-Glu-Ser-Ile-Ser (SSSESIS) and CDR3' having the amino acid sequence Gln-Gln-Ser-Asn-Thr-Trp-Pro-Phe-Thr (QQSNTWPFT),e.g. and direct equivalents thereof.

[0032]In a preferred embodiment the first domain comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 is an immunoglobulin heavy chain, and the second domain comprising in sequence the hypervariable regions CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' is an immunoglobulin light chain.

[0033]In another aspect the present invention provides a molecule, e.g. a CD45RO/RB binding molecule, comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, preferably comprising in one domain a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and in another domain a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, e.g. a chimeric monoclonal antibody, and in another aspect A molecule, e.g. a CD45RO/RB binding molecule, comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3 and/or a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4, preferably comprising in one domain a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3 and in another domain a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4, e.g. a chimeric monoclonal antibody.

[0034]When the antigen binding site comprises both the first and second domains or a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:3, respectively, and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 or of SEQ ID NO:4, respectively, these may be located on the same polypeptide, or, preferably each domain may be on a different chain, e.g. the first domain being part of an heavy chain, e.g. immunoglobulin heavy chain, or fragment thereof and the second domain being part of a light chain, e.g. an immunoglobulin light chain or fragment thereof.

[0035]We have further found that a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention is a CD45RO/RB binding molecule in mammalian, e.g. human, body environment. A CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention can thus be designated as a monoclonal antibody (mAb), wherein the binding activity is determined mainly by the CDR regions as described above, e.g. said CDR regions being associated with other molecules without binding specificity, such as framework, e.g. constant regions, which are substantially of human origin.

[0036]In another aspect the present invention provides a CD45RO/RB binding molecule which is not the monoclonal antibody "A6" as described by Aversa et al., Cellular Immunology 158, 314-328 (1994), which is incorporated by reference for the passages characterizing A6.

[0037]In another aspect the present invention provides a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention which is a chimeric, a humanised or a fully human monoclonal antibody.

[0038]Examples of a CD45RO/RB binding molecules include chimeric or humanised antibodies e.g. derived from antibodies as produced by B-cells or hybridomas and or any fragment thereof, e.g. F(ab')₂ and Fab fragments, as well as single chain or single domain antibodies. A single chain antibody consists of the variable regions of antibody heavy and light chains covalently bound by a peptide linker, usually consisting of from 10 to 30 amino acids, preferably from 15 to 25 amino acids. Therefore, such a structure does not include the constant part of the heavy and light chains and it is believed that the small peptide spacer should be less antigenic than a whole constant part. By a chimeric antibody is meant an antibody in which the constant regions of heavy and light chains or both are of human origin while the variable domains of both heavy and light chains are of non-human (e.g. murine) origin. By a humanised antibody is meant an antibody in which the hypervariable regions (CDRs) are of non-human (e.g. murine) origin while all or substantially all the e.g. the constant regions and the highly conserved parts of the variable regions are of human origins. A humanised antibody may however retain a few amino acids of the murine sequence in the parts of the variable regions adjacent to the hypervariable regions.

[0039]Hypervariable regions, i.e. CDR's according to the present invention may be associated with any kind of framework regions, e.g. constant parts of the light and heavy chains, of human origin. Suitable framework regions are e.g. described in "Sequences of proteins of immunological interest", Kabat, E. A. et al, US department of health and human services, Public health service, National Institute of health. Preferably the constant part of a human heavy chain may be of the IgG1 type, including subtypes, preferably the constant part of a human light chain may be of the κ or λ type, more preferably of the κ type. A preferred constant part of a heavy chain is a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4 (without the CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' sequence parts which are specified above) and a preferred constant part of a light chain is a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3 (without the CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequence parts which are specified above).

[0040]We also have found a humanised antibody comprising a light chain variable region of amino acid SEQ ID NO:7 or of amino acid SEQ ID NO:8, which comprises CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' according to the present invention and a heavy chain variable region of SEQ:ID NO:9 or of SEQ:ID NO:10, which comprises CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 according to the present invention.

[0041]In another aspect the present invention provides a humanised antibody comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9 or of SEQ ID NO:10 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7 or of SEQ ID NO:8.

[0042]In another aspect the present invention provides a humanised antibody comprising [0043]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7, [0044]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8, [0045]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7, or [0046]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8.

[0047]A polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a herein specified sequence, e.g. of CDR1, CDR2, CDR3, CDR1', CDR2'CDR3', or of a SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10 includes direct equivalents of said (poly)peptide (sequence); e.g. including a functional derivative of said polypeptide. Said functional derivative may include covalent modifications of a specified sequence, and/or said functional derivative may include amino acid sequence variants of a specified sequence.

[0048]"Polypeptide", if not otherwise specified herein, includes any peptide or protein comprising amino acids joined to each other by peptide bonds, having an amino acid sequence starting at the N-terminal extremity and ending at the C-terminal extremity. Preferably the polypeptide of the present invention is a monoclonal antibody, more preferred is a chimeric (V-grafted) or humanised (CDR-grafted) monoclonal antibody. The humanised (CDR-grafted) monoclonal antibody may or may not include further mutations introduced into the framework (FR) sequences of the acceptor antibody.

[0049]A functional derivative of a polypeptide as used herein includes a molecule having a qualitative biological activity in common with a polypeptide to the present invention, i.e. having the ability to bind to CD45RO and CD45RB. A functional derivative includes fragments and peptide analogs of a polypeptide according to the present invention. Fragments comprise regions within the sequence of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. The term "derivative" is used to define amino acid sequence variants, and covalent modifications of a polypeptide according to the present invention. e.g. of a specified sequence. The functional derivatives of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, preferably have at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 75%, even more preferably at least about 85%, most preferably at least about 95% overall sequence homology with the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, and substantially retain the ability to bind to CD45RO and CD45RB.

[0050]The term "covalent modification" includes modifications of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence; or a fragment thereof with an organic proteinaceous or non-proteinaceous derivatizing agent, fusions to heterologous polypeptide sequences, and post-translational modifications. Covalent modified polypeptides, e.g. of a specified sequence, still have the ability bind to CD45RO and CD45RB by crosslinking. Covalent modifications are traditionally introduced by reacting targeted amino acid residues with an organic derivatizing agent that is capable of reacting with selected sides or terminal residues, or by harnessing mechanisms of post-translational modifications that function in selected recombinant host cells. Certain post-translational modifications are the result of the action of recombinant host cells on the expressed polypeptide. Glutaminyl and asparaginyl residues are frequently post-translationally deamidated to the corresponding glutamyl and aspartyl residues. Alternatively, these residues are deaminated under mildly acidic conditions. Other post-translational modifications include hydroxylation of proline and lysine, phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of seryl, tyrosine or threonyl residues, methylation of the α-amino groups of lysine, arginine, and histidine side chains, see e.g. T. E. Creighton, Proteins: Structure and Molecular Properties, W. H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco, pp. 79-86 (1983). Covalent modifications e.g. include fusion proteins comprising a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence and their amino acid sequence variants, such as immunoadhesins, and N-terminal fusions to heterologous signal sequences.

[0051]"Homology" with respect to a native polypeptide and its functional derivative is defined herein as the percentage of amino acid residues in the candidate sequence that are identical with the residues of a corresponding native polypeptide, after aligning the sequences and introducing gaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent homology, and not considering any conservative substitutions as part of the sequence identity. Neither N- or C-terminal extensions nor insertions shall be construed as reducing identity or homology. Methods and computer programs for the alignment are well known.

[0052]"Amino acid(s)" refer to all naturally occurring L-α-amino acids, e.g. and including D-amino acids. The amino acids are identified by either the well known single-letter or three-letter designations.

[0053]The term "amino acid sequence variant" refers to molecules with some differences in their amino acid sequences as compared to a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. Amino acid sequence variants of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, still have the ability to bind to CD45RO and CD45RB. Substitutional variants are those that have at least one amino acid residue removed and a different amino acid inserted in its place at the same position in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. These substitutions may be single, where only one amino acid in the molecule has been substituted, or they may be multiple, where two or more amino acids have been substituted in the same molecule. Insertional variants are those with one or more amino acids inserted immediately adjacent to an amino acid at a particular position in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. Immediately adjacent to an amino acid means connected to either the α-carboxy or α-amino functional group of the amino acid. Deletional variants are those with one or more amino acids in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, removed. Ordinarily, deletional variants will have one or two amino acids deleted in a particular region of the molecule.

[0054]We also have found the polynucleotide sequences of [0055]GGCCAGTCAGAACATTGGCACAAGCATACAGTG, encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR1, [0056]TTCTTCTGAGTCTATCTCTGG; encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR 2, [0057]ACAAAGTAATACCTGGCCATTCACGTT encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR 3, [0058]TTATATTATCCACTG, encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR1', [0059]TTTTAATCCTTACAATCATGGTACTAAGTACAATGAGAAGTTCAAAGGCAG encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR2', [0060]AGGACCCTATGCCTGGTTTGACACCTG encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR3', [0061]SEQ ID NO:5 encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, i.e. the variable region of a light chain of an mAb according to the present invention; [0062]SEQ ID NO:6 encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2, i.e. the variable region of the heavy chain of an mAb according to the present invention; [0063]SEQ ID NO:11 encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9 i.e. a heavy chain variable region including CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 according to the present invention; [0064]SEQ ID NO:12 encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10, i.e. a heavy chain variable region including CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 according to the present invention; [0065]SEQ ID NO:13 encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7, i.e. a light chain variable region including CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' according to the present invention; and [0066]SEQ ID NO:14 encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8, i.e. a light chain variable region including CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' according to the present invention.

[0067]In another aspect the present invention provides isolated polynucleotides comprising polynucleotides encoding a CD45RO/RB binding molecule, e.g. encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 according to the present invention and/or, preferably and, polynucletides encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3' according to the present invention; and

[0068]Polynucleotides comprising a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 5 and/or, preferably and, a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 6; and

[0069]Polynucleotides comprising polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7 or SEQ ID NO:8 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10; e.g. encoding [0070]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9, [0071]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10, [0072]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9, or [0073]a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10; and

[0074]Polynucleotides comprising a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:11 or of SEQ ID NO:12 and a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:13 or a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:14, preferably comprising [0075]a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:11 and a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:13, [0076]a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:11 and a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:14, [0077]a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:12 and a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:13, or [0078]a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:12 and a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:14.

[0079]"Polynucleotide", if not otherwise specified herein, includes any polyribonucleotide or polydeoxyribonucleotide, which may be unmodified RNA or DNA, or modified RNA or DNA, including without limitation single and double stranded RNA, and RNA that is a mixture of single- and double-stranded regions.

[0080]A polynucleotide according to the present invention, e.g. a polynucleotide encoding the amino acid sequence CDR1, CDR2, CDR3, CDR1', CDR2', CDR3', or of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively, such as a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14, respectively, includes allelic variants thereof and/or their complements; e.g. including a polynucleotide that hybridizes to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14, respectively; e.g. encoding a polypeptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively, e.g. including a functional derivative of said polypeptide, e.g. said functional derivative having at least 65% homology with SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively, e.g. said functional derivative including covalent modifications of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively, e.g. said functional derivative including amino acid sequence variants of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively; e.g. a SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14, respectively includes a sequence, which as a result of the redundancy (degeneracy) of the genetic code, also encodes a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively, or encodes a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence which has at least 80% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10, respectively.

[0081]A CD45RO/RB binding molecule, e.g. which is a chimeric or humanised antibody, may be produced by recombinant DNA techniques. Thus, one or more DNA molecules encoding the CD45RO/RB may be constructed, placed under appropriate control sequences and transferred into a suitable host (organism) for expression by an appropriate vector.

[0082]In another, aspect the present invention provides a polynucleotide which encodes a single, heavy and/or a light chain of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention; and the use of a polynucleotide according to the present invention for the production of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention by recombinant means.

[0083]A CD45RO/RB binding molecule may be obtained according, e.g. analogously, to a method as conventional together with the information provided herein, e.g. with the knowledge of the amino acid sequence of the hypervariable or variable regions and the polynucleotide sequences encoding these regions. A method for constructing a variable domain gene is e.g. described in EP 239 400 and may be briefly summarized as follows: A gene encoding a variable region of a mAb of whatever specificity may be cloned. The DNA segments encoding the framework and hypervariable regions are determined and the DNA segments encoding the hypervariable regions are removed. Double stranded synthetic CDR cassettes are prepared by DNA synthesis according to the CDR and CDR' sequences as specified herein. These cassettes are provided with sticky ends so that they can be ligated at junctions of a desired framework of human origin. Polynucleotides encoding single chain antibodies may also be prepared according to, e.g. analogously, to a method as conventional. A polynucleotide according to the present invention thus prepared may be conveniently transferred into an appropriate expression vector.

[0084]Appropriate cell lines may be found according, e.g. analogously, to a method as conventional. Expression vectors, e.g. comprising suitable promotor(s) and genes encoding heavy and light chain constant parts are known e.g. and are commercially available. Appropriate hosts are known or may be found according, e.g. analogously, to a method as conventional and include cell culture or transgenic animals.

[0085]In another aspect the present invention provides an expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention, e.g. of sequence SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17 or SEQ ID NO:18.

[0086]In another aspect the present invention provides [0087]An expression system comprising a polynucleotide according to the present invention wherein said expression system or part thereof is capable of producing a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention, when said expression system or part thereof is present in a compatible host cell;and [0088]An isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above.

[0089]We have further found that a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention inhibit primary alloimmune responses in a dose-dependent fashion as determined by in vitro MLR. The results indicate that the cells which had been alloactivated in the presence of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention are impaired in their responses to alloantigen. This confirms the indication that a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention can act directly on the effector alloreactive T cells and modulate their function. In addition, the functional properties of T cells derived from the primary MLR were further studied in restimulation experiments in secondary MLR, using specific stimulator cells or third-party stimulators to assess the specificity of the observed functional effects. We have found that the cells derived from primary MLRs in which a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention is present, were impaired in their ability to respond to subsequent optimal stimulation with specific stimulator cells, although there was no antibody added to the secondary cultures. The specificity of the inhibition was demonstrated by the ability of cells treated with a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention to respond normally to stimulator cells from unrelated third-party donors. Restimulation experiments using T cells derived from primary MLR cultures thus indicate that the cells which had been alloactivated a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention are hyporesponsive, i.e. tolerant, to the original alloantigen. Further biological activities are described in examples 7, and 9 to 12.

[0090]Furthermore we have found that cell proliferation in cells pre-treated with a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention could be rescued by exogenous IL-2. This indicates that treatment of alloreactive T cells with a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention induces a state of tolerance. Indeed, the reduced proliferative responses observed in cells treated with a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention, was due to impairement of T cell function, and these cells were able to respond to exogenous IL-2, indicating that these cells are in an anergic, true unresponsive state. The specificity of this response was shown by the ability of cells treated with a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention to proliferate normally to unrelated donor cells to the level of the control treated cells.

[0091]In addition experiments indicate that the binding of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention to CD45RO and CD45RB may inhibit the memory responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from immunized donors to specific recall antigen. Binding of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention to CD45RO and CD45RB thus is also effective in inhibiting memory responses to soluble Ag. The ability of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention to inhibit recall responses to tetanus in PBMC from immunized donors indicate that a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention is able to target and modulate the activation of memory T cells. E.g. these data indicate that a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention in addition to recognizing alloreactive and activated T cells is able to modulate their function, resulting in induction of T cell anergy. This property may be important in treatment of ongoing immune responses to autoantigens and allergens and possibly to alloantigens as seen in autoimmune diseases, allergy and chronic rejection, and diseases, such as psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, where memory responses play a role in the maintenance of disease state. It is believed to be an important feature in a disease situation, such as in autoimmune diseases in which memory responses to autoantigens may play a major role for the disease maintenance.

[0092]We have also found that a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention may modulate T cell proliferative responses in a mixed lymphocyte response (MLR) in vivo, i.e. a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention was found to have corresponding inhibitory properties in vivo testing.

[0093]A CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention may thus have immunosuppressive and tolerogenic properties and may be useful for in vivo and ex-vivo tolerance induction to alloantigens, autoantigens, allergens and bacterial flora antigens, e.g. a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention may be useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases e.g. including autoimmune diseases, such as, but not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune thyroditis, Graves disease, type I and type II diabetes, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren syndrome, scleroderma, autoimmune gastritis, glomerulonephritis, transplant rejection, e.g. organ and tissue allograft and xenograft rejection, graft versus host disease (GVHD), and also psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and allergies.

[0094]In another aspect the present invention provides the use of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention as a pharmaceutical, e.g. in the treatment and prophylaxis of autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and allergies.

[0095]In another aspect the present invention provides a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention for the production of a medicament in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases associated with autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and allergies.

[0096]In another aspect the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention in association with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.

[0097]A pharmaceutical composition may comprise further, e.g. active, ingredients, e.g. other immunomodulatory antibodies such as, but not confined to anti-ICOS, anti-CD154, anti-CD134L or recombinant proteins such as, but not confined to rCTLA-4 (CD152), rOX40 (CD134), or immunomodulatory compounds such as, but not confined to cyclosporin A, FTY720, RAD, rapamycin, FK506, 15-deoxyspergualin, steroids.

[0098]In another aspect the present invention provides a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases associated with autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and allergies comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment and/or prophylaxis an effective amount of a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention, e.g. in the form of a pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention.

[0099]Autoimune diseases to be treated with binding molecule of the present invention further include, but are not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune thyroditis, Graves disease, type I and type II diabetes, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren syndrome, scleroderma, autoimmune gastritis, glomerulonephritis; transplant rejection, e.g. organ and tissue allograft and xenograft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

EXAMPLES

[0100]The invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following examples. They should not, however, be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. In the following examples all temperatures are in degree Celsius.

[0101]The "candidate mAb" or "chimeric antibody" is a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention comprising light chain of SEQ ID NO:3 and heavy chain of SEQ ID NO:4.

[0102]The "humanised antibody" is a CD45RO/RB binding molecule according to the present invention comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:9 or a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10.

[0103]The following abbreviations are used:

APC antigen presenting cellc.p.m. counts per minuteELISA enzyme linked immuno-sorbant assayFACS fluorescence activated cell sortingFc fragment crystallizableF(ab')₂ fragment antigen-binding; bivalentFITC fluorescein isothiocyanateFBS foetal bovine serumGVHD graft-vs-host diseaseHCMV human cytomegalovirus promoterIFN-γ interferon gammaIgE immunoglobulin isotype EIgG immunoglobulin isotype GIL-2 interleukin-2IU unitsMLR mixed lymphocyte reactionMLC mixed lymphocyte cultureMP1 matrix protein 1 from hemophilus influenza PBS phosphate-buffered salinePBL peripheral blood leukocytesPBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPCR polymerase chain reactionSCID severe combined immunodeficiencyT_reg T regulatory cellsxGVHD xeno-graft-vs-host disease

Example 1

Primary Mixed Lymphocyte Response (MLR)

Cells

[0104]Blood samples are obtained from healthy human donors. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are isolated by centrifugation over Ficoll-Hypaque (Pharmacia LKB) from leukocytes from whole peripheral blood, leukopheresis or buffy coats with known blood type, but unknown HLA type. In some MLR experiments, PBMC are directly used as the stimulator cells after the irradiation at 40 Gy. In the other experiments, T cells were depleted from PBMC by using CD2 or CD3 Dynabeads (Dynal, Oslo, Norway). Beads and contaminating cells are removed by magnetic field. T cell-depleted PBMC are used as simulator cells after the irradiation.

[0105]PBMC, CD3.sup.+ T cells or CD4.sup.+ T cells are used as the responder cells in MLR. Cells are prepared from different donors to stimulator cells. CD3.sup.+ T cells are purified by negative selection using anti-CD16 mAb (Zymed, Calif.), goat anti-mouse IgG Dynabeads, anti-CD14 Dynabeads, CD19 Dynabeads. In addition anti-CD8 Dynabeads are used to purify CD4.sup.+ T cells. The cells obtained are analyzed by FACScan or FACSCalibur (Becton Dickinson & Co., CA) and the purity of the cells obtained was >75%. Cells are suspended in RPMI1640 medium, supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FBS, penicillin, streptomycin and L-glutamine.

Reagents

[0106]The chimeric anti-CD45R0/RB mAb "candidate mAb" and an isotype matched control chimeric antibody is also generated. Mouse (Human) control IgG₁ antibody specific for KLH (keyhole limpet hemocyanin) or recombinant human IL-10 is purchased from BD Pharmingen (San Diego, Calif.). Anti-human CD154 mAb 5c8 is according to Lederman et al 1992.

Primary Mixed Lymphocyte Response (MLR)

[0107]Aliquots of 1×10⁵ PBMC or 5×10⁴ of CD3.sup.+ or CD4.sup.+ cells are mixed with 1×10⁵ irradiated PBMC or 5×10⁴ T cells-depleted irradiated (50 Gy) PBMC in the each well of 96-well culture plates (Costar, Cambridge, Mass.) in the presence of the indicated mAb or absence of Ab. In some experiments, F(ab')₂ fragment of goat anti-mouse Ig or goat anti-human Ig specific for Fc portion (Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, Pa.) is added at 10 μg/ml in addition to the candidate mAb To ensure optimal in vitro cross-linking of the target CD45 molecules. The mixed cells are cultured for 4 or 5 days at 37° C. in 5% CO₂ and proliferation is determined by pulsing the cells with ³H-thymidine for the last 16-20 hours of culture. Other experiments are similar to those described above, but with the following exceptions: 1) Medium used is EX-VIVO (Bio-Whittaker) containing 10% FBS and 1% human plasma; 2) Anti-mouse total IgG (5 μg/ml) is used as secondary cross-linking step; 3) Irradiation of stimulator cells is 60 Gy.

[0108]Primary MLR is performed in the presence of the "candidate mAb" or control chimeric IgG₁ (10 μg/ml) both with a second step reagent, F(ab')₂ fragment of goat anti-human Ig specific for Fc portion (10 μg/ml). Percentage inhibition by the "candidate mAb" is calculated in comparison with the cell proliferation in the presence of control IgG₁. Results are shown in TABLE 1 below:

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Inhibition of primary MLR by 10 μg/ml of a candidate mAb according to the present invention Responder Stimulator (Irr. PBMC) % of Inhibition #211 CD4 #219 CD3 63.51 #220 CD4 #219 CD3 depl. 63.07 #227 CD4 #220 CD3 depl. 65.96 #229 CD4 #219 CD3 depl. 50.76 Average ± SD 60.83 ± 6.83* *Significantly different from control value (P < 0.001)

[0109]A candidate mAb according to the present invention inhibits primary MLR as can be seen from TABLE 1. The average inhibitory effect is 60.83±6.83% in four different donors-derived CD4.sup.+ T cells and statistically significant.

[0110]The inhibition of primary MLR by the "candidate mAb" is shown to be dose-dependent in the range of 0.001 and 10 μg/ml of the "candidate mAb" as shown in FIG. 1.

[0111]The IC₅₀ for the inhibition of primary MLR by a "candidate mAb" is determined from the results of three separate MLR experiments using one donor PBMC as responder cells. Thus, responder CD4.sup.+ T cells from Donor #229 and #219 and irradiated PBMC depleted of T cells as stimulators are mixed in the presence of a "candidate mAb" or control chimeric Ab with 10 μg/ml of F(ab')₂ fragment of goat anti-human Ig. Experiments are repeated 3 times and percentage of proliferation in the presence of a "candidate mAb" is calculated in comparison with the T cell proliferation in the presence of control Ab. IC₅₀ value is determined using Origin (V. 6.0®). The cellular activity IC₅₀ value is calculated to be 0.87±0.35 nM (0.13±0.052 μg/ml).

Example 2

Secondary MLR

[0112]In order to assess whether a "candidate mAb" induces unresponsiveness of CD4.sup.+ T cells to specific alloantigens, secondary MLR is performed in the absence of any antibodies after the primary MLC. CD4.sup.+ T cells are cultured with irradiated allogeneic stimulator cells (T cells-depleted PBMC) in the presence of the indicated antibody in 96-well culture plates for 10 days (primary MLC). Then, cells are collected, layered on a Ficoll-Hypaque gradient to remove dead cells, washed twice with RPMI, and restimulated with the same stimulator, 3^rd party stimulator cells or IL-2 (50 U/ml). The cells are cultured for 3 days and the proliferative response is determined by pulsing the cells with ³H-thymidine for the last 16-20 hours of culture.

[0113]Specifically, CD4.sup.+ T cells are cultured with irradiated allogeneic stimulator cells (T cells-depleted PBMC taken from other donors) in the presence of 10 μg/ml of the "candidate mAb", control IgG1 chimeric Ab and F(ab')₂ fragment of goat anti-human Ig. Primary MLR proliferation is determined on day 5. For secondary MLR, the responder and stimulator cells are cultured for 10 days in the presence of the "candidate mAb", then the cells are harvested, washed twice in RPMI1640 and restimulated with specific stimulator, third-party stimulators or IL-2 (50 U/ml) in the absence of any Ab. Cell proliferation is determined on day 3. Results set out in TABLE 2:

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Responder CD4+ T cells Donor # % Inhibition of 2^ry MLR #211 49.90* #220 59.33* #227 58.68* *Significantly different from control value (p = <0.001 determined by t-test, SigmaStat V.2.03). # p = <0.046

[0114]In order to test whether the impaired proliferation is due to unresponsivess as a consequence of the treatment with a "candidate mAb", the cells derived from primary MLR are cultured in the presence of IL-2 (50 U/ml). Addition of IL-2 results in the rescue of proliferative responses of the T cells which had been treated with a "candidate mAb" in primary MLR, to levels similar to those observed in the presence of IgG₁ control Ab. These data indicate that the impaired secondary response in T cells treated with a "candidate mAb" is due to to functional alteration of the responder T cells which become unresponsive to the specific stimulator cells.

[0115]Percentage inhibition is calculated according to the following formula:

c . p . m . with control Ab - c . p . m . with " candidate mAb c . p . m . with control Ab × 100 ##EQU00001##

[0116]Statistical analysis is performed using SigmaStat (Vers. 2.03).

[0117]The data is analyzed by two-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett method. In all test procedures probabilities <0.05 are considered as significant. In some experiments t-test is used (SigmaStat V. 2.03).

Example 3

In Vivo Survival Studies in SCID-Mice

[0118]Engraftment of hu-PBL in SCID Mice

[0119]Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are injected intraperitoneally into SCID mice C.B 17/GbmsTac-Prkdc^scid Lyst^bg mice (Taconic, Germantown, N.Y.) in an amount sufficient to induce a lethal xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease (xGvHD) in >90% of the mice within 4 weeks after cell transfer. Such treated SCID mice are hereinafter designated as hu-PBL-SCID mice

Mab-Treatment of hu-PBL-SCID Mice

[0120]Hu-PBL-SCID mice are treated with a "candidate mAb" or mouse or chimeric isotype matched mAb controls at day 0, immediately after PBMC injection, at day 3, day 7 and at weekly intervals thereafter. Mabs are delivered subcutaneously in 100 μl PBS at a final concentration of 5 mg/kg body weight. The treatment was stopped when all control mice were dead.

Evaluation of Treatment Results

[0121]The main criterion to assess the efficacy of a "candidate mAb" in this study was the survival of the hu-PBL-SCID mice. The significance of the results is evaluated by the statistical method of survival analysis using the Log-rank test (Mantel method) with the help of the Systat v9.01 software. The method of survival analysis is a non-parametric test, which not only consider whether a particular mouse is still alive but also whether if it was sacrificed for reasons irrelevant to the treatment/disease such as the requirement of perform in vitro analysis with its organs/cells. Biopsies of liver, lung, kidney and spleen are obtained from dead mice for further evaluation. In addition, hu-PBL-SCID mice are weighed at the beginning (before cell transfer) and throughout (every two days) the experiment as an indirect estimation of their health status. Linear regression lines were generated using the body weight versus days post-PBMC transfer values obtained from each mouse and subsequently, their slopes (control versus anti-CD45 treated mice) were compared using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test.

Results

[0122]All hu-PBL-SCID mice treated with mouse mAb controls had infiltrated human leukocytes in the lung, liver and spleen and died (4/4) within ca. 2 to 3 weeks after cell transfer. Death is a likely consequence of xGvHD. Control mAb-treated mice furthermore lost weight in a linear manner, ca. 10% and more within 3 weeks.

[0123]All hu-PBL-SCID mice treated with a "candidate mAb" survived (4/4) without any apparent sign of disease more than 4 weeks, even although "candidate mAb"-treatment was stopped after 3 weeks. "Candidate mAb"-treated mice increased weight in a linear manner, up to ca. 5% within 4 weeks.

Example 4

Expression of Antibodies of the Invention

Expression of Humanised Antibody Comprising a SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, or SEQ ID NO:10

[0124]Expression vectors according to the plasmid map shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 are constructed, comprising the corresponding nucleotides encoding the amino acid sequence of humanised light chain variable region humV1 (SEQ ID NO:7), humanised light chain variable region humV2 (SEQ ID NO:8), humanised heavy chain variable region VHE (SEQ ID NO:9), or humanised heavy chain variable region VHQ (SEQ ID NO:10), respectively. These expression vectors have the DNA (nucleotide) sequences SEQ ID NO 15, SEQ ID NO 16, SEQ ID NO 17, or SEQ ID NO 18, respectively.

Construction of Humanised Antibody Heavy and Light Chain Expression Vectors

Human Kappa Light Chain Expression Vectors for Versions VLh and VLm

[0125]In order to construct the final expression vector encoding for the complete humanised light chain of human kappa isotype, DNA fragments encoding the complete light chain variable regions (VLh and VLm) were excised from the VLh and VLm containing PCR-Script cloning vectors (Stratagene) (VLm region) using HindIII and BgIII. The gel-purified fragments were then subcloned into the HindIII and BamHI sites of C21-HCMV Kappa expression vector which was created during construction of the humanised anti-IgE antibody TESC-21 (Kolbinger et al 1993) and which originally received from M. Bendig (MRC Collaborative Centre, London, UK) (Maeda et al. 1991). The ligation products were purified by phenol/chloroform extraction, and electroporated into electrocoporation-competent Epicurian Coli® XL1-Blue strain (Cat. No #200228, Stratagene). After plating on LB/amp agar plates overnight at 37° C., each 12 colonies were picked to prepare plasmid DNA from a 3 ml culture using the BioRobot 9600 (Qiagen). This yielded the light chain expression vectors for the humanised antibody versions VLh and VLm, respectively, as further described in the Figures.

Human Gamma-1 Heavy Chain Expression Vectors for VHQ

[0126]For the construction of the VHQ expression vector, a step-wise approach was taken. First, the complete variable region of VHQ was assembled by PCR according to the methology as described in Kolbinger et al 1993 (Protein Eng. 1993 November; 6(8):971-80) and subcloned into the C21-HCMV-gamma-1 expression from which the C21 insert had been removed using the same enzymes. A HindIII/BamHI fragment of PCRScript clone VHQ containing the complete variable region was then subcloned into expression vector C21-HCMV-gamma-1 cleaved with the same enzymes. This yielded the final expression vector for the humanised antibody version VHQ.

Human Gamma-1 Heavy Chain Expression Vectors for VHE

[0127]The construction of the final VHE expression vector encoding for the complete humanised heavy chain of human gamma-1 isotype was achieved by directly ligating a HindIII and BamHI restricted PCR fragment encoding the variable region into the HindIII and BamHI sites of C21-HCMV gamma-1 expression vector which was created during construction of the humanised anti-IgE antibody TESC-21 (Kolbinger et al 1993) and which was also originally received from M. Bendig (MRC Collaborative Centre, London, UK) (Maeda et al. 1991).

Transient Expression in COS Cells

[0128]The following transfection protocol is adapted for adherent COS cells in 150 mm cell culture dishes, using SuperFect® Transfection Reagent (Cat. No 301305, Qiagen). The four different expression vectors described above are used for transient transfection of cells. For expression of humanised antibody, each of two clones containing heavy chain inserts (VHE or VHQ, respectively) are co-transfected into cells with each of the two clones encoding for the light chains (humV1 or humV2, respectively), in total 4 different combinations of heavy and light chain expression vectors (VHE/humV1, VHE/humV2, VHQ/humV1 and VHQ/humV2). Before transfection, the plasmids are linearized with the restriction endonuclease Pvul which cleaves in the region encoding the resistance gene for ampicillin. The day before transfection, 4×10⁶ COS cells in 30 ml of fresh culture medium are seeded in 150 mm cell culture dishes. Seeding at this cell density generally yielded 80% confluency after 24 hours. On the day of transfection, four different combinations of linearized heavy- and light-chain DNA expression vectors (15 μg each) are diluted in a total volume of 900 μl of fresh medium without serum and antibiotics. 180 μl of SuperFect Transfection Reagent is then mixed thoroughly with the DNA solution. The DNA mixture is incubated for 10 min at room temperature to allow complex formation. While complex formation takes place, the growth medium is removed from COS cell cultures, and cells are washed once with PBS. 9 ml of fresh culture medium (containing 10% FBS and antibiotics) are then added to each reaction tube containing the transfection complexes and well mixed. The final preparation is immediately transferred to each of 4 cultures to be transfected and gently mixed. Cell cultures are then incubated with the DNA complexes for 3 hours at 37° C. and 5% CO2. After incubation, the medium containing transfection complexes is removed and replaced with 30 ml of fresh culture medium. At 48 hr post transfection, the culture supernatants are harvested.

Concentration of Culture Supernatants

[0129]For ELISA and FACS analysis, the culture supernatants collected from COS cells transfected with heavy- and light-chain plasmids are concentrated as follows. 10 ml of each supernatant are added to Centriprep YM-50 Centrifugal Filter Devices (Cat. No 4310, Millipore) as described by the manufacturer. The Centriprep filters are centrifuged for 10 min at 3000 rpm at room temperature. The centrifugation step is then repeated again with the remaining 20 ml of supernatant using only 5 min of centrifugation and supervising the concentration evolution. The intermediate 500 μl of concentrated supernatant is recovered, transferred to new Microcon Centrifugal Filter Devices (Cat. No 42412, Microcon) and further concentrated following the manufacturer's protocol. The concentrated supernatants are centrifuged four times for 24 min at 3000 rpm at room temperature, one time for 10 min at 6000 rpm and then, three times for 5 min, always supervising the concentration evolution. The final volume of concentrated conditioned medium achieved is 100-120 μl corresponding to a 250 to 300-fold concentration of original culture medium and is stored at 4° C. until use. For comparison and control, culture medium from untransfected cells is similarly concentrated, using the same centrifugation protocol described above.

Generation of Stable Sp2/0 Myeloma Transfectants Secreting Humanised Anti-CD45RO/RB Antibodies

[0130]The mouse myeloma cell line Sp2/0 (ATCC, CRL-1581) is electroporated with vectors encoding heavy (VHE or VHQ) and light (humV1 or humV2) chain of the CD45RO/RB binding humanised antibodies. Four different combinations of heavy and light chain expression vectors (VHE/humV1, VHE/humV2, VHQ/humV1 and VHQ/humV2) are transfected according to the following protocol: 20 μg supercoiled DNA of each plasmid is mixed in an electroporation cuvette (0.4 cm gap) with 8×10⁶ live Sp2/0 cells suspended in DMEM/10% FCS culture medium. Electroporation settings are 1500 V, 25 μF using a BioRad GenePulser instrument. After electroporation, cells are cultured for 20 h in culture medium (DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS penicillin, streptomycin and L-glutamine). On day two the selection drug G418 (Cat. No 10131-019, Gibco) is added to a final concentration of 1 mg active drug/ml and the cells are distributed into one 96-well plate, 200 μl each well with approx. 10⁵ cells per well. Ten to 15 days later, G418-surviving clones are expanded in G418-containing medium. Secretion of humanised mAbs from these transfectants is assessed by ELISA, using a coating antibody goat anti-human IgG/Fcγ (Cat. No 109-005-098, Jackson Labs) and a peroxidase-coupled antibody against human kappa light chain (Cat. No A-7164, Sigma). Transfectants, which score positive in this assay are selected for a comparison of productivity on a per cell per day basis, again using ELISA (see below). The best clone of each transfectant is selected for immediate subcloning by limiting dilution, using a seeding density of 1 cell per well. Productivity of G418-surviving subclones is again determined as described above. Subclones are expanded in G418-containing selection medium, until the culture volume reaches 150 ml, at which stage the culture is continued without G418 in flasks destined to feed roller bottles.

[0131]After the first transfection and selection, stable transfectants grow out of the 96-well plates at a frequency of 20.8% for VHE/humV1, 11.5% for VHQ/humV1, 18.8% for VHE/humV2 and 7.3% for VHQ/humV2. After two rounds of subcloning the best two producers are clone 1.33.25 (3.87 pg/cell/day) and clone 1.33.26 (3.43 pg/cell/day) for VHE/humV1 and clone 12.1.4 (1.19 pg/cell/day) and clone 12.1.20 (1.05 pg/cell/day) for VHQ/humV1. The stable Sp2/0 transfectants for VHE/humV1 and VHQ/humV1 are subsequently expanded for antibody production and purification.

[0132]The antibodies are purified from supernatants of stably transfected SP2/0 myeloma cell lines containing 10% FCS by a combination of affinity chromatography using an immobilized anti-human IgGFc matrix and size-exclusion chromatography. If required, endotoxin is removed using an Acticlean Etox column (Sterogene Bioseparations).

Example 5

Determination of Recombinant Human IgG Expression by ELISA

[0133]To determine IgG concentrations of recombinant human antibody expressed in the culture supernatants, a sandwich ELISA protocol has been developed and optimized using human IgG as standard. Flat bottom 96-well microtiter plates (Cat. No 4-39454, Nunc Immunoplate Maxisorp) are coated overnight at 4° C. with 100 μl of goat anti-human IgG (whole molecule, Cat. No 11011, SIGMA) at the final concentration of 0.5 μg/ml in PBS. Wells are then washed 3 times with washing buffer (PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20) and blocked for 1.5 hours at 37° C. with blocking buffer (0.5% BSA in PBS). After 3 washing cycles, the antibody samples and the standard human IgG (Cat. No. 14506, SIGMA) are prepared by serial 1.5-fold dilution in blocking buffer. 100 μl of diluted samples or standard are transfered in duplicate to the coated plate and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature. After incubation, the plates are washed 3 times with washing buffer and subsequently incubated for 1 hour with 100 μl of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-human IgG kappa-light chain (Cat. No A-7164, SIGMA) diluted at 1/4000 in blocking buffer. Control wells received 100 μl of blocking buffer or concentrated normal culture medium. After washing, the colorimetric quantification of bound peroxidase in the sample and standard wells is performed, using a TMB Peroxidase EIA Substrate Kit (Cat. No 172-1067, Bio-Rad) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The peroxidase mixture is added at 100 μl per well and incubated for 30 min at room temperature in the dark. The colorimetric reaction is stopped by addition of 100 μl of 1 M sulfuric acid and the absorbance in each well is read at 450 nm, using an ELISA plate reader (Model 3350-UV, BioRad).

[0134]With a correlation coefficient of 0.998 for the IgG standard curve, the following concentrations are determined for the four different culture concentrates (ca. 250-300 fold concentrated) obtained from transfected COS cells:

VHE/humV1 supernatant=8.26 μg/mlVHE/humV2 supernatant=6.27 μg/mlVHQ/humV1 supernatant=5.3 μg/mlVHQ/humV2 supernatant=5.56 μg/ml

Example 6

FACS Competition Analysis (Binding Affinity)

[0135]The human T-cell line PEER is chosen as the target cell for FACS analysis because it expressed the CD45 antigen on its cell surface. To analyze the binding affinity of humanised antibody supernatants, competition experiments using FITC-labeled chimeric antibody as a reference are performed and compared with the inhibition of purified mouse antibody and of chimeric antibody. PEER cell cultures are centrifuged for 10 seconds at 3000 rpm and the medium is removed. Cells are resuspended in FACS buffer (PBS containing 1% FBS and 0.1% sodium azide) and seeded into 96-well round-bottom microtitter plate at a cell density of 1×10⁵ cells per well. The plate is centrifuged and the supernatant is discarded. For blocking studies, 25 μl of concentrated untransfected medium or isotype matched control antibody (negative controls), unlabeled mouse antibody or chimeric antibody (positive controls) as well as concentrated supernatant containing the various combinations of humanised antibody (samples), is first added in each well at the indicated concentrations in the text. After 1 hour of incubation at 4° C., PEER cells are washed with 200 μl of FACS buffer by centrifugation. Cells are subsequently incubated for 1 hour at 4° C. with chimeric antibody conjugated with FITC in 25 μl of FACS buffer at the final concentration of 20 μg/ml. Cells are washed and resuspended in 300 μl of FACS buffer containing 2 μg/ml propidium iodide which allows gating of viable cells. The cell preparations are analyzed on a flow cytometer (FACSCalibur, Becton Dickinson).

[0136]FACS analyses indicate a dose-dependent blockade of fluorochrome-labeled chimeric antibody by the concentrated humanised antibody culture supernatants. No dose-dependent blockade of chimeric antibody binding is seen with the isotype matched control antibody, indicating that the blocking effect by the different humanised antibody combinations is epitope specific and that epitope specificity appears to be retained after the humanisation process.

[0137]Undiluted supernatant from the above mentioned SP2/0 transfectants or chimeric antibody (positive controls) or isotype matched control antibody (negative controls) at 2 μg/ml in culture medium are incubated with 1.5×10⁵ PEER cells in 100 μl for 30 min at 4° C. Then, 100 μl PBS containing FITC-labeled chimeric antibody is added to each sample and incubation at 4° C. continues for another 30 minutes. After washing, cells are resuspended in FACS-PBS containing 1 μg/ml 7-Amino-Actinomycin D and analyzed by flow cytometry using a Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur instrument and the CellQuest Pro Software. Gating was on live cells, i.e. 7-Amino-Actinomycin D--negative events.

[0138]FACS analyses show that unlabeled humanised CD45RB/RO binding molecules, e.g. VHE/humV1 and VHQ/humV1 but not the isotype matched control antibody compete with FITC-labeled chimeric antibody for binding to the human CD45-positive T cell line PEER.

Example 7

Biological Activities of CD45RB/RO Binding Molecules

[0139]In this study, we have addressed whether CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody, when present in cultures of polyclonally activated primary human T cells (i) supports the differentiation of T cells with a characteristic Treg phenotype, (ii) prevents or enhances apoptosis following T cell activation, and (iii) affects expression of subset-specific antigens and receptors after restimulation.

CD45RB/RO Binding Chimeric Antibody Enhances Cell Death in Polyclonally Activated T Cells

[0140]Primary T cells (mixture of CD4+ and CD8+ T subsets) were subjected to activation by anti-CD3 plus anti-CD28 mAb (200 ng/ml each) in the presence or absence (=control) of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody. Excess antibodies were removed by washing on day 2. 7-amino-actinomycin D (7-AAD) as a DNA-staining dye taken up by apoptotic and necrotic cells was used to measure cell death following activation. The results show that activation of T cells in the presence of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody increased the fraction of 7-AAD positive cells than two-fold on day 2 after activation. On day 7, the portion of 7-AAD positive cells was again similar in CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody-treated and control cultures.

CD45RB/RO Binding Chimeric Antibody but not Control mAb Treated T Cells Display a T Regulatory Cell (Treg) Phenotype

[0141]Increased expression of CD25 and the negative regulatory protein CTLA-4 (CD152) is a marker of Treg cells. Functional suppression of primary and secondary T cell responses by CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody may be due to the induction of Treg cells. To address this issue, T cells were activated by anti-CD3+CD28 mAbs and cultured in the presence of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody or anti-LPS control mAb. The time course of CTLA-4 and CD25 expression reveals marked differences between controls and CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody-treated T cells on days 1 and 3 after secondary stimulation, indicating a Treg phenotype.

Intracellular CTLA-4 Expression is Sustained in the Presence of CD45RB/RO Binding Chimeric Antibody

[0142]It has been reported that substantial amounts of CTLA-4 can also be found intracellularly. Therefore, in parallel to surface CTLA-4 staining, intracellular CTLA-4 expression was analyzed. Moderate differences between T cell cultures were seen on day 4 after stimulation. After prolonged culture, however, high levels of intracellular CTLA-4 were sustained only in CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody-treated but not in control T cells.

CD45RB/RO Binding Chimeric Antibody-Treated T Cells Become Double Positive for CD4 and CD8

[0143]Following stimulation, T cells induce and upregulate the expression of several surface receptors, such as CD25, CD152 (CTLA-4), CD154 (CD40-Ligand) and others. In contrast, the level of expression of CD4 or CD8 is thought to stay relatively constant. We reproducibly observed a strong increase of both CD4 and CD8 antigens on CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody-treated but not on control Ab-treated T cells after activation. The emergence of a CD4/CD8 double-positive T cell population seems to be due to the upregulation of CD4 on the CD8+ subset and conversely, CD8 on the CD4+ subset. This contrasts with a moderately low percentage of double positive T cells in control cultures.

High IL-2 Receptor Alpha-Chain, but Very Low Beta-Chain Expression by CD45RB/RO Binding Chimeric Antibody-Treated T Cells

[0144]Treg cells are known to be constitutively positive for CD25, the IL-2 receptor alpha-chain. The regulation of other subunits of the trimeric IL-2 receptor on Treg cells is not known. Recently we have compared the expression of the beta-chain of IL-2 receptor, e.g. CD122, on T cells activated and propagated in the presence or absence of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody. The results show that CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody-treated T cells have about ten-fold lower CD122 expression as compared to T cells in control cultures. This difference may indicate that Treg cells require factors other than IL-2 to proliferate.

Example 8

Sequences of the Invention (CDR Sequences of the Invention are Underlined)

SEQ ID NO:1

Part of the Amino Acid Sequence of Chimeric Light Chain

TABLE-US-00003 [0145]DILLTQSPAILSVSPGERVSFSCRASQNIGTSIQWYQQRTNGSPRLLIRS SSESISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLSINSVESEDIADYYCQQSNTWPFTFGS GTKLEIK

SEQ ID NO:2

Part of the Amino Acid Sequence of Chimeric Heavy Chain

TABLE-US-00004 [0146]EVQLQQSGPELVKPGASVKMSCKASGYTFTNYIIHWVKQEPGQGLEWIGY FNPYNHGTKYNEKFKGRATLTADKSSNTAYMDLSSLTSEDSAIYYCARSG PYAWFDTWGQGTTVTVSS

SEQ ID NO:3

Amino Acid Sequence of Chimeric Light Chain

TABLE-US-00005 [0147]DILLTQSPAILSVSPGERVSFSCRASQNIGTSIQWYQQRTNGSPRLLIRS SSESISGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLSINSVESEDIADYYCQQSNTWPFTFGS GTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKV DNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQG LSSPVTKSFNRGEC

SEQ ID NO:4

Amino Acid Sequence of Chimeric Heavy Chain

TABLE-US-00006 [0148]EVQLQQSGPELVKPGASVKMSCKASGYTFTNYIIHWVKQEPGQGLEWIGY FNPYNHGTKYNEKFKGRATLTADKSSNTAYMDLSSLTSEDSAIYYCARSG PYAWFDTWGQGTTVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDY FPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYI CNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKD TLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNST YRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVY TLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLD SDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK

SEQ ID NO:5

Nucleotide Sequence Encoding a Polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1

TABLE-US-00007 [0149]GACATTCTGCTGACCCAGTCTCCAGCCATCCTGTCTGTGAGTCCAGGAGA AAGAGTCAGTTTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAACATTGGCACAAGCATAC AGTGGTATCAACAAAGAACAAATGGTTCTCCAAGGCTTCTCATAAGGTCT TCTTCTGAGTCTATCTCTGGGATCCCTTCCAGGTTTAGTGGCAGTGGATC AGGGACAGATTTTACTCTTAGCATCAACAGTGTGGAGTCTGAAGATATTG CAGATTATTACTGTCAACAAAGTAATACCTGGCCATTCACGTTCGGCTCG GGGACCAAGCTTGAAATCAAA

SEQ ID NO:6

Nucleotide Sequence Encoding a Polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2

TABLE-US-00008 [0150]GAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCAGGACCTGAACTGGTAAAGCCTGGGGCTTC AGTGAAGATGTCCTGCAAGGCCTCTGGATACACATTCACTAATTATATTA TCCACTGGGTGAAGCAGGAGCCTGGTCAGGGCCTTGAATGGATTGGATAT TTTAATCCTTACAATCATGGTACTAAGTACAATGAGAAGTTCAAAGGCAG GGCCACACTAACTGCAGACAAATCCTCCAACACAGCCTACATGGACCTCA GCAGCCTGACCTCTGAGGACTCTGCGATCTACTACTGTGCAAGATCAGGA CCCTATGCCTGGTTTGACACCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTC CTCA

SEQ ID NO:7

[0151]Part of Amino Acid Sequence of Humanised Light Chain Designated humV2 (humV2=VLm)

TABLE-US-00009 DILLTQSPAT LSLSPGERAT FSCRASQNIG TSIQWYQQKT NGAPRLLIRS SSESISGIPS RFSGSGSGTD FTLTISSLEP EDFAVYYCQQ SNTWPFTFGQ GTKLEIK

SEQ ID NO:8

[0152]Part of Amino Acid Sequence of Humanised Light Chain Designated humV1 (humV1=VLh)

TABLE-US-00010 DILLTQSPAT LSLSPGERAT LSCRASQNIG TSIQWYQQKP GQAPRLLIRS SSESISGIPS RFSGSGSGTD FTLTISSLEP EDFAVYYCQQ SNTWPFTFGQ GTKLEIK

SEQ ID NO:9

Part of Amino Acid Sequence of Humanised Heavy Chain Designated VHE

TABLE-US-00011 [0153] EVQLVESGAE VKKPGASVKV SCKASGYTFT NYIIHWVKQE PGQGLEWIGY FNPYNHGTKY NEKFKGRATL TANKSISTAY MELSSLRSED TAVYYCARSG PYAWFDTWGQ GTTVTVSS

SEQ ID NO:10

Part of Amino Acid Sequence of Humanised Heavy Chain Designated VHQ

TABLE-US-00012 [0154] QVQLVESGAE VKKPGASVKV SCKASGYTFT NYIIHWVKQE PGQGLEWIGY FNPYNHGTKY NEKFKGRATL TANKSISTAY MELSSLRSED TAVYYCARSG PYAWFDTWGQ GTTVTVSS

SEQ ID NO:11

Nucleotide Sequence Encoding Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO:9

TABLE-US-00013 [0155]GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCAGGAGCCGAAGTGAAAAAGCCTGGGGCTTC AGTGAAGGTGTCCTGCAAGGCCTCTGGATACACATTCACTAATTATATTA TCCACTGGGTGAAGCAGGAGCCTGGTCAGGGCCTTGAATGGATTGGATAT TTTAATCCTTACAATCATGGTACTAAGTACAATGAGAAGTTCAAAGGCAG GGCCACACTAACTGCAAACAAATCCATCAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTCA GCAGCCTGCGCTCTGAGGACACTGCGGTCTACTACTGTGCAAGATCAGGA CCCTATGCCTGGTTTGACACCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTC CTCA

SEQ ID NO:12

Nucleotide Sequence Encoding Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO:10

TABLE-US-00014 [0156]CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCAGGAGCCGAAGTGAAAAAGCCTGGGGCTTC AGTGAAGGTGTCCTGCAAGGCCTCTGGATACACATTCACTAATTATATTA TCCACTGGGTGAAGCAGGAGCCTGGTCAGGGCCTTGAATGGATTGGATAT TTTAATCCTTACAATCATGGTACTAAGTACAATGAGAAGTTCAAAGGCAG GGCCACACTAACTGCAAACAAATCCATCAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTCA GCAGCCTGCGCTCTGAGGACACTGCGGTCTACTACTGTGCAAGATCAGGA CCCTATGCCTGGTTTGACACCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACCGTCTC CTCA

SEQ ID NO:13

Nucleotide Sequence Encoding Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO:7

TABLE-US-00015 [0157]GACATTCTGCTGACCCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTCTGAGTCCAGGAGA AAGAGCCACTTTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAACATTGGCACAAGCATAC AGTGGTATCAACAAAAAACAAATGGTGCTCCAAGGCTTCTCATAAGGTCT TCTTCTGAGTCTATCTCTGGGATCCCTTCCAGGTTTAGTGGCAGTGGATC AGGGACAGATTTTACTCTTACCATCAGCAGTCTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTG CAGTGTATTACTGTCAACAAAGTAATACCTGGCCATTCACGTTCGGCCAG GGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA

SEQ ID NO:14

Nucleotide Sequence Encoding Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO:8

TABLE-US-00016 [0158]GACATTCTGCTGACCCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTCTGAGTCCAGGAGA AAGAGCCACTCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAACATTGGCACAAGCATAC AGTGGTATCAACAAAAACCAGGTCAGGCTCCAAGGCTTCTCATAAGGTCT TCTTCTGAGTCTATCTCTGGGATCCCTTCCAGGTTTAGTGGCAGTGGATC AGGGACAGATTTTACTCTTACCATCAGCAGTCTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTG CAGTGTATTACTGTCAACAAAGTAATACCTGGCCATTCACGTTCGGCCAG GGGACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAA

SEQ ID NO:15

Nucleotide Sequence of the Expression Vector HCMV-G1 HuAb-VHQ

[0159](Complete DNA Sequence of a Humanised Heavy Chain Expression Vector Comprising SEQ ID NO:12 (VHQ) from 3921-4274)

TABLE-US-00017 1 AGCTTTTTGC AAAAGCCTAG GCCTCCAAAA AAGCCTCCTC ACTACTTCTG 51 GAATAGCTCA GAGGCCGAGG CGGCCTCGGC CTCTGCATAA ATAAAAAAAA 101 TTAGTCAGCC ATGGGGCGGA GAATGGGCGG AACTGGGCGG AGTTAGGGGC 151 GGGATGGGCG GAGTTAGGGG CGGGACTATG GTTGCTGACT AATTGAGATG 201 CATGCTTTGC ATACTTCTGC CTGCTGGGGA GCCTGGTTGC TGACTAATTG 251 AGATGCATGC TTTGCATACT TCTGCCTGCT GGGGAGCCTG GGGACTTTCC 301 ACACCCTAAC TGACACACAT TCCACAGCTG CCTCGCGCGT TTCGGTGATG 351 ACGGTGAAAA CCTCTGACAC ATGCAGCTCC CGGAGACGGT CACAGCTTGT 401 CTGTAAGCGG ATGCCGGGAG CAGACAAGCC CGTCAGGGCG CGTCAGCGGG 451 TGTTGGCGGG TGTCGGGGCG CAGCCATGAC CCAGTCACGT AGCGATAGCG 501 GAGTGTATAC TGGCTTAACT ATGCGGCATC AGAGCAGATT GTACTGAGAG 551 TGCACCATAT GCGGTGTGAA ATACCGCACA GATGCGTAAG GAGAAAATAC 601 CGCATCAGGC GCTCTTCCGC TTCCTCGCTC ACTGACTCGC TGCGCTCGGT 651 CGTTCGGCTG CGGCGAGCGG TATCAGCTCA CTCAAAGGCG GTAATACGGT 701 TATCCACAGA ATCAGGGGAT AACGCAGGAA AGAACATGTG AGCAAAAGGC 751 CAGCAAAAGG CCAGGAACCG TAAAAAGGCC GCGTTGCTGG CGTTTTTCCA 801 TAGGCTCCGC CCCCCTGACG AGCATCACAA AAATCGACGC TCAAGTCAGA 851 GGTGGCGAAA CCCGACAGGA CTATAAAGAT ACCAGGCGTT TCCCCCTGGA 901 AGCTCCCTCG TGCGCTCTCC TGTTCCGACC CTGCCGCTTA CCGGATACCT 951 GTCCGCCTTT CTCCCTTCGG GAAGCGTGGC GCTTTCTCAT AGCTCACGCT 1001 GTAGGTATCT CAGTTCGGTG TAGGTCGTTC GCTCCAAGCT GGGCTGTGTG 1051 CACGAACCCC CCGTTCAGCC CGACCGCTGC GCCTTATCCG GTAACTATCG 1101 TCTTGAGTCC AACCCGGTAA GACACGACTT ATCGCCACTG GCAGCAGCCA 1151 CTGGTAACAG GATTAGCAGA GCGAGGTATG TAGGCGGTGC TACAGAGTTC 1201 TTGAAGTGGT GGCCTAACTA CGGCTACACT AGAAGGACAG TATTTGGTAT 1251 CTGCGCTCTG CTGAAGCCAG TTACCTTCGG AAAAAGAGTT GGTAGCTCTT 1301 GATCCGGCAA ACAAACCACC GCTGGTAGCG GTGGTTTTTT TGTTTGCAAG 1351 CAGCAGATTA CGCGCAGAAA AAAAGGATCT CAAGAAGATC CTTTGATCTT 1401 TTCTACGGGG TCTGACGCTC AGTGGAACGA AAACTCACGT TAAGGGATTT 1451 TGGTCATGAG ATTATCAAAA AGGATCTTCA CCTAGATCCT TTTAAATTAA 1501 AAATGAAGTT TTAAATCAAT CTAAAGTATA TATGAGTAAA CTTGGTCTGA 1551 CAGTTACCAA TGCTTAATCA GTGAGGCACC TATCTCAGCG ATCTGTCTAT 1601 TTCGTTCATC CATAGTTGCC TGACTCCCCG TCGTGTAGAT AACTACGATA 1651 CGGGAGGGCT TACCATCTGG CCCCAGTGCT GCAATGATAC CGCGAGACCC 1701 ACGCTCACCG GCTCCAGATT TATCAGCAAT AAACCAGCCA GCCGGAAGGG 1751 CCGAGCGCAG AAGTGGTCCT GCAACTTTAT CCGCCTCCAT CCAGTCTATT 1801 AATTGTTGCC GGGAAGCTAG AGTAAGTAGT TCGCCAGTTA ATAGTTTGCG 1851 CAACGTTGTT GCCATTGCTG CAGGCATCGT GGTGTCACGC TCGTCGTTTG 1901 GTATGGCTTC ATTCAGCTCC GGTTCCCAAC GATCAAGGCG AGTTACATGA 1951 TCCCCCATGT TGTGCAAAAA AGCGGTTAGC TCCTTCGGTC CTCCGATCGT 2001 TGTCAGAAGT AAGTTGGCCG CAGTGTTATC ACTCATGGTT ATGGCAGCAC 2051 TGCATAATTC TCTTACTGTC ATGCCATCCG TAAGATGCTT TTCTGTGACT 2101 GGTGAGTACT CAACCAAGTC ATTCTGAGAA TAGTGTATGC GGCGACCGAG 2151 TTGCTCTTGC CCGGCGTCAA CACGGGATAA TACCGCGCCA CATAGCAGAA 2201 CTTTAAAAGT GCTCATCATT GGAAAACGTT CTTCGGGGCG AAAACTCTCA 2251 AGGATCTTAC CGCTGTTGAG ATCCAGTTCG ATGTAACCCA CTCGTGCACC 2301 CAACTGATCT TCAGCATCTT TTACTTTCAC CAGCGTTTCT GGGTGAGCAA 2351 AAACAGGAAG GCAAAATGCC GCAAAAAAGG GAATAAGGGC GACACGGAAA 2401 TGTTGAATAC TCATACTCTT CCTTTTTCAA TATTATTGAA GCATTTATCA 2451 GGGTTATTGT CTCATGAGCG GATACATATT TGAATGTATT TAGAAAAATA 2501 AACAAATAGG GGTTCCGCGC ACATTTCCCC GAAAAGTGCC ACCTGACGTC 2551 TAAGAAACCA TTATTATCAT GACATTAACC TATAAAAATA GGCGTATCAC 2601 GAGGCCCTTT CGTCTTCAAG AATTCAGCTT GGCTGCAGTG AATAATAAAA 2651 TGTGTGTTTG TCCGAAATAC GCGTTTTGAG ATTTCTGTCG CCGACTAAAT 2701 TCATGTCGCG CGATAGTGGT GTTTATCGCC GATAGAGATG GCGATATTGG 2751 AAAAATCGAT ATTTGAAAAT ATGGCATATT GAAAATGTCG CCGATGTGAG 2801 TTTCTGTGTA ACTGATATCG CCATTTTTCC AAAAGTGATT TTTGGGCATA 2851 CGCGATATCT GGCGATAGCG CTTATATCGT TTACGGGGGA TGGCGATAGA 2901 CGACTTTGGT GACTTGGGCG ATTCTGTGTG TCGCAAATAT CGCAGTTTCG 2951 ATATAGGTGA CAGACGATAT GAGGCTATAT CGCCGATAGA GGCGACATCA 3001 AGCTGGCACA TGGCCAATGC ATATCGATCT ATACATTGAA TCAATATTGG 3051 CCATTAGCCA TATTATTCAT TGGTTATATA GCATAAATCA ATATTGGCTA 3101 TTGGCCATTG CATACGTTGT ATCCATATCA TAATATGTAC ATTTATATTG 3151 GCTCATGTCC AACATTACCG CCATGTTGAC ATTGATTATT GACTAGTTAT 3201 TAATAGTAAT CAATTACGGG GTCATTAGTT CATAGCCCAT ATATGGAGTT 3251 CCGCGTTACA TAACTTACGG TAAATGGCCC GCCTGGCTGA CCGCCCAACG 3301 ACCCCCGCCC ATTGACGTCA ATAATGACGT ATGTTCCCAT AGTAACGCCA 3351 ATAGGGACTT TCCATTGACG TCAATGGGTG GAGTATTTAC GGTAAACTGC 3401 CCACTTGGCA GTACATCAAG TGTATCATAT GCCAAGTACG CCCCCTATTG 3451 ACGTCAATGA CGGTAAATGG CCCGCCTGGC ATTATGCCCA GTACATGACC 3501 TTATGGGACT TTCCTACTTG GCAGTACATC TACGTATTAG TCATCGCTAT 3551 TACCATGGTG ATGCGGTTTT GGCAGTACAT CAATGGGCGT GGATAGCGGT 3601 TTGACTCACG GGGATTTCCA AGTCTCCACC CCATTGACGT CAATGGGAGT 3651 TTGTTTTGGC ACCAAAATCA ACGGGACTTT CCAAAATGTC GTAACAACTC 3701 CGCCCCATTG ACGCAAATGG GCGGTAGGCG TGTACGGTGG GAGGTCTATA 3751 TAAGCAGAGC TCGTTTAGTG AACCGTCAGA TCGCCTGGAG ACGCCATCCA 3801 CGCTGTTTTG ACCTCCATAG AAGACACCGG GACCGATCCA GCCTCCGCAA 3851 GCTTGCCGCC ACCATGGACT GGACCTGGAG GGTGTTCTGC CTGCTGGCCG 3901 TGGCCCCCGG CGCCCACAGC CAGGTGCAGC TGGTGGAGTC AGGAGCCGAA 3951 GTGAAAAAGC CTGGGGCTTC AGTGAAGGTG TCCTGCAAGG CCTCTGGATA 4001 CACATTCACT AATTATATTA TCCACTGGGT GAAGCAGGAG CCTGGTCAGG 4051 GCCTTGAATG GATTGGATAT TTTAATCCTT ACAATCATGG TACTAAGTAC 4101 AATGAGAAGT TCAAAGGCAG GGCCACACTA ACTGCAAACA AATCCATCAG 4151 CACAGCCTAC ATGGAGCTCA GCAGCCTGCG CTCTGAGGAC ACTGCGGTCT 4201 ACTACTGTGC AAGATCAGGA CCCTATGCCT GGTTTGACAC CTGGGGCCAA 4251 GGGACCACGG TCACCGTCTC CTCAGGTGAG TTCTAGAAGG ATCCCAAGCT 4301 AGCTTTCTGG GGCAGGCCAG GCCTGACCTT GGCTTTGGGG CAGGGAGGGG 4351 GCTAAGGTGA GGCAGGTGGC GCCAGCCAGG TGCACACCCA ATGCCCATGA 4401 GCCCAGACAC TGGACGCTGA ACCTCGCGGA CAGTTAAGAA CCCAGGGGCC 4451 TCTGCGCCCT GGGCCCAGCT CTGTCCCACA CCGCGGTCAC ATGGCACCAC 4501 CTCTCTTGCA GCCTCCACCA AGGGCCCATC GGTCTTCCCC CTGGCACCCT 4551 CCTCCAAGAG CACCTCTGGG GGCACAGCGG CCCTGGGCTG CCTGGTCAAG 4601 GACTACTTCC CCGAACCGGT GACGGTGTCG TGGAACTCAG GCGCCCTGAC 4651 CAGCGGCGTG CACACCTTCC CGGCTGTCCT ACAGTCCTCA GGACTCTACT 4701 CCCTCAGCAG CGTGGTGACC GTGCCCTCCA GCAGCTTGGG CACCCAGACC 4751 TACATCTGCA ACGTGAATCA CAAGCCCAGC AACACCAAGG TGGACAAGAA 4801 AGTTGGTGAG AGGCCAGCAC AGGGAGGGAG GGTGTCTGCT GGAAGCCAGG 4851 CTCAGCGCTC CTGCCTGGAC GCATCCCGGC TATGCAGCCC CAGTCCAGGG 4901 CAGCAAGGCA GGCCCCGTCT GCCTCTTCAC CCGGAGGCCT CTGCCCGCCC 4951 CACTCATGCT CAGGGAGAGG GTCTTCTGGC TTTTTCCCCA GGCTCTGGGC 5001 AGGCACAGGC TAGGTGCCCC TAACCCAGGC CCTGCACACA AAGGGGCAGG 5051 TGCTGGGCTC AGACCTGCCA AGAGCCATAT CCGGGAGGAC CCTGCCCCTG 5101 ACCTAAGCCC ACCCCAAAGG CCAAACTCTC CACTCCCTCA GCTCGGACAC 5151 CTTCTCTCCT CCCAGATTCC AGTAACTCCC AATCTTCTCT CTGCAGAGCC 5201 CAAATCTTGT GACAAAACTC ACACATGCCC ACCGTGCCCA GGTAAGCCAG 5251 CCCAGGCCTC GCCCTCCAGC TCAAGGCGGG ACAGGTGCCC TAGAGTAGCC 5301 TGCATCCAGG GACAGGCCCC AGCCGGGTGC TGACACGTCC ACCTCCATCT 5351 CTTCCTCAGC ACCTGAACTC CTGGGGGGAC CGTCAGTCTT CCTCTTCCCC 5401 CCAAAACCCA AGGACACCCT CATGATCTCC CGGACCCCTG AGGTCACATG 5451 CGTGGTGGTG GACGTGAGCC ACGAAGACCC TGAGGTCAAG TTCAACTGGT 5501 ACGTGGACGG CGTGGAGGTG CATAATGCCA AGACAAAGCC GCGGGAGGAG 5551 CAGTACAACA GCACGTACCG TGTGGTCAGC GTCCTCACCG TCCTGCACCA 5601 GGACTGGCTG AATGGCAAGG AGTACAAGTG CAAGGTCTCC AACAAAGCCC 5651 TCCCAGCCCC CATCGAGAAA ACCATCTCCA AAGCCAAAGG TGGGACCCGT 5701 GGGGTGCGAG GGCCACATGG ACAGAGGCCG GCTCGGCCCA CCCTCTGCCC 5751 TGAGAGTGAC CGCTGTACCA ACCTCTGTCC CTACAGGGCA GCCCCGAGAA 5801 CCACAGGTGT ACACCCTGCC CCCATCCCGG GATGAGCTGA CCAAGAACCA 5851 GGTCAGCCTG ACCTGCCTGG TCAAAGGCTT CTATCCCAGC GACATCGCCG 5901 TGGAGTGGGA GAGCAATGGG CAGCCGGAGA ACAACTACAA GACCACGCCT 5951 CCCGTGCTGG ACTCCGACGG CTCCTTCTTC CTCTACAGCA AGCTCACCGT 6001 GGACAAGAGC AGGTGGCAGC AGGGGAACGT CTTCTCATGC TCCGTGATGC 6051 ATGAGGCTCT GCACAACCAC TACACGCAGA AGAGCCTCTC CCTGTCTCCG 6101 GGTAAATGAG TGCGACGGCC GGCAAGCCCC CGCTCCCCGG GCTCTCGCGG 6151 TCGCACGAGG ATGCTTGGCA CGTACCCCCT GTACATACTT CCCGGGCGCC 6201 CAGCATGGAA ATAAAGCACC CAGCGCTGCC CTGGGCCCCT GCGAGACTGT

6251 GATGGTTCTT TCCACGGGTC AGGCCGAGTC TGAGGCCTGA GTGGCATGAG 6301 ATCTGATATC ATCGATGAAT TCGAGCTCGG TACCCGGGGA TCGATCCAGA 6351 CATGATAAGA TACATTGATG AGTTTGGACA AACCACAACT AGAATGCAGT 6401 GAAAAAAATG CTTTATTTGT GAAATTTGTG ATGCTATTGC TTTATTTGTA 6451 ACCATTATAA GCTGCAATAA ACAAGTTAAC AACAACAATT GCATTCATTT 6501 TATGTTTCAG GTTCAGGGGG AGGTGTGGGA GGTTTTTTAA AGCAAGTAAA 6551 ACCTCTACAA ATGTGGTATG GCTGATTATG ATCTCTAGTC AAGGCACTAT 6601 ACATCAAATA TTCCTTATTA ACCCCTTTAC AAATTAAAAA GCTAAAGGTA 6651 CACAATTTTT GAGCATAGTT ATTAATAGCA GACACTCTAT GCCTGTGTGG 6701 AGTAAGAAAA AACAGTATGT TATGATTATA ACTGTTATGC CTACTTATAA 6751 AGGTTACAGA ATATTTTTCC ATAATTTTCT TGTATAGCAG TGCAGCTTTT 6801 TCCTTTGTGG TGTAAATAGC AAAGCAAGCA AGAGTTCTAT TACTAAACAC 6851 AGCATGACTC AAAAAACTTA GCAATTCTGA AGGAAAGTCC TTGGGGTCTT 6901 CTACCTTTCT CTTCTTTTTT GGAGGAGTAG AATGTTGAGA GTCAGCAGTA 6951 GCCTCATCAT CACTAGATGG CATTTCTTCT GAGCAAAACA GGTTTTCCTC 7001 ATTAAAGGCA TTCCACCACT GCTCCCATTC ATCAGTTCCA TAGGTTGGAA 7051 TCTAAAATAC ACAAACAATT AGAATCAGTA GTTTAACACA TTATACACTT 7101 AAAAATTTTA TATTTACCTT AGAGCTTTAA ATCTCTGTAG GTAGTTTGTC 7151 CAATTATGTC ACACCACAGA AGTAAGGTTC CTTCACAAAG ATCCGGGACC 7201 AAAGCGGCCA TCGTGCCTCC CCACTCCTGC AGTTCGGGGG CATGGATGCG 7251 CGGATAGCCG CTGCTGGTTT CCTGGATGCC GACGGATTTG CACTGCCGGT 7301 AGAACTCCGC GAGGTCGTCC AGCCTCAGGC AGCAGCTGAA CCAACTCGCG 7351 AGGGGATCGA GCCCGGGGTG GGCGAAGAAC TCCAGCATGA GATCCCCGCG 7401 CTGGAGGATC ATCCAGCCGG CGTCCCGGAA AACGATTCCG AAGCCCAACC 7451 TTTCATAGAA GGCGGCGGTG GAATCGAAAT CTCGTGATGG CAGGTTGGGC 7501 GTCGCTTGGT CGGTCATTTC GAACCCCAGA GTCCCGCTCA GAAGAACTCG 7551 TCAAGAAGGC GATAGAAGGC GATGCGCTGC GAATCGGGAG CGGCGATACC 7601 GTAAAGCACG AGGAAGCGGT CAGCCCATTC GCCGCCAAGC TCTTCAGCAA 7651 TATCACGGGT AGCCAACGCT ATGTCCTGAT AGCGGTCCGC CACACCCAGC 7701 CGGCCACAGT CGATGAATCC AGAAAAGCGG CCATTTTCCA CCATGATATT 7751 CGGCAAGCAG GCATCGCCAT GGGTCACGAC GAGATCCTCG CCGTCGGGCA 7801 TGCGCGCCTT GAGCCTGGCG AACAGTTCGG CTGGCGCGAG CCCCTGATGC 7851 TCTTCGTCCA GATCATCCTG ATCGACAAGA CCGGCTTCCA TCCGAGTACG 7901 TGCTCGCTCG ATGCGATGTT TCGCTTGGTG GTCGAATGGG CAGGTAGCCG 7951 GATCAAGCGT ATGCAGCCGC CGCATTGCAT CAGCCATGAT GGATACTTTC 8001 TCGGCAGGAG CAAGGTGAGA TGACAGGAGA TCCTGCCCCG GCACTTCGCC 8051 CAATAGCAGC CAGTCCCTTC CCGCTTCAGT GACAACGTCG AGCACAGCTG 8101 CGCAAGGAAC GCCCGTCGTG GCCAGCCACG ATAGCCGCGC TGCCTCGTCC 8151 TGCAGTTCAT TCAGGGCACC GGACAGGTCG GTCTTGACAA AAAGAACCGG 8201 GCGCCCCTGC GCTGACAGCC GGAACACGGC GGCATCAGAG CAGCCGATTG 8251 TCTGTTGTGC CCAGTCATAG CCGAATAGCC TCTCCACCCA AGCGGCCGGA 8301 GAACCTGCGT GCAATCCATC TTGTTCAATC ATGCGAAACG ATCCTCATCC 8351 TGTCTCTTGA TCAGATCTTG ATCCCCTGCG CCATCAGATC CTTGGCGGCA 8401 AGAAAGCCAT CCAGTTTACT TTGCAGGGCT TCCCAACCTT ACCAGAGGGC 8451 GCCCCAGCTG GCAATTCCGG TTCGCTTGCT GTCCATAAAA CCGCCCAGTC 8501 TAGCTATCGC CATGTAAGCC CACTGCAAGC TACCTGCTTT CTCTTTGCGC 8551 TTGCGTTTTC CCTTGTCCAG ATAGCCCAGT AGCTGACATT CATCCGGGGT 8601 CAGCACCGTT TCTGCGGACT GGCTTTCTAC GTGTTCCGCT TCCTTTAGCA 8651 GCCCTTGCGC CCTGAGTGCT TGCGGCAGCG TGAAGCT

SEQ ID NO:16

Nucleotide Sequence of the Expression Vector HCMV-G1 HuAb-VHE

[0160](Complete DNA Sequence of a Humanised Heavy Chain Expression Vector Comprising SEQ ID NO: 11 (VHE) from 3921-4274)

TABLE-US-00018 1 AGCTTTTTGC AAAAGCCTAG GCCTCCAAAA AAGCCTCCTC ACTACTTCTG 51 GAATAGCTCA GAGGCCGAGG CGGCCTCGGC CTCTGCATAA ATAAAAAAAA 101 TTAGTCAGCC ATGGGGCGGA GAATGGGCGG AACTGGGCGG AGTTAGGGGC 151 GGGATGGGCG GAGTTAGGGG CGGGACTATG GTTGCTGACT AATTGAGATG 201 CATGCTTTGC ATACTTCTGC CTGCTGGGGA GCCTGGTTGC TGACTAATTG 251 AGATGCATGC TTTGCATACT TCTGCCTGCT GGGGAGCCTG GGGACTTTCC 301 ACACCCTAAC TGACACACAT TCCACAGCTG CCTCGCGCGT TTCGGTGATG 351 ACGGTGAAAA CCTCTGACAC ATGCAGCTCC CGGAGACGGT CACAGCTTGT 401 CTGTAAGCGG ATGCCGGGAG CAGACAAGCC CGTCAGGGCG CGTCAGCGGG 451 TGTTGGCGGG TGTCGGGGCG CAGCCATGAC CCAGTCACGT AGCGATAGCG 501 GAGTGTATAC TGGCTTAACT ATGCGGCATC AGAGCAGATT GTACTGAGAG 551 TGCACCATAT GCGGTGTGAA ATACCGCACA GATGCGTAAG GAGAAAATAC 601 CGCATCAGGC GCTCTTCCGC TTCCTCGCTC ACTGACTCGC TGCGCTCGGT 651 CGTTCGGCTG CGGCGAGCGG TATCAGCTCA CTCAAAGGCG GTAATACGGT 701 TATCCACAGA ATCAGGGGAT AACGCAGGAA AGAACATGTG AGCAAAAGGC 751 CAGCAAAAGG CCAGGAACCG TAAAAAGGCC GCGTTGCTGG CGTTTTTCCA 801 TAGGCTCCGC CCCCCTGACG AGCATCACAA AAATCGACGC TCAAGTCAGA 851 GGTGGCGAAA CCCGACAGGA CTATAAAGAT ACCAGGCGTT TCCCCCTGGA 901 AGCTCCCTCG TGCGCTCTCC TGTTCCGACC CTGCCGCTTA CCGGATACCT 951 GTCCGCCTTT CTCCCTTCGG GAAGCGTGGC GCTTTCTCAT AGCTCACGCT 1001 GTAGGTATCT CAGTTCGGTG TAGGTCGTTC GCTCCAAGCT GGGCTGTGTG 1051 CACGAACCCC CCGTTCAGCC CGACCGCTGC GCCTTATCCG GTAACTATCG 1101 TCTTGAGTCC AACCCGGTAA GACACGACTT ATCGCCACTG GCAGCAGCCA 1151 CTGGTAACAG GATTAGCAGA GCGAGGTATG TAGGCGGTGC TACAGAGTTC 1201 TTGAAGTGGT GGCCTAACTA CGGCTACACT AGAAGGACAG TATTTGGTAT 1251 CTGCGCTCTG CTGAAGCCAG TTACCTTCGG AAAAAGAGTT GGTAGCTCTT 1301 GATCCGGCAA ACAAACCACC GCTGGTAGCG GTGGTTTTTT TGTTTGCAAG 1351 CAGCAGATTA CGCGCAGAAA AAAAGGATCT CAAGAAGATC CTTTGATCTT 1401 TTCTACGGGG TCTGACGCTC AGTGGAACGA AAACTCACGT TAAGGGATTT 1451 TGGTCATGAG ATTATCAAAA AGGATCTTCA CCTAGATCCT TTTAAATTAA 1501 AAATGAAGTT TTAAATCAAT CTAAAGTATA TATGAGTAAA CTTGGTCTGA 1551 CAGTTACCAA TGCTTAATCA GTGAGGCACC TATCTCAGCG ATCTGTCTAT 1601 TTCGTTCATC CATAGTTGCC TGACTCCCCG TCGTGTAGAT AACTACGATA 1651 CGGGAGGGCT TACCATCTGG CCCCAGTGCT GCAATGATAC CGCGAGACCC 1701 ACGCTCACCG GCTCCAGATT TATCAGCAAT AAACCAGCCA GCCGGAAGGG 1751 CCGAGCGCAG AAGTGGTCCT GCAACTTTAT CCGCCTCCAT CCAGTCTATT 1801 AATTGTTGCC GGGAAGCTAG AGTAAGTAGT TCGCCAGTTA ATAGTTTGCG 1851 CAACGTTGTT GCCATTGCTG CAGGCATCGT GGTGTCACGC TCGTCGTTTG 1901 GTATGGCTTC ATTCAGCTCC GGTTCCCAAC GATCAAGGCG AGTTACATGA 1951 TCCCCCATGT TGTGCAAAAA AGCGGTTAGC TCCTTCGGTC CTCCGATCGT 2001 TGTCAGAAGT AAGTTGGCCG CAGTGTTATC ACTCATGGTT ATGGCAGCAC 2051 TGCATAATTC TCTTACTGTC ATGCCATCCG TAAGATGCTT TTCTGTGACT 2101 GGTGAGTACT CAACCAAGTC ATTCTGAGAA TAGTGTATGC GGCGACCGAG 2151 TTGCTCTTGC CCGGCGTCAA CACGGGATAA TACCGCGCCA CATAGCAGAA 2201 CTTTAAAAGT GCTCATCATT GGAAAACGTT CTTCGGGGCG AAAACTCTCA 2251 AGGATCTTAC CGCTGTTGAG ATCCAGTTCG ATGTAACCCA CTCGTGCACC 2301 CAACTGATCT TCAGCATCTT TTACTTTCAC CAGCGTTTCT GGGTGAGCAA 2351 AAACAGGAAG GCAAAATGCC GCAAAAAAGG GAATAAGGGC GACACGGAAA 2401 TGTTGAATAC TCATACTCTT CCTTTTTCAA TATTATTGAA GCATTTATCA 2451 GGGTTATTGT CTCATGAGCG GATACATATT TGAATGTATT TAGAAAAATA 2501 AACAAATAGG GGTTCCGCGC ACATTTCCCC GAAAAGTGCC ACCTGACGTC 2551 TAAGAAACCA TTATTATCAT GACATTAACC TATAAAAATA GGCGTATCAC 2601 GAGGCCCTTT CGTCTTCAAG AATTCAGCTT GGCTGCAGTG AATAATAAAA 2651 TGTGTGTTTG TCCGAAATAC GCGTTTTGAG ATTTCTGTCG CCGACTAAAT 2701 TCATGTCGCG CGATAGTGGT GTTTATCGCC GATAGAGATG GCGATATTGG 2751 AAAAATCGAT ATTTGAAAAT ATGGCATATT GAAAATGTCG CCGATGTGAG 2801 TTTCTGTGTA ACTGATATCG CCATTTTTCC AAAAGTGATT TTTGGGCATA 2851 CGCGATATCT GGCGATAGCG CTTATATCGT TTACGGGGGA TGGCGATAGA 2901 CGACTTTGGT GACTTGGGCG ATTCTGTGTG TCGCAAATAT CGCAGTTTCG 2951 ATATAGGTGA CAGACGATAT GAGGCTATAT CGCCGATAGA GGCGACATCA 3001 AGCTGGCACA TGGCCAATGC ATATCGATCT ATACATTGAA TCAATATTGG 3051 CCATTAGCCA TATTATTCAT TGGTTATATA GCATAAATCA ATATTGGCTA 3101 TTGGCCATTG CATACGTTGT ATCCATATCA TAATATGTAC ATTTATATTG 3151 GCTCATGTCC AACATTACCG CCATGTTGAC ATTGATTATT GACTAGTTAT 3201 TAATAGTAAT CAATTACGGG GTCATTAGTT CATAGCCCAT ATATGGAGTT 3251 CCGCGTTACA TAACTTACGG TAAATGGCCC GCCTGGCTGA CCGCCCAACG 3301 ACCCCCGCCC ATTGACGTCA ATAATGACGT ATGTTCCCAT AGTAACGCCA 3351 ATAGGGACTT TCCATTGACG TCAATGGGTG GAGTATTTAC GGTAAACTGC 3401 CCACTTGGCA GTACATCAAG TGTATCATAT GCCAAGTACG CCCCCTATTG 3451 ACGTCAATGA CGGTAAATGG CCCGCCTGGC ATTATGCCCA GTACATGACC 3501 TTATGGGACT TTCCTACTTG GCAGTACATC TACGTATTAG TCATCGCTAT 3551 TACCATGGTG ATGCGGTTTT GGCAGTACAT CAATGGGCGT GGATAGCGGT 3601 TTGACTCACG GGGATTTCCA AGTCTCCACC CCATTGACGT CAATGGGAGT 3651 TTGTTTTGGC ACCAAAATCA ACGGGACTTT CCAAAATGTC GTAACAACTC 3701 CGCCCCATTG ACGCAAATGG GCGGTAGGCG TGTACGGTGG GAGGTCTATA 3751 TAAGCAGAGC TCGTTTAGTG AACCGTCAGA TCGCCTGGAG ACGCCATCCA 3801 CGCTGTTTTG ACCTCCATAG AAGACACCGG GACCGATCCA GCCTCCGCAA 3851 GCTTGCCGCC ACCATGGACT GGACCTGGAG GGTGTTCTGC CTGCTGGCCG 3901 TGGCCCCCGG CGCCCACAGC GAGGTGCAGC TGGTGGAGTC AGGAGCCGAA 3951 GTGAAAAAGC CTGGGGCTTC AGTGAAGGTG TCCTGCAAGG CCTCTGGATA 4001 CACATTCACT AATTATATTA TCCACTGGGT GAAGCAGGAG CCTGGTCAGG 4051 GCCTTGAATG GATTGGATAT TTTAATCCTT ACAATCATGG TACTAAGTAC 4101 AATGAGAAGT TCAAAGGCAG GGCCACACTA ACTGCAAACA AATCCATCAG 4151 CACAGCCTAC ATGGAGCTCA GCAGCCTGCG CTCTGAGGAC ACTGCGGTCT 4201 ACTACTGTGC AAGATCAGGA CCCTATGCCT GGTTTGACAC CTGGGGCCAA 4251 GGGACCACGG TCACCGTCTC CTCAGGTGAG TTCTAGAAGG ATCCCAAGCT 4301 AGCTTTCTGG GGCAGGCCAG GCCTGACCTT GGCTTTGGGG CAGGGAGGGG 4351 GCTAAGGTGA GGCAGGTGGC GCCAGCCAGG TGCACACCCA ATGCCCATGA 4401 GCCCAGACAC TGGACGCTGA ACCTCGCGGA CAGTTAAGAA CCCAGGGGCC 4451 TCTGCGCCCT GGGCCCAGCT CTGTCCCACA CCGCGGTCAC ATGGCACCAC 4501 CTCTCTTGCA GCCTCCACCA AGGGCCCATC GGTCTTCCCC CTGGCACCCT 4551 CCTCCAAGAG CACCTCTGGG GGCACAGCGG CCCTGGGCTG CCTGGTCAAG 4601 GACTACTTCC CCGAACCGGT GACGGTGTCG TGGAACTCAG GCGCCCTGAC 4651 CAGCGGCGTG CACACCTTCC CGGCTGTCCT ACAGTCCTCA GGACTCTACT 4701 CCCTCAGCAG CGTGGTGACC GTGCCCTCCA GCAGCTTGGG CACCCAGACC 4751 TACATCTGCA ACGTGAATCA CAAGCCCAGC AACACCAAGG TGGACAAGAA 4801 AGTTGGTGAG AGGCCAGCAC AGGGAGGGAG GGTGTCTGCT GGAAGCCAGG 4851 CTCAGCGCTC CTGCCTGGAC GCATCCCGGC TATGCAGCCC CAGTCCAGGG 4901 CAGCAAGGCA GGCCCCGTCT GCCTCTTCAC CCGGAGGCCT CTGCCCGCCC 4951 CACTCATGCT CAGGGAGAGG GTCTTCTGGC TTTTTCCCCA GGCTCTGGGC 5001 AGGCACAGGC TAGGTGCCCC TAACCCAGGC CCTGCACACA AAGGGGCAGG 5051 TGCTGGGCTC AGACCTGCCA AGAGCCATAT CCGGGAGGAC CCTGCCCCTG 5101 ACCTAAGCCC ACCCCAAAGG CCAAACTCTC CACTCCCTCA GCTCGGACAC 5151 CTTCTCTCCT CCCAGATTCC AGTAACTCCC AATCTTCTCT CTGCAGAGCC 5201 CAAATCTTGT GACAAAACTC ACACATGCCC ACCGTGCCCA GGTAAGCCAG 5251 CCCAGGCCTC GCCCTCCAGC TCAAGGCGGG ACAGGTGCCC TAGAGTAGCC 5301 TGCATCCAGG GACAGGCCCC AGCCGGGTGC TGACACGTCC ACCTCCATCT 5351 CTTCCTCAGC ACCTGAACTC CTGGGGGGAC CGTCAGTCTT CCTCTTCCCC 5401 CCAAAACCCA AGGACACCCT CATGATCTCC.CGGACCCCTG AGGTCACATG 5451 CGTGGTGGTG GACGTGAGCC ACGAAGACCC TGAGGTCAAG TTCAACTGGT 5501 ACGTGGACGG CGTGGAGGTG CATAATGCCA AGACAAAGCC GCGGGAGGAG 5551 CAGTACAACA GCACGTACCG TGTGGTCAGC GTCCTCACCG TCCTGCACCA 5601 GGACTGGCTG AATGGCAAGG AGTACAAGTG CAAGGTCTCC AACAAAGCCC 5651 TCCCAGCCCC CATCGAGAAA ACCATCTCCA AAGCCAAAGG TGGGACCCGT 5701 GGGGTGCGAG GGCCACATGG ACAGAGGCCG GCTCGGCCCA CCCTCTGCCC 5751 TGAGAGTGAC CGCTGTACCA ACCTCTGTCC CTACAGGGCA GCCCCGAGAA 5801 CCACAGGTGT ACACCCTGCC CCCATCCCGG GATGAGCTGA CCAAGAACCA 5851 GGTCAGCCTG ACCTGCCTGG TCAAAGGCTT CTATCCCAGC GACATCGCCG 5901 TGGAGTGGGA GAGCAATGGG CAGCCGGAGA ACAACTACAA GACCACGCCT 5951 CCCGTGCTGG ACTCCGACGG CTCCTTCTTC CTCTACAGCA AGCTCACCGT 6001 GGACAAGAGC AGGTGGCAGC AGGGGAACGT CTTCTCATGC TCCGTGATGC 6051 ATGAGGCTCT GCACAACCAC TACACGCAGA AGAGCCTCTC CCTGTCTCCG 6101 GGTAAATGAG TGCGACGGCC GGCAAGCCCC CGCTCCCCGG GCTCTCGCGG 6151 TCGCACGAGG ATGCTTGGCA CGTACCCCCT GTACATACTT CCCGGGCGCC 6201 CAGCATGGAA ATAAAGCACC CAGCGCTGCC CTGGGCCCCT GCGAGACTGT

6251 GATGGTTCTT TCCACGGGTC AGGCCGAGTC TGAGGCCTGA GTGGCATGAG 6301 ATCTGATATC ATCGATGAAT TCGAGCTCGG TACCCGGGGA TCGATCCAGA 6351 CATGATAAGA TACATTGATG AGTTTGGACA AACCACAACT AGAATGCAGT 6401 GAAAAAAATG CTTTATTTGT GAAATTTGTG ATGCTATTGC TTTATTTGTA 6451 ACCATTATAA GCTGCAATAA ACAAGTTAAC AACAACAATT GCATTCATTT 6501 TATGTTTCAG GTTCAGGGGG AGGTGTGGGA GGTTTTTTAA AGCAAGTAAA 6551 ACCTCTACAA ATGTGGTATG GCTGATTATG ATCTCTAGTC AAGGCACTAT 6601 ACATCAAATA TTCCTTATTA ACCCCTTTAC AAATTAAAAA GCTAAAGGTA 6651 CACAATTTTT GAGCATAGTT ATTAATAGCA GACACTCTAT GCCTGTGTGG 6701 AGTAAGAAAA AACAGTATGT TATGATTATA ACTGTTATGC CTACTTATAA 6751 AGGTTACAGA ATATTTTTCC ATAATTTTCT TGTATAGCAG TGCAGCTTTT 6801 TCCTTTGTGG TGTAAATAGC AAAGCAAGCA AGAGTTCTAT TACTAAACAC 6851 AGCATGACTC AAAAAACTTA GCAATTCTGA AGGAAAGTCC TTGGGGTCTT 6901 CTACCTTTCT CTTCTTTTTT GGAGGAGTAG AATGTTGAGA GTCAGCAGTA 6951 GCCTCATCAT CACTAGATGG CATTTCTTCT GAGCAAAACA GGTTTTCCTC 7001 ATTAAAGGCA TTCCACCACT GCTCCCATTC ATCAGTTCCA TAGGTTGGAA 7051 TCTAAAATAC ACAAACAATT AGAATCAGTA GTTTAACACA TTATACACTT 7101 AAAAATTTTA TATTTACCTT AGAGCTTTAA ATCTCTGTAG GTAGTTTGTC 7151 CAATTATGTC ACACCACAGA AGTAAGGTTC CTTCACAAAG ATCCGGGACC 7201 AAAGCGGCCA TCGTGCCTCC CCACTCCTGC AGTTCGGGGG CATGGATGCG 7251 CGGATAGCCG CTGCTGGTTT CCTGGATGCC GACGGATTTG CACTGCCGGT 7301 AGAACTCCGC GAGGTCGTCC AGCCTCAGGC AGCAGCTGAA CCAACTCGCG 7351 AGGGGATCGA GCCCGGGGTG GGCGAAGAAC TCCAGCATGA GATCCCCGCG 7401 CTGGAGGATC ATCCAGCCGG CGTCCCGGAA AACGATTCCG AAGCCCAACC 7451 TTTCATAGAA GGCGGCGGTG GAATCGAAAT CTCGTGATGG CAGGTTGGGC 7501 GTCGCTTGGT CGGTCATTTC GAACCCCAGA GTCCCGCTCA GAAGAACTCG 7551 TCAAGAAGGC GATAGAAGGC GATGCGCTGC GAATCGGGAG CGGCGATACC 7601 GTAAAGCACG AGGAAGCGGT CAGCCCATTC GCCGCCAAGC TCTTCAGCAA 7651 TATCACGGGT AGCCAACGCT ATGTCCTGAT AGCGGTCCGC CACACCCAGC 7701 CGGCCACAGT CGATGAATCC AGAAAAGCGG CCATTTTCCA CCATGATATT 7751 CGGCAAGCAG GCATCGCCAT GGGTCACGAC GAGATCCTCG CCGTCGGGCA 7801 TGCGCGCCTT GAGCCTGGCG AACAGTTCGG CTGGCGCGAG CCCCTGATGC 7851 TCTTCGTCCA GATCATCCTG ATCGACAAGA CCGGCTTCCA TCCGAGTACG 7901 TGCTCGCTCG ATGCGATGTT TCGCTTGGTG GTCGAATGGG CAGGTAGCCG 7951 GATCAAGCGT ATGCAGCCGC CGCATTGCAT CAGCCATGAT GGATACTTTC 8001 TCGGCAGGAG CAAGGTGAGA TGACAGGAGA TCCTGCCCCG GCACTTCGCC 8051 CAATAGCAGC CAGTCCCTTC CCGCTTCAGT GACAACGTCG AGCACAGCTG 8101 CGCAAGGAAC GCCCGTCGTG GCCAGCCACG ATAGCCGCGC TGCCTCGTCC 8151 TGCAGTTCAT TCAGGGCACC GGACAGGTCG GTCTTGACAA AAAGAACCGG 8201 GCGCCCCTGC GCTGACAGCC GGAACACGGC GGCATCAGAG CAGCCGATTG 8251 TCTGTTGTGC CCAGTCATAG CCGAATAGCC TCTCCACCCA AGCGGCCGGA 8301 GAACCTGCGT GCAATCCATC TTGTTCAATC ATGCGAAACG ATCCTCATCC 8351 TGTCTCTTGA TCAGATCTTG ATCCCCTGCG CCATCAGATC CTTGGCGGCA 8401 AGAAAGCCAT CCAGTTTACT TTGCAGGGCT TCCCAACCTT ACCAGAGGGC 8451 GCCCCAGCTG GCAATTCCGG TTCGCTTGCT GTCCATAAAA CCGCCCAGTC 8501 TAGCTATCGC CATGTAAGCC CACTGCAAGC TACCTGCTTT CTCTTTGCGC 8551 TTGCGTTTTC CCTTGTCCAG ATAGCCCAGT AGCTGACATT CATCCGGGGT 8601 CAGCACCGTT TCTGCGGACT GGCTTTCTAC GTGTTCCGCT TCCTTTAGCA 8651 GCCCTTGCGC CCTGAGTGCT TGCGGCAGCG TGAAGCT

SEQ ID NO:17

Nucleotide Sequence of the Expression Vector HCMV-K HuAb-VL1 hum V1

[0161](Complete DNA Sequence of a Humanised Light Chain Expression Vector Comprising SEQ ID NO: 14 (humV1=VLh) from 3964-4284)

TABLE-US-00019 1 CTAGCTTTTT GCAAAAGCCT AGGCCTCCAA AAAAGCCTCC TCACTACTTC 51 TGGAATAGCT CAGAGGCCGA GGCGGCCTCG GCCTCTGCAT AAATAAAAAA 101 AATTAGTCAG CCATGGGGCG GAGAATGGGC GGAACTGGGC GGAGTTAGGG 151 GCGGGATGGG CGGAGTTAGG GGCGGGACTA TGGTTGCTGA CTAATTGAGA 201 TGCATGCTTT GCATACTTCT GCCTGCTGGG GAGCCTGGTT GCTGACTAAT 251 TGAGATGCAT GCTTTGCATA CTTCTGCCTG CTGGGGAGCC TGGGGACTTT 301 CCACACCCTA ACTGACACAC ATTCCACAGC TGCCTCGCGC GTTTCGGTGA 351 TGACGGTGAA AACCTCTGAC ACATGCAGCT CCCGGAGACG GTCACAGCTT 401 GTCTGTAAGC GGATGCCGGG AGCAGACAAG CCCGTCAGGG CGCGTCAGCG 451 GGTGTTGGCG GGTGTCGGGG CGCAGCCATG ACCCAGTCAC GTAGCGATAG 501 CGGAGTGTAT ACTGGCTTAA CTATGCGGCA TCAGAGCAGA TTGTACTGAG 551 AGTGCACCAT ATGCGGTGTG AAATACCGCA CAGATGCGTA AGGAGAAAAT 601 ACCGCATCAG GCGCTCTTCC GCTTCCTCGC TCACTGACTC GCTGCGCTCG 651 GTCGTTCGGC TGCGGCGAGC GGTATCAGCT CACTCAAAGG CGGTAATACG 701 GTTATCCACA GAATCAGGGG ATAACGCAGG AAAGAACATG TGAGCAAAAG 751 GCCAGCAAAA GGCCAGGAAC CGTAAAAAGG CCGCGTTGCT GGCGTTTTTC 801 CATAGGCTCC GCCCCCCTGA CGAGCATCAC AAAAATCGAC GCTCAAGTCA 851 GAGGTGGCGA AACCCGACAG GACTATAAAG ATACCAGGCG TTTCCCCCTG 901 GAAGCTCCCT CGTGCGCTCT CCTGTTCCGA CCCTGCCGCT TACCGGATAC 951 CTGTCCGCCT TTCTCCCTTC GGGAAGCGTG GCGCTTTCTC ATAGCTCACG 1001 CTGTAGGTAT CTCAGTTCGG TGTAGGTCGT TCGCTCCAAG CTGGGCTGTG 1051 TGCACGAACC CCCCGTTCAG CCCGACCGCT GCGCCTTATC CGGTAACTAT 1101 CGTCTTGAGT CCAACCCGGT AAGACACGAC TTATCGCCAC TGGCAGCAGC 1151 CACTGGTAAC AGGATTAGCA GAGCGAGGTA TGTAGGCGGT GCTACAGAGT 1201 TCTTGAAGTG GTGGCCTAAC TACGGCTACA CTAGAAGGAC AGTATTTGGT 1251 ATCTGCGCTC TGCTGAAGCC AGTTACCTTC GGAAAAAGAG TTGGTAGCTC 1301 TTGATCCGGC AAACAAACCA CCGCTGGTAG CGGTGGTTTT TTTGTTTGCA 1351 AGCAGCAGAT TACGCGCAGA AAAAAAGGAT CTCAAGAAGA TCCTTTGATC 1401 TTTTCTACGG GGTCTGACGC TCAGTGGAAC GAAAACTCAC GTTAAGGGAT 1451 TTTGGTCATG AGATTATCAA AAAGGATCTT CACCTAGATC CTTTTAAATT 1501 AAAAATGAAG TTTTAAATCA ATCTAAAGTA TATATGAGTA AACTTGGTCT 1551 GACAGTTACC AATGCTTAAT CAGTGAGGCA CCTATCTCAG CGATCTGTCT 1601 ATTTCGTTCA TCCATAGTTG CCTGACTCCC CGTCGTGTAG ATAACTACGA 1651 TACGGGAGGG CTTACCATCT GGCCCCAGTG CTGCAATGAT ACCGCGAGAC 1701 CCACGCTCAC CGGCTCCAGA TTTATCAGCA ATAAACCAGC CAGCCGGAAG 1751 GGCCGAGCGC AGAAGTGGTC CTGCAACTTT ATCCGCCTCC ATCCAGTCTA 1801 TTAATTGTTG CCGGGAAGCT AGAGTAAGTA GTTCGCCAGT TAATAGTTTG 1851 CGCAACGTTG TTGCCATTGC TGCAGGCATC GTGGTGTCAC GCTCGTCGTT 1901 TGGTATGGCT TCATTCAGCT CCGGTTCCCA ACGATCAAGG CGAGTTACAT 1951 GATCCCCCAT GTTGTGCAAA AAAGCGGTTA GCTCCTTCGG TCCTCCGATC 2001 GTTGTCAGAA GTAAGTTGGC CGCAGTGTTA TCACTCATGG TTATGGCAGC 2051 ACTGCATAAT TCTCTTACTG TCATGCCATC CGTAAGATGC TTTTCTGTGA 2101 CTGGTGAGTA CTCAACCAAG TCATTCTGAG AATAGTGTAT GCGGCGACCG 2151 AGTTGCTCTT GCCCGGCGTC AACACGGGAT AATACCGCGC CACATAGCAG 2201 AACTTTAAAA GTGCTCATCA TTGGAAAACG TTCTTCGGGG CGAAAACTCT 2251 CAAGGATCTT ACCGCTGTTG AGATCCAGTT CGATGTAACC CACTCGTGCA 2301 CCCAACTGAT CTTCAGCATC TTTTACTTTC ACCAGCGTTT CTGGGTGAGC 2351 AAAAACAGGA AGGCAAAATG CCGCAAAAAA GGGAATAAGG GCGACACGGA 2401 AATGTTGAAT ACTCATACTC TTCCTTTTTC AATATTATTG AAGCATTTAT 2451 CAGGGTTATT GTCTCATGAG CGGATACATA TTTGAATGTA TTTAGAAAAA 2501 TAAACAAATA GGGGTTCCGC GCACATTTCC CCGAAAAGTG CCACCTGACG 2551 TCTAAGAAAC CATTATTATC ATGACATTAA CCTATAAAAA TAGGCGTATC 2601 ACGAGGCCCT TTCGTCTTCA AGAATTCAGC TTGGCTGCAG TGAATAATAA 2651 AATGTGTGTT TGTCCGAAAT ACGCGTTTTG AGATTTCTGT CGCCGACTAA 2701 ATTCATGTCG CGCGATAGTG GTGTTTATCG CCGATAGAGA TGGCGATATT 2751 GGAAAAATCG ATATTTGAAA ATATGGCATA TTGAAAATGT CGCCGATGTG 2801 AGTTTCTGTG TAACTGATAT CGCCATTTTT CCAAAAGTGA TTTTTGGGCA 2851 TACGCGATAT CTGGCGATAG CGCTTATATC GTTTACGGGG GATGGCGATA 2901 GACGACTTTG GTGACTTGGG CGATTCTGTG TGTCGCAAAT ATCGCAGTTT 2951 CGATATAGGT GACAGACGAT ATGAGGCTAT ATCGCCGATA GAGGCGACAT 3001 CAAGCTGGCA CATGGCCAAT GCATATCGAT CTATACATTG AATCAATATT 3051 GGCCATTAGC CATATTATTC ATTGGTTATA TAGCATAAAT CAATATTGGC 3101 TATTGGCCAT TGCATACGTT GTATCCATAT CATAATATGT ACATTTATAT 3151 TGGCTCATGT CCAACATTAC CGCCATGTTG ACATTGATTA TTGACTAGTT 3201 ATTAATAGTA ATCAATTACG GGGTCATTAG TTCATAGCCC ATATATGGAG 3251 TTCCGCGTTA CATAACTTAC GGTAAATGGC CCGCCTGGCT GACCGCCCAA 3301 CGACCCCCGC CCATTGACGT CAATAATGAC GTATGTTCCC ATAGTAACGC 3351 CAATAGGGAC TTTCCATTGA CGTCAATGGG TGGAGTATTT ACGGTAAACT 3401 GCCCACTTGG CAGTACATCA AGTGTATCAT ATGCCAAGTA CGCCCCCTAT 3451 TGACGTCAAT GACGGTAAAT GGCCCGCCTG GCATTATGCC CAGTACATGA 3501 CCTTATGGGA CTTTCCTACT TGGCAGTACA TCTACGTATT AGTCATCGCT 3551 ATTACCATGG TGATGCGGTT TTGGCAGTAC ATCAATGGGC GTGGATAGCG 3601 GTTTGACTCA CGGGGATTTC CAAGTCTCCA CCCCATTGAC GTCAATGGGA 3651 GTTTGTTTTG GCACCAAAAT CAACGGGACT TTCCAAAATG TCGTAACAAC 3701 TCCGCCCCAT TGACGCAAAT GGGCGGTAGG CGTGTACGGT GGGAGGTCTA 3751 TATAAGCAGA GCTCGTTTAG TGAACCGTCA GATCGCCTGG AGACGCCATC 3801 CACGCTGTTT TGACCTCCAT AGAAGACACC GGGACCGATC CAGCCTCCGC 3851 AAGCTTGATA TCGAATTCCT GCAGCCCGGG GGATCCGCCC GCTTGCCGCC 3901 ACCATGGAGA CCCCCGCCCA GCTGCTGTTC CTGCTGCTGC TGTGGCTGCC 3951 CGACACCACC GGCGACATTC TGCTGACCCA GTCTCCAGCC ACCCTGTCTC 4001 TGAGTCCAGG AGAAAGAGCC ACTCTCTCCT GCAGGGCCAG TCAGAACATT 4051 GGCACAAGCA TACAGTGGTA TCAACAAAAA CCAGGTCAGG CTCCAAGGCT 4101 TCTCATAAGG TCTTCTTCTG AGTCTATCTC TGGGATCCCT TCCAGGTTTA 4151 GTGGCAGTGG ATCAGGGACA GATTTTACTC TTACCATCAG CAGTCTGGAG 4201 CCTGAAGATT TTGCAGTGTA TTACTGTCAA CAAAGTAATA CCTGGCCATT 4251 CACGTTCGGC CAGGGGACCA AGCTGGAGAT CAAACGTGAG TATTCTAGAA 4301 AGATCCTAGA ATTCTAAACT CTGAGGGGGT CGGATGACGT GGCCATTCTT 4351 TGCCTAAAGC ATTGAGTTTA CTGCAAGGTC AGAAAAGCAT GCAAAGCCCT 4401 CAGAATGGCT GCAAAGAGCT CCAACAAAAC AATTTAGAAC TTTATTAAGG 4451 AATAGGGGGA AGCTAGGAAG AAACTCAAAA CATCAAGATT TTAAATACGC 4501 TTCTTGGTCT CCTTGCTATA ATTATCTGGG ATAAGCATGC TGTTTTCTGT 4551 CTGTCCCTAA CATGCCCTGT GATTATCCGC AAACAACACA CCCAAGGGCA 4601 GAACTTTGTT ACTTAAACAC CATCCTGTTT GCTTCTTTCC TCAGGAACTG 4651 TGGCTGCACC ATCTGTCTTC ATCTTCCCGC CATCTGATGA GCAGTTGAAA 4701 TCTGGAACTG CCTCTGTTGT GTGCCTGCTG AATAACTTCT ATCCCAGAGA 4751 GGCCAAAGTA CAGTGGAAGG TGGATAACGC CCTCCAATCG GGTAACTCCC 4801 AGGAGAGTGT CACAGAGCAG GACAGCAAGG ACAGCACCTA CAGCCTCAGC 4851 AGCACCCTGA CGCTGAGCAA AGCAGACTAC GAGAAACACA AAGTCTACGC 4901 CTGCGAAGTC ACCCATCAGG GCCTGAGCTC GCCCGTCACA AAGAGCTTCA 4951 ACAGGGGAGA GTGTTAGAGG GAGAAGTGCC CCCACCTGCT CCTCAGTTCC 5001 AGCCTGACCC CCTCCCATCC TTTGGCCTCT GACCCTTTTT CCACAGGGGA 5051 CCTACCCCTA TTGCGGTCCT CCAGCTCATC TTTCACCTCA CCCCCCTCCT 5101 CCTCCTTGGC TTTAATTATG CTAATGTTGG AGGAGAATGA ATAAATAAAG 5151 TGAATCTTTG CACCTGTGGT TTCTCTCTTT CCTCATTTAA TAATTATTAT 5201 CTGTTGTTTA CCAACTACTC AATTTCTCTT ATAAGGGACT AAATATGTAG 5251 TCATCCTAAG GCGCATAACC ATTTATAAAA ATCATCCTTC ATTCTATTTT 5301 ACCCTATCAT CCTCTGCAAG ACAGTCCTCC CTCAAACCCA CAAGCCTTCT 5351 GTCCTCACAG TCCCCTGGGC CATGGTAGGA GAGACTTGCT TCCTTGTTTT 5401 CCCCTCCTCA GCAAGCCCTC ATAGTCCTTT TTAAGGGTGA CAGGTCTTAC 5451 AGTCATATAT CCTTTGATTC AATTCCCTGA GAATCAACCA AAGCAAATTT 5501 TTCAAAAGAA GAAACCTGCT ATAAAGAGAA TCATTCATTG CAACATGATA 5551 TAAAATAACA ACACAATAAA AGCAATTAAA TAAACAAACA ATAGGGAAAT 5601 GTTTAAGTTC ATCATGGTAC TTAGACTTAA TGGAATGTCA TGCCTTATTT 5651 ACATTTTTAA ACAGGTACTG AGGGACTCCT GTCTGCCAAG GGCCGTATTG 5701 AGTACTTTCC ACAACCTAAT TTAATCCACA CTATACTGTG AGATTAAAAA 5751 CATTCATTAA AATGTTGCAA AGGTTCTATA AAGCTGAGAG ACAAATATAT 5801 TCTATAACTC AGCAATCCCA CTTCTAGATG ACTGAGTGTC CCCACCCACC 5851 AAAAAACTAT GCAAGAATGT TCAAAGCAGC TTTATTTACA AAAGCCAAAA 5901 ATTGGAAATA GCCCGATTGT CCAACAATAG AATGAGTTAT TAAACTGTGG 5951 TATGTTTATA CATTAGAATA CCCAATGAGG AGAATTAACA AGCTACAACT 6001 ATACCTACTC ACACAGATGA ATCTCATAAA AATAATGTTA CATAAGAGAA 6051 ACTCAATGCA AAAGATATGT TCTGTATGTT TTCATCCATA TAAAGTTCAA 6101 AACCAGGTAA AAATAAAGTT AGAAATTTGG ATGGAAATTA CTCTTAGCTG 6151 GGGGTGGGCG AGTTAGTGCC TGGGAGAAGA CAAGAAGGGG CTTCTGGGGT 6201 CTTGGTAATG TTCTGTTCCT CGTGTGGGGT TGTGCAGTTA TGATCTGTGC

6251 ACTGTTCTGT ATACACATTA TGCTTCAAAA TAACTTCACA TAAAGAACAT 6301 CTTATACCCA GTTAATAGAT AGAAGAGGAA TAAGTAATAG GTCAAGACCA 6351 CGCAGCTGGT AAGTGGGGGG GCCTGGGATC AAATAGCTAC CTGCCTAATC 6401 CTGCCCTCTT GAGCCCTGAA TGAGTCTGCC TTCCAGGGCT CAAGGTGCTC 6451 AACAAAACAA CAGGCCTGCT ATTTTCCTGG CATCTGTGCC CTGTTTGGCT 6501 AGCTAGGAGC ACACATACAT AGAAATTAAA TGAAACAGAC CTTCAGCAAG 6551 GGGACAGAGG ACAGAATTAA CCTTGCCCAG ACACTGGAAA CCCATGTATG 6601 AACACTCACA TGTTTGGGAA GGGGGAAGGG CACATGTAAA TGAGGACTCT 6651 TCCTCATTCT ATGGGGCACT CTGGCCCTGC CCCTCTCAGC TACTCATCCA 6701 TCCAACACAC CTTTCTAAGT ACCTCTCTCT GCCTACACTC TGAAGGGGTT 6751 CAGGAGTAAC TAACACAGCA TCCCTTCCCT CAAATGACTG ACAATCCCTT 6801 TGTCCTGCTT TGTTTTTCTT TCCAGTCAGT ACTGGGAAAG TGGGGAAGGA 6851 CAGTCATGGA GAAACTACAT AAGGAAGCAC CTTGCCCTTC TGCCTCTTGA 6901 GAATGTTGAT GAGTATCAAA TCTTTCAAAC TTTGGAGGTT TGAGTAGGGG 6951 TGAGACTCAG TAATGTCCCT TCCAATGACA TGAACTTGCT CACTCATCCC 7001 TGGGGGCCAA ATTGAACAAT CAAAGGCAGG CATAATCCAG CTATGAATTC 7051 TAGGATCGAT CCAGACATGA TAAGATACAT TGATGAGTTT GGACAAACCA 7101 CAACTAGAAT GCAGTGAAAA AAATGCTTTA TTTGTGAAAT TTGTGATGCT 7151 ATTGCTTTAT TTGTAACCAT TATAAGCTGC AATAAACAAG TTAACAACAA 7201 CAATTGCATT CATTTTATGT TTCAGGTTCA GGGGGAGGTG TGGGAGGTTT 7251 TTTAAAGCAA GTAAAACCTC TACAAATGTG GTATGGCTGA TTATGATCTC 7301 TAGTCAAGGC ACTATACATC AAATATTCCT TATTAACCCC TTTACAAATT 7351 AAAAAGCTAA AGGTACACAA TTTTTGAGCA TAGTTATTAA TAGCAGACAC 7401 TCTATGCCTG TGTGGAGTAA GAAAAAACAG TATGTTATGA TTATAACTGT 7451 TATGCCTACT TATAAAGGTT ACAGAATATT TTTCCATAAT TTTCTTGTAT 7501 AGCAGTGCAG CTTTTTCCTT TGTGGTGTAA ATAGCAAAGC AAGCAAGAGT 7551 TCTATTACTA AACACAGCAT GACTCAAAAA ACTTAGCAAT TCTGAAGGAA 7601 AGTCCTTGGG GTCTTCTACC TTTCTCTTCT TTTTTGGAGG AGTAGAATGT 7651 TGAGAGTCAG CAGTAGCCTC ATCATCACTA GATGGCATTT CTTCTGAGCA 7701 AAACAGGTTT TCCTCATTAA AGGCATTCCA CCACTGCTCC CATTCATCAG 7751 TTCCATAGGT TGGAATCTAA AATACACAAA CAATTAGAAT CAGTAGTTTA 7801 ACACATTATA CACTTAAAAA TTTTATATTT ACCTTAGAGC TTTAAATCTC 7851 TGTAGGTAGT TTGTCCAATT ATGTCACACC ACAGAAGTAA GGTTCCTTCA 7901 CAAAGATCCG GGACCAAAGC GGCCATCGTG CCTCCCCACT CCTGCAGTTC 7951 GGGGGCATGG ATGCGCGGAT AGCCGCTGCT GGTTTCCTGG ATGCCGACGG 8001 ATTTGCACTG CCGGTAGAAC TCCGCGAGGT CGTCCAGCCT CAGGCAGCAG 8051 CTGAACCAAC TCGCGAGGGG ATCGAGCCCG GGGTGGGCGA AGAACTCCAG 8101 CATGAGATCC CCGCGCTGGA GGATCATCCA GCCGGCGTCC CGGAAAACGA 8151 TTCCGAAGCC CAACCTTTCA TAGAAGGCGG CGGTGGAATC GAAATCTCGT 8201 GATGGCAGGT TGGGCGTCGC TTGGTCGGTC ATTTCGAACC CCAGAGTCCC 8251 GCTCAGAAGA ACTCGTCAAG AAGGCGATAG AAGGCGATGC GCTGCGAATC 8301 GGGAGCGGCG ATACCGTAAA GCACGAGGAA GCGGTCAGCC CATTCGCCGC 8351 CAAGCTCTTC AGCAATATCA CGGGTAGCCA ACGCTATGTC CTGATAGCGG 8401 TCCGCCACAC CCAGCCGGCC ACAGTCGATG AATCCAGAAA AGCGGCCATT 8451 TTCCACCATG ATATTCGGCA AGCAGGCATC GCCATGGGTC ACGACGAGAT 8501 CCTCGCCGTC GGGCATGCGC GCCTTGAGCC TGGCGAACAG TTCGGCTGGC 8551 GCGAGCCCCT GATGCTCTTC GTCCAGATCA TCCTGATCGA CAAGACCGGC 8601 TTCCATCCGA GTACGTGCTC GCTCGATGCG ATGTTTCGCT TGGTGGTCGA 8651 ATGGGCAGGT AGCCGGATCA AGCGTATGCA GCCGCCGCAT TGCATCAGCC 8701 ATGATGGATA CTTTCTCGGC AGGAGCAAGG TGAGATGACA GGAGATCCTG 8751 CCCCGGCACT TCGCCCAATA GCAGCCAGTC CCTTCCCGCT TCAGTGACAA 8801 CGTCGAGCAC AGCTGCGCAA GGAACGCCCG TCGTGGCCAG CCACGATAGC 8851 CGCGCTGCCT CGTCCTGCAG TTCATTCAGG GCACCGGACA GGTCGGTCTT 8901 GACAAAAAGA ACCGGGCGCC CCTGCGCTGA CAGCCGGAAC ACGGCGGCAT 8951 CAGAGCAGCC GATTGTCTGT TGTGCCCAGT CATAGCCGAA TAGCCTCTCC 9001 ACCCAAGCGG CCGGAGAACC TGCGTGCAAT CCATCTTGTT CAATCATGCG 9051 AAACGATCCT CATCCTGTCT CTTGATCAGA TCTTGATCCC CTGCGCCATC 9101 AGATCCTTGG CGGCAAGAAA GCCATCCAGT TTACTTTGCA GGGCTTCCCA 9151 ACCTTACCAG AGGGCGCCCC AGCTGGCAAT TCCGGTTCGC TTGCTGTCCA 9201 TAAAACCGCC CAGTCTAGCT ATCGCCATGT AAGCCCACTG CAAGCTACCT 9251 GCTTTCTCTT TGCGCTTGCG TTTTCCCTTG TCCAGATAGC CCAGTAGCTG 9301 ACATTCATCC GGGGTCAGCA CCGTTTCTGC GGACTGGCTT TCTACGTGTT 9351 CCGCTTCCTT TAGCAGCCCT TGCGCCCTGA GTGCTTGCGG CAGCGTGAAG

SEQ ID NO:18

Nucleotide Sequence of the Expression Vector HCMV-K HuAb-VL1 hum V2

[0162](Complete DNA Sequence of a Humanised Light Chain Expression Vector Comprising SEQ ID NO: 13 (humV2=VLm) from 3926-4246)

TABLE-US-00020 1 CTAGCTTTTT GCAAAAGCCT AGGCCTCCAA AAAAGCCTCC TCACTACTTC 51 TGGAATAGCT CAGAGGCCGA GGCGGCCTCG GCCTCTGCAT AAATAAAAAA 101 AATTAGTCAG CCATGGGGCG GAGAATGGGC GGAACTGGGC GGAGTTAGGG 151 GCGGGATGGG CGGAGTTAGG GGCGGGACTA TGGTTGCTGA CTAATTGAGA 201 TGCATGCTTT GCATACTTCT GCCTGCTGGG GAGCCTGGTT GCTGACTAAT 251 TGAGATGCAT GCTTTGCATA CTTCTGCCTG CTGGGGAGCC TGGGGACTTT 301 CCACACCCTA ACTGACACAC ATTCCACAGC TGCCTCGCGC GTTTCGGTGA 351 TGACGGTGAA AACCTCTGAC ACATGCAGCT CCCGGAGACG GTCACAGCTT 401 GTCTGTAAGC GGATGCCGGG AGCAGACAAG CCCGTCAGGG CGCGTCAGCG 451 GGTGTTGGCG GGTGTCGGGG CGCAGCCATG ACCCAGTCAC GTAGCGATAG 501 CGGAGTGTAT ACTGGCTTAA CTATGCGGCA TCAGAGCAGA TTGTACTGAG 551 AGTGCACCAT ATGCGGTGTG AAATACCGCA CAGATGCGTA AGGAGAAAAT 601 ACCGCATCAG GCGCTCTTCC GCTTCCTCGC TCACTGACTC GCTGCGCTCG 651 GTCGTTCGGC TGCGGCGAGC GGTATCAGCT CACTCAAAGG CGGTAATACG 701 GTTATCCACA GAATCAGGGG ATAACGCAGG AAAGAACATG TGAGCAAAAG 751 GCCAGCAAAA GGCCAGGAAC CGTAAAAAGG CCGCGTTGCT GGCGTTTTTC 801 CATAGGCTCC GCCCCCCTGA CGAGCATCAC AAAAATCGAC GCTCAAGTCA 851 GAGGTGGCGA AACCCGACAG GACTATAAAG ATACCAGGCG TTTCCCCCTG 901 GAAGCTCCCT CGTGCGCTCT CCTGTTCCGA CCCTGCCGCT TACCGGATAC 951 CTGTCCGCCT TTCTCCCTTC GGGAAGCGTG GCGCTTTCTC ATAGCTCACG 1001 CTGTAGGTAT CTCAGTTCGG TGTAGGTCGT TCGCTCCAAG CTGGGCTGTG 1051 TGCACGAACC CCCCGTTCAG CCCGACCGCT GCGCCTTATC CGGTAACTAT 1101 CGTCTTGAGT CCAACCCGGT AAGACACGAC TTATCGCCAC TGGCAGCAGC 1151 CACTGGTAAC AGGATTAGCA GAGCGAGGTA TGTAGGCGGT GCTACAGAGT 1201 TCTTGAAGTG GTGGCCTAAC TACGGCTACA CTAGAAGGAC AGTATTTGGT 1251 ATCTGCGCTC TGCTGAAGCC AGTTACCTTC GGAAAAAGAG TTGGTAGCTC 1301 TTGATCCGGC AAACAAACCA CCGCTGGTAG CGGTGGTTTT TTTGTTTGCA 1351 AGCAGCAGAT TACGCGCAGA AAAAAAGGAT CTCAAGAAGA TCCTTTGATC 1401 TTTTCTACGG GGTCTGACGC TCAGTGGAAC GAAAACTCAC GTTAAGGGAT 1451 TTTGGTCATG AGATTATCAA AAAGGATCTT CACCTAGATC CTTTTAAATT 1501 AAAAATGAAG TTTTAAATCA ATCTAAAGTA TATATGAGTA AACTTGGTCT 1551 GACAGTTACC AATGCTTAAT CAGTGAGGCA CCTATCTCAG CGATCTGTCT 1601 ATTTCGTTCA TCCATAGTTG CCTGACTCCC CGTCGTGTAG ATAACTACGA 1651 TACGGGAGGG CTTACCATCT GGCCCCAGTG CTGCAATGAT ACCGCGAGAC 1701 CCACGCTCAC CGGCTCCAGA TTTATCAGCA ATAAACCAGC CAGCCGGAAG 1751 GGCCGAGCGC AGAAGTGGTC CTGCAACTTT ATCCGCCTCC ATCCAGTCTA 1801 TTAATTGTTG CCGGGAAGCT AGAGTAAGTA GTTCGCCAGT TAATAGTTTG 1851 CGCAACGTTG TTGCCATTGC TGCAGGCATC GTGGTGTCAC GCTCGTCGTT 1901 TGGTATGGCT TCATTCAGCT CCGGTTCCCA ACGATCAAGG CGAGTTACAT 1951 GATCCCCCAT GTTGTGCAAA AAAGCGGTTA GCTCCTTCGG TCCTCCGATC 2001 GTTGTCAGAA GTAAGTTGGC CGCAGTGTTA TCACTCATGG TTATGGCAGC 2051 ACTGCATAAT TCTCTTACTG TCATGCCATC CGTAAGATGC TTTTCTGTGA 2101 CTGGTGAGTA CTCAACCAAG TCATTCTGAG AATAGTGTAT GCGGCGACCG 2151 AGTTGCTCTT GCCCGGCGTC AACACGGGAT AATACCGCGC CACATAGCAG 2201 AACTTTAAAA GTGCTCATCA TTGGAAAACG TTCTTCGGGG CGAAAACTCT 2251 CAAGGATCTT ACCGCTGTTG AGATCCAGTT CGATGTAACC CACTCGTGCA 2301 CCCAACTGAT CTTCAGCATC TTTTACTTTC ACCAGCGTTT CTGGGTGAGC 2351 AAAAACAGGA AGGCAAAATG CCGCAAAAAA GGGAATAAGG GCGACACGGA 2401 AATGTTGAAT ACTCATACTC TTCCTTTTTC AATATTATTG AAGCATTTAT 2451 CAGGGTTATT GTCTCATGAG CGGATACATA TTTGAATGTA TTTAGAAAAA 2501 TAAACAAATA GGGGTTCCGC GCACATTTCC CCGAAAAGTG CCACCTGACG 2551 TCTAAGAAAC CATTATTATC ATGACATTAA CCTATAAAAA TAGGCGTATC 2601 ACGAGGCCCT TTCGTCTTCA AGAATTCAGC TTGGCTGCAG TGAATAATAA 2651 AATGTGTGTT TGTCCGAAAT ACGCGTTTTG AGATTTCTGT CGCCGACTAA 2701 ATTCATGTCG CGCGATAGTG GTGTTTATCG CCGATAGAGA TGGCGATATT 2751 GGAAAAATCG ATATTTGAAA ATATGGCATA TTGAAAATGT CGCCGATGTG 2801 AGTTTCTGTG TAACTGATAT CGCCATTTTT CCAAAAGTGA TTTTTGGGCA 2851 TACGCGATAT CTGGCGATAG CGCTTATATC GTTTACGGGG GATGGCGATA 2901 GACGACTTTG GTGACTTGGG CGATTCTGTG TGTCGCAAAT ATCGCAGTTT 2951 CGATATAGGT GACAGACGAT ATGAGGCTAT ATCGCCGATA GAGGCGACAT 3001 CAAGCTGGCA CATGGCCAAT GCATATCGAT CTATACATTG AATCAATATT 3051 GGCCATTAGC CATATTATTC ATTGGTTATA TAGCATAAAT CAATATTGGC 3101 TATTGGCCAT TGCATACGTT GTATCCATAT CATAATATGT ACATTTATAT 3151 TGGCTCATGT CCAACATTAC CGCCATGTTG ACATTGATTA TTGACTAGTT 3201 ATTAATAGTA ATCAATTACG GGGTCATTAG TTCATAGCCC ATATATGGAG 3251 TTCCGCGTTA CATAACTTAC GGTAAATGGC CCGCCTGGCT GACCGCCCAA 3301 CGACCCCCGC CCATTGACGT CAATAATGAC GTATGTTCCC ATAGTAACGC 3351 CAATAGGGAC TTTCCATTGA CGTCAATGGG TGGAGTATTT ACGGTAAACT 3401 GCCCACTTGG CAGTACATCA AGTGTATCAT ATGCCAAGTA CGCCCCCTAT 3451 TGACGTCAAT GACGGTAAAT GGCCCGCCTG GCATTATGCC CAGTACATGA 3501 CCTTATGGGA CTTTCCTACT TGGCAGTACA TCTACGTATT AGTCATCGCT 3551 ATTACCATGG TGATGCGGTT TTGGCAGTAC ATCAATGGGC GTGGATAGCG 3601 GTTTGACTCA CGGGGATTTC CAAGTCTCCA CCCCATTGAC GTCAATGGGA 3651 GTTTGTTTTG GCACCAAAAT CAACGGGACT TTCCAAAATG TCGTAACAAC 3701 TCCGCCCCAT TGACGCAAAT GGGCGGTAGG CGTGTACGGT GGGAGGTCTA 3751 TATAAGCAGA GCTCGTTTAG TGAACCGTCA GATCGCCTGG AGACGCCATC 3801 CACGCTGTTT TGACCTCCAT AGAAGACACC GGGACCGATC CAGCCTCCGC 3851 AAGCTTGCCG CCACCATGGA GACCCCCGCC CAGCTGCTGT TCCTGCTGCT 3901 GCTGTGGCTG CCCGACACCA CCGGCGACAT TCTGCTGACC CAGTCTCCAG 3951 CCACCCTGTC TCTGAGTCCA GGAGAAAGAG CCACTTTCTC CTGCAGGGCC 4001 AGTCAGAACA TTGGCACAAG CATACAGTGG TATCAACAAA AAACAAATGG 4051 TGCTCCAAGG CTTCTCATAA GGTCTTCTTC TGAGTCTATC TCTGGGATCC 4101 CTTCCAGGTT TAGTGGCAGT GGATCAGGGA CAGATTTTAC TCTTACCATC 4151 AGCAGTCTGG AGCCTGAAGA TTTTGCAGTG TATTACTGTC AACAAAGTAA 4201 TACCTGGCCA TTCACGTTCG GCCAGGGGAC CAAGCTGGAG ATCAAACGTG 4251 AGTATTCTAG AAAGATCCTA GAATTCTAAA CTCTGAGGGG GTCGGATGAC 4301 GTGGCCATTC TTTGCCTAAA GCATTGAGTT TACTGCAAGG TCAGAAAAGC 4351 ATGCAAAGCC CTCAGAATGG CTGCAAAGAG CTCCAACAAA ACAATTTAGA 4401 ACTTTATTAA GGAATAGGGG GAAGCTAGGA AGAAACTCAA AACATCAAGA 4451 TTTTAAATAC GCTTCTTGGT CTCCTTGCTA TAATTATCTG GGATAAGCAT 4501 GCTGTTTTCT GTCTGTCCCT AACATGCCCT GTGATTATCC GCAAACAACA 4551 CACCCAAGGG CAGAACTTTG TTACTTAAAC ACCATCCTGT TTGCTTCTTT 4601 CCTCAGGAAC TGTGGCTGCA CCATCTGTCT TCATCTTCCC GCCATCTGAT 4651 GAGCAGTTGA AATCTGGAAC TGCCTCTGTT GTGTGCCTGC TGAATAACTT 4701 CTATCCCAGA GAGGCCAAAG TACAGTGGAA GGTGGATAAC GCCCTCCAAT 4751 CGGGTAACTC CCAGGAGAGT GTCACAGAGC AGGACAGCAA GGACAGCACC 4801 TACAGCCTCA GCAGCACCCT GACGCTGAGC AAAGCAGACT ACGAGAAACA 4851 CAAAGTCTAC GCCTGCGAAG TCACCCATCA GGGCCTGAGC TCGCCCGTCA 4901 CAAAGAGCTT CAACAGGGGA GAGTGTTAGA GGGAGAAGTG CCCCCACCTG 4951 CTCCTCAGTT CCAGCCTGAC CCCCTCCCAT CCTTTGGCCT CTGACCCTTT 5001 TTCCACAGGG GACCTACCCC TATTGCGGTC CTCCAGCTCA TCTTTCACCT 5051 CACCCCCCTC CTCCTCCTTG GCTTTAATTA TGCTAATGTT GGAGGAGAAT 5101 GAATAAATAA AGTGAATCTT TGCACCTGTG GTTTCTCTCT TTCCTCATTT 5151 AATAATTATT ATCTGTTGTT TACCAACTAC TCAATTTCTC TTATAAGGGA 5201 CTAAATATGT AGTCATCCTA AGGCGCATAA CCATTTATAA AAATCATCCT 5251 TCATTCTATT TTACCCTATC ATCCTCTGCA AGACAGTCCT CCCTCAAACC 5301 CACAAGCCTT CTGTCCTCAC AGTCCCCTGG GCCATGGTAG GAGAGACTTG 5351 CTTCCTTGTT TTCCCCTCCT CAGCAAGCCC TCATAGTCCT TTTTAAGGGT 5401 GACAGGTCTT ACAGTCATAT ATCCTTTGAT TCAATTCCCT GAGAATCAAC 5451 CAAAGCAAAT TTTTCAAAAG AAGAAACCTG CTATAAAGAG AATCATTCAT 5501 TGCAACATGA TATAAAATAA CAACACAATA AAAGCAATTA AATAAACAAA 5551 CAATAGGGAA ATGTTTAAGT TCATCATGGT ACTTAGACTT AATGGAATGT 5601 CATGCCTTAT TTACATTTTT AAACAGGTAC TGAGGGACTC CTGTCTGCCA 5651 AGGGCCGTAT TGAGTACTTT CCACAACCTA ATTTAATCCA CACTATACTG 5701 TGAGATTAAA AACATTCATT AAAATGTTGC AAAGGTTCTA TAAAGCTGAG 5751 AGACAAATAT ATTCTATAAC TCAGCAATCC CACTTCTAGA TGACTGAGTG 5801 TCCCCACCCA CCAAAAAACT ATGCAAGAAT GTTCAAAGCA GCTTTATTTA 5851 CAAAAGCCAA AAATTGGAAA TAGCCCGATT GTCCAACAAT AGAATGAGTT 5901 ATTAAACTGT GGTATGTTTA TACATTAGAA TACCCAATGA GGAGAATTAA 5951 CAAGCTACAA CTATACCTAC TCACACAGAT GAATCTCATA AAAATAATGT 6001 TACATAAGAG AAACTCAATG CAAAAGATAT GTTCTGTATG TTTTCATCCA 6051 TATAAAGTTC AAAACCAGGT AAAAATAAAG TTAGAAATTT GGATGGAAAT 6101 TACTCTTAGC TGGGGGTGGG CGAGTTAGTG CCTGGGAGAA GACAAGAAGG 6151 GGCTTCTGGG GTCTTGGTAA TGTTCTGTTC CTCGTGTGGG GTTGTGCAGT 6201 TATGATCTGT GCACTGTTCT GTATACACAT-TATGCTTCAA AATAACTTCA

6251 CATAAAGAAC ATCTTATACC CAGTTAATAG ATAGAAGAGG AATAAGTAAT 6301 AGGTCAAGAC CACGCAGCTG GTAAGTGGGG GGGCCTGGGA TCAAATAGCT 6351 ACCTGCCTAA TCCTGCCCTC TTGAGCCCTG AATGAGTCTG CCTTCCAGGG 6401 CTCAAGGTGC TCAACAAAAC AACAGGCCTG CTATTTTCCT GGCATCTGTG 6451 CCCTGTTTGG CTAGCTAGGA GCACACATAC ATAGAAATTA AATGAAACAG 6501 ACCTTCAGCA AGGGGACAGA GGACAGAATT AACCTTGCCC AGACACTGGA 6551 AACCCATGTA TGAACACTCA CATGTTTGGG AAGGGGGAAG GGCACATGTA 6601 AATGAGGACT CTTCCTCATT CTATGGGGCA CTCTGGCCCT GCCCCTCTCA 6651 GCTACTCATC CATCCAACAC ACCTTTCTAA GTACCTCTCT CTGCCTACAC 6701 TCTGAAGGGG TTCAGGAGTA ACTAACACAG CATCCCTTCC CTCAAATGAC 6751 TGACAATCCC TTTGTCCTGC TTTGTTTTTC TTTCCAGTCA GTACTGGGAA 6801 AGTGGGGAAG GACAGTCATG GAGAAACTAC ATAAGGAAGC ACCTTGCCCT 6851 TCTGCCTCTT GAGAATGTTG ATGAGTATCA AATCTTTCAA ACTTTGGAGG 6901 TTTGAGTAGG GGTGAGACTC AGTAATGTCC CTTCCAATGA CATGAACTTG 6951 CTCACTCATC CCTGGGGGCC AAATTGAACA ATCAAAGGCA GGCATAATCC 7001 AGCTATGAAT TCTAGGATCG ATCCAGACAT GATAAGATAC ATTGATGAGT 7051 TTGGACAAAC CACAACTAGA ATGCAGTGAA AAAAATGCTT TATTTGTGAA 7101 ATTTGTGATG CTATTGCTTT ATTTGTAACC ATTATAAGCT GCAATAAACA 7151 AGTTAACAAC AACAATTGCA TTCATTTTAT GTTTCAGGTT CAGGGGGAGG 7201 TGTGGGAGGT TTTTTAAAGC AAGTAAAACC TCTACAAATG TGGTATGGCT 7251 GATTATGATC TCTAGTCAAG GCACTATACA TCAAATATTC CTTATTAACC 7301 CCTTTACAAA TTAAAAAGCT AAAGGTACAC AATTTTTGAG CATAGTTATT 7351 AATAGCAGAC ACTCTATGCC TGTGTGGAGT AAGTAAAACC AGTATGTTAT 7401 GATTATAACT GTTATGCCTA CTTATAAAGG TTACAGAATA TTTTTCCATA 7451 ATTTTCTTGT ATAGCAGTGC AGCTTTTTCC TTTGTGGTGT AAATAGCAAA 7501 GCAAGCAAGA GTTCTATTAC TAAACACAGC ATGACTCAAA AAACTTAGCA 7551 ATTCTGAAGG AAAGTCCTTG GGGTCTTCTA CCTTTCTCTT CTTTTTTGGA 7601 GGAGTAGAAT GTTGAGAGTC AGCAGTAGCC TCATCATCAC TAGATGGCAT 7651 TTCTTCTGAG CAAAACAGGT TTTCCTCATT AAAGGCATTC CACCACTGCT 7701 CCCATTCATC AGTTCCATAG GTTGGAATCT AAAATACACA AACAATTAGA 7751 ATCAGTAGTT TAACACATTA TACACTTAAA AATTTTATAT TTACCTTAGA 7801 GCTTTAAATC TCTGTAGGTA GTTTGTCCAA TTATGTCACA CCACAGAAGT 7851 AAGGTTCCTT CACAAAGATC CGGGACCAAA GCGGCCATCG TGCCTCCCCA 7901 CTCCTGCAGT TCGGGGGCAT GGATGCGCGG ATAGCCGCTG CTGGTTTCCT 7951 GGATGCCGAC GGATTTGCAC TGCCGGTAGA ACTCCGCGAG GTCGTCCAGC 8001 CTCAGGCAGC AGCTGAACCA ACTCGCGAGG GGATCGAGCC CGGGGTGGGC 8051 GAAGAACTCC AGCATGAGAT CCCCGCGCTG GAGGATCATC CAGCCGGCGT 8101 CCCGGAAAAC GATTCCGAAG CCCAACCTTT CATAGAAGGC GGCGGTGGAA 8151 TCGAAATCTC GTGATGGCAG GTTGGGCGTC GCTTGGTCGG TCATTTCGAA 8201 CCCCAGAGTC CCGCTCAGAA GAACTCGTCA AGAAGGCGAT AGAAGGCGAT 8251 GCGCTGCGAA TCGGGAGCGG CGATACCGTA AAGCACGAGG AAGCGGTCAG 8301 CCCATTCGCC GCCAAGCTCT TCAGCAATAT CACGGGTAGC CAACGCTATG 8351 TCCTGATAGC GGTCCGCCAC ACCCAGCCGG CCACAGTCGA TGAATCCAGA 8401 AAAGCGGCCA TTTTCCACCA TGATATTCGG CAAGCAGGCA TCGCCATGGG 8451 TCACGACGAG ATCCTCGCCG TCGGGCATGC GCGCCTTGAG CCTGGCGAAC 8501 AGTTCGGCTG GCGCGAGCCC CTGATGCTCT TCGTCCAGAT CATCCTGATC 8551 GACAAGACCG GCTTCCATCC GAGTACGTGC TCGCTCGATG CGATGTTTCG 8601 CTTGGTGGTC GAATGGGCAG GTAGCCGGAT CAAGCGTATG CAGCCGCCGC 8651 ATTGCATCAG CCATGATGGA TACTTTCTCG GCAGGAGCAA GGTGAGATGA 8701 CAGGAGATCC TGCCCCGGCA CTTCGCCCAA TAGCAGCCAG TCCCTTCCCG 8751 CTTCAGTGAC AACGTCGAGC ACAGCTGCGC AAGGAACGCC CGTCGTGGCC 8801 AGCCACGATA GCCGCGCTGC CTCGTCCTGC AGTTCATTCA GGGCACCGGA 8851 CAGGTCGGTC TTGACAAAAA GAACCGGGCG CCCCTGCGCT GACAGCCGGA 8901 ACACGGCGGC ATCAGAGCAG CCGATTGTCT GTTGTGCCCA GTCATAGCCG 8951 AATAGCCTCT CCACCCAAGC GGCCGGAGAA CCTGCGTGCA ATCCATCTTG 9001 TTCAATCATG CGAAACGATC CTCATCCTGT CTCTTGATCA GATCTTGATC 9051 CCCTGCGCCA TCAGATCCTT GGCGGCAAGA AAGCCATCCA GTTTACTTTG 9101 CAGGGCTTCC CAACCTTACC AGAGGGCGCC CCAGCTGGCA ATTCCGGTTC 9151 GCTTGCTGTC CATAAAACCG CCCAGTCTAG CTATCGCCAT GTAAGCCCAC 9201 TGCAAGCTAC CTGCTTTCTC TTTGCGCTTG CGTTTTCCCT TGTCCAGATA 9251 GCCCAGTAGC TGACATTCAT CCGGGGTCAG CACCGTTTCT GCGGACTGGC 9301 TTTCTACGTG TTCCGCTTCC TTTAGCAGCC CTTGCGCCCT GAGTGCTTGC 9351 GGCAGCGTGA AG

Example 9

In Vitro Efficacy of CD45RO/RB Binding Humanised Antibodies

[0163]To determine the efficacy of the CD45R0/RB binding humanised antibodies VHE/humV1 and VHQ/humV1 in comparison to the chimeric antibody the ability to induce apoptosis in human T cells and also the ability to inhibit human T cell proliferation is analysed.

Cells and Reagents

[0164]Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are isolated from leukopheresis samples of healthy human donors with known blood type, but unknown HLA type by centrifugation over Ficoll-Hypaque (Pharmacia LKB). PBMC used as stimulators are first depleted of T and NK cells by using CD3-coated ferromagnetic beads (Miltenyi). Beads and contaminating cells are removed by magnetic field. T cell-depleted PBMC are used as stimulator cells after irradiation (50 Gy). CD4.sup.+ T cells are used as responder cells in MLR and are isolated from PBMC with a CD4 T cell negative selection kit (Miltenyi).

[0165]The obtained cells are analyzed by FACScan or FACSCalibur (Becton Dickinson & Co., CA) and the purity of the obtained cells is >75%. Cells are suspended in RPMI1640 medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FCS, penicillin, streptomycin and L-glutamine.

Apoptosis Assays

[0166]Human PBMC of three healthy voluntary donors are cultured in growth medium (RPMI1640+10% FCS) overnight (<16 h) in the presence of CD45R0/RB binding chimeric mAb, humanized antibodies (VHE/humV1 and VHQ/humV1) or anti-LPS control mAb. If indicated, a cross-linking reagent, F(ab')₂-fragment of goat anti-human IgG (Cat. No. 109-006-098, JacksonLab) is included at a μg/ml concentration being twice as high as the sample's anti-CD45 antibodies concentration. The PBS-concentration in all wells introduced by the antibody reagents is kept constant among all samples, namely at 20% (v/v) for samples without cross-linker or at 40% (v/v) for samples with cross-linker. Earlier experiments demonstrate that the amount of PBS does not affect the readout.

[0167]After overnight culture in the presence of the antibodies, the samples are subjected to flow cytometry analyses and stained with the apoptosis marker AnnexinV-FITC (Cat. No. 556419, BD/Pharmingen) and the T cell marker CD2-PE (Cat. No. 556609, BD/Pharmingen). The samples are run in a Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur instrument and the data are analyzed using the CellQuest Pro Software.

[0168]From the data collected, curves are fitted using the software Origin v7.0300 The equation used for fitting is

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A₁: final value (for fitting sessions set to "shared" and "floating")A₂: initial value (for fitting sessions set to "shared" and "floating")p: powerX₀: ED₅₀; IC₅₀ (see below).

[0169]In the absence of cross-linker, VHE/humV1 is most effective, with an ED₅₀ value of 148±71 nM, followed by VHQ/humV1 with 377±219 nM. CD45R0/RB binding chimeric antibody is less effective with an ED₅₀ value of 2440±1205 nM.

[0170]In the presence of a cross-linking antiserum, the ED₅₀ values are shifted dramatically towards higher efficacy by at least two orders of magnitude. In addition, the presence of cross-linker permitted higher levels of apoptosis at very high antibody concentrations, now reaching up to 80%, whereas the absence of cross-linker only allowed for up to 50% of apoptosis. In the presence of cross-linker, the curves (antibody concentration/% apoptosis) are bi-modal with two plateaus: the first plateau is reached at low antibody concentrations (˜5 nM), where the apoptosis level corresponds to the maximum level obtained in the absence of cross-linker. The second plateau is reached at high antibody concentrations (˜500 nM) and apoptosis is observed within 70-80% of the T cell population.

[0171]Both CD45R0/RB binding humanised mAb are equally effective and better or equal compared to CD45R0/RB binding chimeric mAb with respect to their ability to induce apoptosis in primary human T cells.

Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction Assays

[0172]One×10³ PBMC or 5×10⁴ of CD4.sup.+ cells are mixed with 1×10⁵ or 5×10⁴ T cells-depleted irradiated (50 Gy) PBMC in each well of 96-well culture plates in the presence or absence of the different concentrations of mAb.

[0173]The mixed cells are cultured for 5 days and proliferation is determined by pulsing the cells with ³H-thymidine for the last 16-20 hours of culture. MLR inhibition at each antibody concentration is expressed as percentage inhibition as described in Example 2.

[0174]The effect of increasing concentrations of VHE/humV1 and VHQ/humV1 on MLR is evaluated in three responder:stimulator combinations. All antibodies inhibit the MLR in a dose-dependent manner. The IC₅₀ values (see above) are similar for the humanized Ab VHE/humV1 (7±7 nM) and VHQ/humV1 (39±54 nM). Both humanised antibodies are more potent in inhibiting MLR than the parental chimeric antibody (IC₅₀ of 347±434 nM). As usually seen with MLR experiments, donor variability is high in these experiments.

Example 10

Specificity of CD45RB/RO Binding Molecule

[0175]The CD45 molecule is expressed on all leukocytes. However, different CD45 isoforms are expressed by the various leukocyte subsets. In order to determine the leukocyte subset reactivity of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody molecule immunofluorescent labeling of human leukocytes with subset-specific markers and simultaneous immunofluorescent labeling with a dye-conjugated CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody is performed, followed by flow cytometry analysis. Briefly, specific subsets of a freshly isolated preparation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), human platelets, human peripheral blood neutrophils or human bone-marrow derived hematopoietic stem cells are identified by incubation with phycoerythrin-coupled antibodies against CD2 (T lymphocytes), CD14 (monocytes), CD19 (B lymphocytes), CD34 (stem cells), CD42a (platelets), CD56 (natural killer cells) or CD66b (granulocytes). Simultaneous binding of a FITC-labeled chimeric CD45RB/RO binding molecule is detected on T lymphocytes, monocytes, stem cells, natural killer cells and granulocytes, but not on platelets or B lymphocytes.

Example 11

In Vitro Induction of Suppressor T Cells (T Regulatory Cells) and of Functionally Paralyzed T Cells

[0176]To demonstrate the ability of a CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody to induce suppressor T cells, the antibody is included at various concentrations during the generation of CD8+ T cell lines reactive with the antigen matrix protein 1 (MP1) of hemophilus influenza. These lines are generated through repeated co-culture of CD8+ human lymphocytes with CD14+ human monocytes pulsed with the antigen. Later on, CD14+ monocytes can be replaced with a human leukocyte antigen-2 positive cell line as an MP1 antigen-presenting cell (APC). If such MP1-specific CD8+ T cells from a culture including CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody are mixed with freshly isolated human CD8+ T cells and this mixture of cells is stimulated with the MP1 antigen on APC, the addition of CD8+ T cells from the culture in the presence of CD45RO/RB binding molecule is able to reduce the IFN-γ production in an antibody-dose-dependent fashion. No CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody is present during this IFN-γ assay culture, indicating that the pre-treatment with the CD45RO/RB mAb has induced CD8+ T cells capable of suppressing the activation of freshly isolated T cells. Because of this induction of suppressor T regulatory cells by the CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody, the antibody may be useful in diseases, where a dysregulated and/or activated T cell population is thought to contribute to the pathology. Examples of such diseases include autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and allergies.

[0177]To demonstrate the ability of a chimeric CD45RO/RB binding molecule to render T cells hyporesponsive (anergic) to further stimulation, i.e. to functionally paralyze T cells, the antibody is included during the generation of CD8+ T cell lines reactive with the antigen matrix protein 1 (MP1) of hemophilus influenza as outlined above. Paralysis is assessed by activating the T cells (exposed prior to CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody) with MP1 antigen presented by APC. No CD45RO/RB binding molecule is present in this culture. CD8+ T cells not exposed to CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody previously produce IFN-γ upon the mentioned stimulus. In contrast, CD8+ T cells pre-treated with CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody show a markedly reduced to inexistent production of this cytokine in response to the antigen-stimulus, demonstrating the CD45RO/RB binding chimeric antibody's ability to functionally paralyze human T cells. Because of this induction of functional T cell hyporesponsiveness by the CD45RO/RB binding molecule, the antibody may be used in diseases, such autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease or allergies, where an activated T cell population is thought to contribute to the pathology.

Example 12

In Vivo Studies in SCID-hu Skin Mice

[0178]In this study, the utility of the CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody in a Psoriasis model system is tested. Human skin from normal individuals is transplanted to SCID (SCID-hu Skin) mice and the inflammatory process is mimicked by transferring mononuclear cells of unrelated donors into the SCID-hu Skin mice.

Transplantation of Human Adult Skin in SCID Mice (SCID-hu Skin Mice)

[0179]Two small pieces (1 cm²) of human adult skin (obtained from the West Hungarian Regional Tissue Bank; WHRTB, Gyor) consisting of the entire epidermis, the papillary dermis and part of the reticular dermis, are transplanted at the right and left upper-back sides of SCID mice C.B 17/GbmsTac-Prkdc^scid Lyst^bg mice (Taconic, Germantown, N.Y.) in replacement of mouse skin. The quality of the grafts is monitored during 5-6 weeks following transplantation and successfully transplanted mice (SCID-hu Skin mice, generally >85%) are selected for in vivo testing of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody.

Engraftment of Human Mononuclear Cells in SCID Mice

[0180]Mononuclear splenocytes (Spl) are isolated from human adult spleen biopsies (WHRTB, Gyor) after cell suspension (using a cell dissociation sieve equipped with a size 50 mesh) and standard density gradient procedures. Aliquots of ˜5×10⁸ Spl are re-suspended in 1.5 ml of RPMI-10% FCS and injected intraperitoneally (i.p.), on experimental day 0, into the SCID-hu Skin mice. These Spl numbers have been found in previous experiments to be sufficient to induce a lethal xeno-GvHD in >90% of the mice within 4-6 weeks after cell transfer.

Antibody Treatment of SCID-hu Skin Mice

[0181]SCID-hu Skin mice, reconstituted with human Spl, are treated with CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody or with anti-LPS control mAb at day 0, immediately after mononuclear cell injection, at days 3 and 7 and at weekly intervals thereafter. Antibodies are delivered subcutaneously (s.c.) in 100 μl PBS at a final concentration of 1 mg/kg body weight (b.w.).

Evaluation of Anti-CD45 Treatment

[0182]The efficacy of CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody is assessed by the survival of the transplanted mice and by monitoring the rejection of the skin grafts. The significance of the results is evaluated by the statistical method of survival analysis using the Log-rank test (Mantel method) with the help of Systat v10 software. At the end of the experiment biopsies of human skin grafts and mouse liver, lung, kidney and spleen are obtained from sacrificed mice for histological purposes. All mice are weighed at the beginning (before cell transfer) and throughout the experiment (every two days) as an indirect estimation of their health status. Linear regression lines are generated using the body weight versus days post-PBMC transfer values obtained from each mouse and subsequently, their slopes (control versus anti-CD45 treated mice) are compared using the non parametric Mann-Whitney test.

Results

[0183]The human skin grafts are very well tolerated by the SCID mice. Initially, the grafts undergo a period of keratinocyte hyperproliferation resulting in the formation of hyperkeratotic crusts. About 5 weeks after transplantation, the crusts fall off the grafts and reveal a tissue containing all the characteristic structures observed in normal human skin. During this process, the human skin grafts fuse with the adjacent mouse skin and generate a network of freshly grown human vessels that connect the grafts with the underlying mouse tissue. The circulating human Spl transferred into SCID-hu Skin mice (at experimental day 0, approx. 6 weeks after skin transplantation) infiltrate the skin grafts and after recognition of alloantigen molecules expressed on the human skin mount an inflammatory response that in some cases completely destroy the graft.

[0184]Treatment of these mice with CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody suppresses the inflammatory process and prevents the rejection of the human skin grafts. In contrast, the sample obtained from the control treated mouse shows a massive infiltration with multiple signs of necrosis and a dramatic destruction of the epidermis. This process is easily monitored by eye and documented by simple photography of the mice.

[0185]Six out of six SCID-hu Skin mice transferred with allogeneic human Spl and treated with control anti-LPS mAb show a strong inflammatory response clearly visible by eye 23 days after mononuclear cell transfer. All mice show considerable lesions, including erythema, scaling and pronounced pustules. In contrast the skin grafts of all mice treated with CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody have a normal appearance. The dramatic differences between the two groups of mice is specifically due to the antibody treatment since the human skin of all mice have an identical look at the beginning of the experiment. This aspect is not changed until the second week after cell transfer, the time at which the control group started to developed skin lesions. The experiment is terminated at day 34 after mononuclear cell transfer. By that time, one of the control mice is already dead (day 30) and four other are sacrificed (days 27, 27, 27 and 30) due to a strong xeno-GvHD. The pathologic reactions observed in the antibody control treated mice also correlates with a loss of body weight in these animals.

[0186]In contrast, the CD45RB/RO binding chimeric antibody treated group displays a healthy status during the whole experimentation time.

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Ser Ser Val Val Thr Val Pro Ser Ser 180 185 190 Ser Leu Gly Thr Gln Thr Tyr Ile Cys Asn Val Asn His Lys Pro Ser 195 200 205 Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Arg Val Glu Pro Lys Ser Cys Asp Lys Thr 210 215 220 His Thr Cys Pro Pro Cys Pro Ala Pro Glu Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser 225 230 235 240 Val Phe Leu Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys Asp Thr Leu Met Ile Ser Arg 245 250 255 Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Val Val Asp Val Ser His Glu Asp Pro 260 265 270 Glu Val Lys Phe Asn Trp Tyr Val Asp Gly Val Glu Val His Asn Ala 275 280 285 Lys Thr Lys Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln Tyr Asn Ser Thr Tyr Arg Val Val 290 295 300 Ser Val Leu Thr Val Leu His Gln Asp Trp Leu Asn Gly Lys Glu Tyr 305 310 315 320 Lys Cys Lys Val Ser Asn Lys Ala Leu Pro Ala Pro Ile Glu Lys Thr 325 330 335 Ile Ser Lys Ala Lys Gly Gln Pro Arg Glu Pro Gln Val Tyr Thr Leu 340 345 350 Pro Pro Ser Arg Glu Glu Met Thr Lys Asn Gln Val Ser Leu Thr Cys 355 360 365 Leu Val Lys Gly Phe Tyr Pro Ser Asp Ile Ala Val Glu Trp Glu Ser 370 375 380 Asn Gly Gln Pro Glu Asn Asn Tyr Lys Thr Thr Pro Pro Val Leu Asp 385 390 395 400 Ser Asp Gly Ser Phe Phe Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu Thr Val Asp Lys Ser 405 410 415 Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asn Val Phe Ser Cys Ser Val Met His Glu Ala 420 425 430 Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr Gln Lys Ser Leu Ser Leu Ser Pro Gly Lys 435 440 445 <210> SEQ ID NO 5 <211> LENGTH: 321 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1 <400> SEQUENCE: 5 gacattctgc tgacccagtc tccagccatc ctgtctgtga gtccaggaga aagagtcagt 60 ttctcctgca gggccagtca gaacattggc acaagcatac agtggtatca acaaagaaca 120 aatggttctc caaggcttct cataaggtct tcttctgagt ctatctctgg gatcccttcc 180 aggtttagtg gcagtggatc agggacagat tttactctta gcatcaacag tgtggagtct 240 gaagatattg cagattatta ctgtcaacaa agtaatacct ggccattcac gttcggctcg 300 gggaccaagc ttgaaatcaa a 321 <210> SEQ ID NO 6 <211> LENGTH: 354 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 <400> SEQUENCE: 6 gaggtgcagc tgcagcagtc aggacctgaa ctggtaaagc ctggggcttc agtgaagatg 60 tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta tccactgggt gaagcaggag 120 cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt acaatcatgg tactaagtac 180 aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcagaca aatcctccaa cacagcctac 240 atggacctca gcagcctgac ctctgaggac tctgcgatct actactgtgc aagatcagga 300 ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg tcaccgtctc ctca 354 <210> SEQ ID NO 7 <211> LENGTH: 107 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Part of amino acid sequence of humanised light chain designated humV2 (humV2 = VLm) <400> SEQUENCE: 7 Asp Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Ser Pro Gly 1 5 10 15 Glu Arg Ala Thr Phe Ser Cys Arg Ala Ser Gln Asn Ile Gly Thr Ser 20 25 30 Ile Gln Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Thr Asn Gly Ala Pro Arg Leu Leu Ile 35 40 45 Arg Ser Ser Ser Glu Ser Ile Ser Gly Ile Pro Ser Arg Phe Ser Gly 50 55 60 Ser Gly Ser Gly Thr Asp Phe Thr Leu Thr Ile Ser Ser Leu Glu Pro 65 70 75 80 Glu Asp Phe Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys Gln Gln Ser Asn Thr Trp Pro Phe 85 90 95 Thr Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Lys Leu Glu Ile Lys 100 105 <210> SEQ ID NO 8 <211> LENGTH: 107 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Part of amino acid sequence of humanised light chain designated humV1 (humV1 = VLh) <400> SEQUENCE: 8 Asp Ile Leu Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Ser Pro Gly 1 5 10 15 Glu Arg Ala Thr Leu Ser Cys Arg Ala Ser Gln Asn Ile Gly Thr Ser 20 25 30 Ile Gln Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly Gln Ala Pro Arg Leu Leu Ile 35 40 45 Arg Ser Ser Ser Glu Ser Ile Ser Gly Ile Pro Ser Arg Phe Ser Gly 50 55 60 Ser Gly Ser Gly Thr Asp Phe Thr Leu Thr Ile Ser Ser Leu Glu Pro 65 70 75 80 Glu Asp Phe Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys Gln Gln Ser Asn Thr Trp Pro Phe 85 90 95 Thr Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Lys Leu Glu Ile Lys 100 105 <210> SEQ ID NO 9 <211> LENGTH: 118 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Part of amino acid sequence of humanised heavychain designated VHE <400> SEQUENCE: 9 Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Ala Glu Val Lys Lys Pro Gly Ala 1 5 10 15 Ser Val Lys Val Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser Gly Tyr Thr Phe Thr Asn Tyr 20 25 30 Ile Ile His Trp Val Lys Gln Glu Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Glu Trp Ile 35 40 45 Gly Tyr Phe Asn Pro Tyr Asn His Gly Thr Lys Tyr Asn Glu Lys Phe 50 55 60 Lys Gly Arg Ala Thr Leu Thr Ala Asn Lys Ser Ile Ser Thr Ala Tyr 65 70 75 80 Met Glu Leu Ser Ser Leu Arg Ser Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Ala Arg Ser Gly Pro Tyr Ala Trp Phe Asp Thr Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr 100 105 110 Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser 115 <210> SEQ ID NO 10 <211> LENGTH: 118 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Part of amino acid sequence of humanised heavy chain designated VHQ <400> SEQUENCE: 10 Gln Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Ala Glu Val Lys Lys Pro Gly Ala 1 5 10 15 Ser Val Lys Val Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser Gly Tyr Thr Phe Thr Asn Tyr 20 25 30 Ile Ile His Trp Val Lys Gln Glu Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Glu Trp Ile 35 40 45 Gly Tyr Phe Asn Pro Tyr Asn His Gly Thr Lys Tyr Asn Glu Lys Phe 50 55 60 Lys Gly Arg Ala Thr Leu Thr Ala Asn Lys Ser Ile Ser Thr Ala Tyr 65 70 75 80 Met Glu Leu Ser Ser Leu Arg Ser Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Ala Arg Ser Gly Pro Tyr Ala Trp Phe Asp Thr Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr 100 105 110 Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser 115 <210> SEQ ID NO 11 <211> LENGTH: 354 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:9 <400> SEQUENCE: 11 gaggtgcagc tggtggagtc aggagccgaa gtgaaaaagc ctggggcttc agtgaaggtg 60 tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta tccactgggt gaagcaggag 120 cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt acaatcatgg tactaagtac 180 aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcaaaca aatccatcag cacagcctac 240 atggagctca gcagcctgcg ctctgaggac actgcggtct actactgtgc aagatcagga 300 ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg tcaccgtctc ctca 354 <210> SEQ ID NO 12 <211> LENGTH: 354 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:10 <400> SEQUENCE: 12 caggtgcagc tggtggagtc aggagccgaa gtgaaaaagc ctggggcttc agtgaaggtg 60 tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta tccactgggt gaagcaggag 120 cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt acaatcatgg tactaagtac 180 aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcaaaca aatccatcag cacagcctac 240 atggagctca gcagcctgcg ctctgaggac actgcggtct actactgtgc aagatcagga 300 ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg tcaccgtctc ctca 354 <210> SEQ ID NO 13 <211> LENGTH: 321 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 <400> SEQUENCE: 13 gacattctgc tgacccagtc tccagccacc ctgtctctga gtccaggaga aagagccact 60 ttctcctgca gggccagtca gaacattggc acaagcatac agtggtatca acaaaaaaca 120 aatggtgctc caaggcttct cataaggtct tcttctgagt ctatctctgg gatcccttcc 180 aggtttagtg gcagtggatc agggacagat tttactctta ccatcagcag tctggagcct 240 gaagattttg cagtgtatta ctgtcaacaa agtaatacct ggccattcac gttcggccag 300 gggaccaagc tggagatcaa a 321 <210> SEQ ID NO 14 <211> LENGTH: 321 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric human-murine construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:8 <400> SEQUENCE: 14 gacattctgc tgacccagtc tccagccacc ctgtctctga gtccaggaga aagagccact 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtca gaacattggc acaagcatac agtggtatca acaaaaacca 120 ggtcaggctc caaggcttct cataaggtct tcttctgagt ctatctctgg gatcccttcc 180 aggtttagtg gcagtggatc agggacagat tttactctta ccatcagcag tctggagcct 240 gaagattttg cagtgtatta ctgtcaacaa agtaatacct ggccattcac gttcggccag 300 gggaccaagc tggagatcaa a 321 <210> SEQ ID NO 15 <211> LENGTH: 8687 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of the expression vector HCMV-G1 HuA6-VHQ (Complete DNA Sequence of a humanised heavy chain expression vector comprising SEQ ID NO:12 (VHQ) from 3921-4274) <400> SEQUENCE: 15 agctttttgc aaaagcctag gcctccaaaa aagcctcctc actacttctg gaatagctca 60 gaggccgagg cggcctcggc ctctgcataa ataaaaaaaa ttagtcagcc atggggcgga 120 gaatgggcgg aactgggcgg agttaggggc gggatgggcg gagttagggg cgggactatg 180 gttgctgact aattgagatg catgctttgc atacttctgc ctgctgggga gcctggttgc 240 tgactaattg agatgcatgc tttgcatact tctgcctgct ggggagcctg gggactttcc 300 acaccctaac tgacacacat tccacagctg cctcgcgcgt ttcggtgatg acggtgaaaa 360 cctctgacac atgcagctcc cggagacggt cacagcttgt ctgtaagcgg atgccgggag 420 cagacaagcc cgtcagggcg cgtcagcggg tgttggcggg tgtcggggcg cagccatgac 480 ccagtcacgt agcgatagcg gagtgtatac tggcttaact atgcggcatc agagcagatt 540 gtactgagag tgcaccatat gcggtgtgaa ataccgcaca gatgcgtaag gagaaaatac 600 cgcatcaggc gctcttccgc ttcctcgctc actgactcgc tgcgctcggt cgttcggctg 660 cggcgagcgg tatcagctca ctcaaaggcg gtaatacggt tatccacaga atcaggggat 720 aacgcaggaa agaacatgtg agcaaaaggc cagcaaaagg ccaggaaccg taaaaaggcc 780 gcgttgctgg cgtttttcca taggctccgc ccccctgacg agcatcacaa aaatcgacgc 840 tcaagtcaga ggtggcgaaa cccgacagga ctataaagat accaggcgtt tccccctgga 900 agctccctcg tgcgctctcc tgttccgacc ctgccgctta ccggatacct gtccgccttt 960 ctcccttcgg gaagcgtggc gctttctcat agctcacgct gtaggtatct cagttcggtg 1020 taggtcgttc gctccaagct gggctgtgtg cacgaacccc ccgttcagcc cgaccgctgc 1080 gccttatccg gtaactatcg tcttgagtcc aacccggtaa gacacgactt atcgccactg 1140 gcagcagcca ctggtaacag gattagcaga gcgaggtatg taggcggtgc tacagagttc 1200 ttgaagtggt ggcctaacta cggctacact agaaggacag tatttggtat ctgcgctctg 1260 ctgaagccag ttaccttcgg aaaaagagtt ggtagctctt gatccggcaa acaaaccacc 1320 gctggtagcg gtggtttttt tgtttgcaag cagcagatta cgcgcagaaa aaaaggatct 1380 caagaagatc ctttgatctt ttctacgggg tctgacgctc agtggaacga aaactcacgt 1440 taagggattt tggtcatgag attatcaaaa aggatcttca cctagatcct tttaaattaa 1500 aaatgaagtt ttaaatcaat ctaaagtata tatgagtaaa cttggtctga cagttaccaa 1560 tgcttaatca gtgaggcacc tatctcagcg atctgtctat ttcgttcatc catagttgcc 1620 tgactccccg tcgtgtagat aactacgata cgggagggct taccatctgg ccccagtgct 1680 gcaatgatac cgcgagaccc acgctcaccg gctccagatt tatcagcaat aaaccagcca 1740 gccggaaggg ccgagcgcag aagtggtcct gcaactttat ccgcctccat ccagtctatt 1800 aattgttgcc gggaagctag agtaagtagt tcgccagtta atagtttgcg caacgttgtt 1860 gccattgctg caggcatcgt ggtgtcacgc tcgtcgtttg gtatggcttc attcagctcc 1920 ggttcccaac gatcaaggcg agttacatga tcccccatgt tgtgcaaaaa agcggttagc 1980 tccttcggtc ctccgatcgt tgtcagaagt aagttggccg cagtgttatc actcatggtt 2040 atggcagcac tgcataattc tcttactgtc atgccatccg taagatgctt ttctgtgact 2100 ggtgagtact caaccaagtc attctgagaa tagtgtatgc ggcgaccgag ttgctcttgc 2160 ccggcgtcaa cacgggataa taccgcgcca catagcagaa ctttaaaagt gctcatcatt 2220 ggaaaacgtt cttcggggcg aaaactctca aggatcttac cgctgttgag atccagttcg 2280 atgtaaccca ctcgtgcacc caactgatct tcagcatctt ttactttcac cagcgtttct 2340 gggtgagcaa aaacaggaag gcaaaatgcc gcaaaaaagg gaataagggc gacacggaaa 2400 tgttgaatac tcatactctt cctttttcaa tattattgaa gcatttatca gggttattgt 2460 ctcatgagcg gatacatatt tgaatgtatt tagaaaaata aacaaatagg ggttccgcgc 2520 acatttcccc gaaaagtgcc acctgacgtc taagaaacca ttattatcat gacattaacc 2580 tataaaaata ggcgtatcac gaggcccttt cgtcttcaag aattcagctt ggctgcagtg 2640 aataataaaa tgtgtgtttg tccgaaatac gcgttttgag atttctgtcg ccgactaaat 2700 tcatgtcgcg cgatagtggt gtttatcgcc gatagagatg gcgatattgg aaaaatcgat 2760 atttgaaaat atggcatatt gaaaatgtcg ccgatgtgag tttctgtgta actgatatcg 2820 ccatttttcc aaaagtgatt tttgggcata cgcgatatct ggcgatagcg cttatatcgt 2880 ttacggggga tggcgataga cgactttggt gacttgggcg attctgtgtg tcgcaaatat 2940 cgcagtttcg atataggtga cagacgatat gaggctatat cgccgataga ggcgacatca 3000 agctggcaca tggccaatgc atatcgatct atacattgaa tcaatattgg ccattagcca 3060 tattattcat tggttatata gcataaatca atattggcta ttggccattg catacgttgt 3120 atccatatca taatatgtac atttatattg gctcatgtcc aacattaccg ccatgttgac 3180 attgattatt gactagttat taatagtaat caattacggg gtcattagtt catagcccat 3240 atatggagtt ccgcgttaca taacttacgg taaatggccc gcctggctga ccgcccaacg 3300 acccccgccc attgacgtca ataatgacgt atgttcccat agtaacgcca atagggactt 3360 tccattgacg tcaatgggtg gagtatttac ggtaaactgc ccacttggca gtacatcaag 3420 tgtatcatat gccaagtacg ccccctattg acgtcaatga cggtaaatgg cccgcctggc 3480 attatgccca gtacatgacc ttatgggact ttcctacttg gcagtacatc tacgtattag 3540 tcatcgctat taccatggtg atgcggtttt ggcagtacat caatgggcgt ggatagcggt 3600 ttgactcacg gggatttcca agtctccacc ccattgacgt caatgggagt ttgttttggc 3660 accaaaatca acgggacttt ccaaaatgtc gtaacaactc cgccccattg acgcaaatgg 3720 gcggtaggcg tgtacggtgg gaggtctata taagcagagc tcgtttagtg aaccgtcaga 3780 tcgcctggag acgccatcca cgctgttttg acctccatag aagacaccgg gaccgatcca 3840 gcctccgcaa gcttgccgcc accatggact ggacctggag ggtgttctgc ctgctggccg 3900 tggcccccgg cgcccacagc caggtgcagc tggtggagtc aggagccgaa gtgaaaaagc 3960 ctggggcttc agtgaaggtg tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta 4020 tccactgggt gaagcaggag cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt 4080 acaatcatgg tactaagtac aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcaaaca 4140 aatccatcag cacagcctac atggagctca gcagcctgcg ctctgaggac actgcggtct 4200 actactgtgc aagatcagga ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg 4260 tcaccgtctc ctcaggtgag ttctagaagg atcccaagct agctttctgg ggcaggccag 4320 gcctgacctt ggctttgggg cagggagggg gctaaggtga ggcaggtggc gccagccagg 4380 tgcacaccca atgcccatga gcccagacac tggacgctga acctcgcgga cagttaagaa 4440 cccaggggcc tctgcgccct gggcccagct ctgtcccaca ccgcggtcac atggcaccac 4500 ctctcttgca gcctccacca agggcccatc ggtcttcccc ctggcaccct cctccaagag 4560 cacctctggg ggcacagcgg ccctgggctg cctggtcaag gactacttcc ccgaaccggt 4620 gacggtgtcg tggaactcag gcgccctgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc cggctgtcct 4680 acagtcctca ggactctact ccctcagcag cgtggtgacc gtgccctcca gcagcttggg 4740 cacccagacc tacatctgca acgtgaatca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaagaa 4800 agttggtgag aggccagcac agggagggag ggtgtctgct ggaagccagg ctcagcgctc 4860 ctgcctggac gcatcccggc tatgcagccc cagtccaggg cagcaaggca ggccccgtct 4920 gcctcttcac ccggaggcct ctgcccgccc cactcatgct cagggagagg gtcttctggc 4980 tttttcccca ggctctgggc aggcacaggc taggtgcccc taacccaggc cctgcacaca 5040 aaggggcagg tgctgggctc agacctgcca agagccatat ccgggaggac cctgcccctg 5100 acctaagccc accccaaagg ccaaactctc cactccctca gctcggacac cttctctcct 5160 cccagattcc agtaactccc aatcttctct ctgcagagcc caaatcttgt gacaaaactc 5220 acacatgccc accgtgccca ggtaagccag cccaggcctc gccctccagc tcaaggcggg 5280 acaggtgccc tagagtagcc tgcatccagg gacaggcccc agccgggtgc tgacacgtcc 5340 acctccatct cttcctcagc acctgaactc ctggggggac cgtcagtctt cctcttcccc 5400 ccaaaaccca aggacaccct catgatctcc cggacccctg aggtcacatg cgtggtggtg 5460 gacgtgagcc acgaagaccc tgaggtcaag ttcaactggt acgtggacgg cgtggaggtg 5520 cataatgcca agacaaagcc gcgggaggag cagtacaaca gcacgtaccg tgtggtcagc 5580 gtcctcaccg tcctgcacca ggactggctg aatggcaagg agtacaagtg caaggtctcc 5640 aacaaagccc tcccagcccc catcgagaaa accatctcca aagccaaagg tgggacccgt 5700 ggggtgcgag ggccacatgg acagaggccg gctcggccca ccctctgccc tgagagtgac 5760 cgctgtacca acctctgtcc ctacagggca gccccgagaa ccacaggtgt acaccctgcc 5820 cccatcccgg gatgagctga ccaagaacca ggtcagcctg acctgcctgg tcaaaggctt 5880 ctatcccagc gacatcgccg tggagtggga gagcaatggg cagccggaga acaactacaa 5940 gaccacgcct cccgtgctgg actccgacgg ctccttcttc ctctacagca agctcaccgt 6000 ggacaagagc aggtggcagc aggggaacgt cttctcatgc tccgtgatgc atgaggctct 6060 gcacaaccac tacacgcaga agagcctctc cctgtctccg ggtaaatgag tgcgacggcc 6120 ggcaagcccc cgctccccgg gctctcgcgg tcgcacgagg atgcttggca cgtaccccct 6180 gtacatactt cccgggcgcc cagcatggaa ataaagcacc cagcgctgcc ctgggcccct 6240 gcgagactgt gatggttctt tccacgggtc aggccgagtc tgaggcctga gtggcatgag 6300 atctgatatc atcgatgaat tcgagctcgg tacccgggga tcgatccaga catgataaga 6360 tacattgatg agtttggaca aaccacaact agaatgcagt gaaaaaaatg ctttatttgt 6420 gaaatttgtg atgctattgc tttatttgta accattataa gctgcaataa acaagttaac 6480 aacaacaatt gcattcattt tatgtttcag gttcaggggg aggtgtggga ggttttttaa 6540 agcaagtaaa acctctacaa atgtggtatg gctgattatg atctctagtc aaggcactat 6600 acatcaaata ttccttatta acccctttac aaattaaaaa gctaaaggta cacaattttt 6660 gagcatagtt attaatagca gacactctat gcctgtgtgg agtaagaaaa aacagtatgt 6720 tatgattata actgttatgc ctacttataa aggttacaga atatttttcc ataattttct 6780 tgtatagcag tgcagctttt tcctttgtgg tgtaaatagc aaagcaagca agagttctat 6840 tactaaacac agcatgactc aaaaaactta gcaattctga aggaaagtcc ttggggtctt 6900 ctacctttct cttctttttt ggaggagtag aatgttgaga gtcagcagta gcctcatcat 6960 cactagatgg catttcttct gagcaaaaca ggttttcctc attaaaggca ttccaccact 7020 gctcccattc atcagttcca taggttggaa tctaaaatac acaaacaatt agaatcagta 7080 gtttaacaca ttatacactt aaaaatttta tatttacctt agagctttaa atctctgtag 7140 gtagtttgtc caattatgtc acaccacaga agtaaggttc cttcacaaag atccgggacc 7200 aaagcggcca tcgtgcctcc ccactcctgc agttcggggg catggatgcg cggatagccg 7260 ctgctggttt cctggatgcc gacggatttg cactgccggt agaactccgc gaggtcgtcc 7320 agcctcaggc agcagctgaa ccaactcgcg aggggatcga gcccggggtg ggcgaagaac 7380 tccagcatga gatccccgcg ctggaggatc atccagccgg cgtcccggaa aacgattccg 7440 aagcccaacc tttcatagaa ggcggcggtg gaatcgaaat ctcgtgatgg caggttgggc 7500 gtcgcttggt cggtcatttc gaaccccaga gtcccgctca gaagaactcg tcaagaaggc 7560 gatagaaggc gatgcgctgc gaatcgggag cggcgatacc gtaaagcacg aggaagcggt 7620 cagcccattc gccgccaagc tcttcagcaa tatcacgggt agccaacgct atgtcctgat 7680 agcggtccgc cacacccagc cggccacagt cgatgaatcc agaaaagcgg ccattttcca 7740 ccatgatatt cggcaagcag gcatcgccat gggtcacgac gagatcctcg ccgtcgggca 7800 tgcgcgcctt gagcctggcg aacagttcgg ctggcgcgag cccctgatgc tcttcgtcca 7860 gatcatcctg atcgacaaga ccggcttcca tccgagtacg tgctcgctcg atgcgatgtt 7920 tcgcttggtg gtcgaatggg caggtagccg gatcaagcgt atgcagccgc cgcattgcat 7980 cagccatgat ggatactttc tcggcaggag caaggtgaga tgacaggaga tcctgccccg 8040 gcacttcgcc caatagcagc cagtcccttc ccgcttcagt gacaacgtcg agcacagctg 8100 cgcaaggaac gcccgtcgtg gccagccacg atagccgcgc tgcctcgtcc tgcagttcat 8160 tcagggcacc ggacaggtcg gtcttgacaa aaagaaccgg gcgcccctgc gctgacagcc 8220 ggaacacggc ggcatcagag cagccgattg tctgttgtgc ccagtcatag ccgaatagcc 8280 tctccaccca agcggccgga gaacctgcgt gcaatccatc ttgttcaatc atgcgaaacg 8340 atcctcatcc tgtctcttga tcagatcttg atcccctgcg ccatcagatc cttggcggca 8400 agaaagccat ccagtttact ttgcagggct tcccaacctt accagagggc gccccagctg 8460 gcaattccgg ttcgcttgct gtccataaaa ccgcccagtc tagctatcgc catgtaagcc 8520 cactgcaagc tacctgcttt ctctttgcgc ttgcgttttc ccttgtccag atagcccagt 8580 agctgacatt catccggggt cagcaccgtt tctgcggact ggctttctac gtgttccgct 8640 tcctttagca gcccttgcgc cctgagtgct tgcggcagcg tgaagct 8687 <210> SEQ ID NO 16 <211> LENGTH: 8687 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of the expression vector HCMV-G1 HuA6-VHE (Complete DNA Sequence of a humanised heavy chain expression vector comprising SEQ ID NO: 11 (VHE) from 3921-4274) <400> SEQUENCE: 16 agctttttgc aaaagcctag gcctccaaaa aagcctcctc actacttctg gaatagctca 60 gaggccgagg cggcctcggc ctctgcataa ataaaaaaaa ttagtcagcc atggggcgga 120 gaatgggcgg aactgggcgg agttaggggc gggatgggcg gagttagggg cgggactatg 180 gttgctgact aattgagatg catgctttgc atacttctgc ctgctgggga gcctggttgc 240 tgactaattg agatgcatgc tttgcatact tctgcctgct ggggagcctg gggactttcc 300 acaccctaac tgacacacat tccacagctg cctcgcgcgt ttcggtgatg acggtgaaaa 360 cctctgacac atgcagctcc cggagacggt cacagcttgt ctgtaagcgg atgccgggag 420 cagacaagcc cgtcagggcg cgtcagcggg tgttggcggg tgtcggggcg cagccatgac 480 ccagtcacgt agcgatagcg gagtgtatac tggcttaact atgcggcatc agagcagatt 540 gtactgagag tgcaccatat gcggtgtgaa ataccgcaca gatgcgtaag gagaaaatac 600 cgcatcaggc gctcttccgc ttcctcgctc actgactcgc tgcgctcggt cgttcggctg 660 cggcgagcgg tatcagctca ctcaaaggcg gtaatacggt tatccacaga atcaggggat 720 aacgcaggaa agaacatgtg agcaaaaggc cagcaaaagg ccaggaaccg taaaaaggcc 780 gcgttgctgg cgtttttcca taggctccgc ccccctgacg agcatcacaa aaatcgacgc 840 tcaagtcaga ggtggcgaaa cccgacagga ctataaagat accaggcgtt tccccctgga 900 agctccctcg tgcgctctcc tgttccgacc ctgccgctta ccggatacct gtccgccttt 960 ctcccttcgg gaagcgtggc gctttctcat agctcacgct gtaggtatct cagttcggtg 1020 taggtcgttc gctccaagct gggctgtgtg cacgaacccc ccgttcagcc cgaccgctgc 1080 gccttatccg gtaactatcg tcttgagtcc aacccggtaa gacacgactt atcgccactg 1140 gcagcagcca ctggtaacag gattagcaga gcgaggtatg taggcggtgc tacagagttc 1200 ttgaagtggt ggcctaacta cggctacact agaaggacag tatttggtat ctgcgctctg 1260 ctgaagccag ttaccttcgg aaaaagagtt ggtagctctt gatccggcaa acaaaccacc 1320 gctggtagcg gtggtttttt tgtttgcaag cagcagatta cgcgcagaaa aaaaggatct 1380 caagaagatc ctttgatctt ttctacgggg tctgacgctc agtggaacga aaactcacgt 1440 taagggattt tggtcatgag attatcaaaa aggatcttca cctagatcct tttaaattaa 1500 aaatgaagtt ttaaatcaat ctaaagtata tatgagtaaa cttggtctga cagttaccaa 1560 tgcttaatca gtgaggcacc tatctcagcg atctgtctat ttcgttcatc catagttgcc 1620 tgactccccg tcgtgtagat aactacgata cgggagggct taccatctgg ccccagtgct 1680 gcaatgatac cgcgagaccc acgctcaccg gctccagatt tatcagcaat aaaccagcca 1740 gccggaaggg ccgagcgcag aagtggtcct gcaactttat ccgcctccat ccagtctatt 1800 aattgttgcc gggaagctag agtaagtagt tcgccagtta atagtttgcg caacgttgtt 1860 gccattgctg caggcatcgt ggtgtcacgc tcgtcgtttg gtatggcttc attcagctcc 1920 ggttcccaac gatcaaggcg agttacatga tcccccatgt tgtgcaaaaa agcggttagc 1980 tccttcggtc ctccgatcgt tgtcagaagt aagttggccg cagtgttatc actcatggtt 2040 atggcagcac tgcataattc tcttactgtc atgccatccg taagatgctt ttctgtgact 2100 ggtgagtact caaccaagtc attctgagaa tagtgtatgc ggcgaccgag ttgctcttgc 2160 ccggcgtcaa cacgggataa taccgcgcca catagcagaa ctttaaaagt gctcatcatt 2220 ggaaaacgtt cttcggggcg aaaactctca aggatcttac cgctgttgag atccagttcg 2280 atgtaaccca ctcgtgcacc caactgatct tcagcatctt ttactttcac cagcgtttct 2340 gggtgagcaa aaacaggaag gcaaaatgcc gcaaaaaagg gaataagggc gacacggaaa 2400 tgttgaatac tcatactctt cctttttcaa tattattgaa gcatttatca gggttattgt 2460 ctcatgagcg gatacatatt tgaatgtatt tagaaaaata aacaaatagg ggttccgcgc 2520 acatttcccc gaaaagtgcc acctgacgtc taagaaacca ttattatcat gacattaacc 2580 tataaaaata ggcgtatcac gaggcccttt cgtcttcaag aattcagctt ggctgcagtg 2640 aataataaaa tgtgtgtttg tccgaaatac gcgttttgag atttctgtcg ccgactaaat 2700 tcatgtcgcg cgatagtggt gtttatcgcc gatagagatg gcgatattgg aaaaatcgat 2760 atttgaaaat atggcatatt gaaaatgtcg ccgatgtgag tttctgtgta actgatatcg 2820 ccatttttcc aaaagtgatt tttgggcata cgcgatatct ggcgatagcg cttatatcgt 2880 ttacggggga tggcgataga cgactttggt gacttgggcg attctgtgtg tcgcaaatat 2940 cgcagtttcg atataggtga cagacgatat gaggctatat cgccgataga ggcgacatca 3000 agctggcaca tggccaatgc atatcgatct atacattgaa tcaatattgg ccattagcca 3060 tattattcat tggttatata gcataaatca atattggcta ttggccattg catacgttgt 3120 atccatatca taatatgtac atttatattg gctcatgtcc aacattaccg ccatgttgac 3180 attgattatt gactagttat taatagtaat caattacggg gtcattagtt catagcccat 3240 atatggagtt ccgcgttaca taacttacgg taaatggccc gcctggctga ccgcccaacg 3300 acccccgccc attgacgtca ataatgacgt atgttcccat agtaacgcca atagggactt 3360 tccattgacg tcaatgggtg gagtatttac ggtaaactgc ccacttggca gtacatcaag 3420 tgtatcatat gccaagtacg ccccctattg acgtcaatga cggtaaatgg cccgcctggc 3480 attatgccca gtacatgacc ttatgggact ttcctacttg gcagtacatc tacgtattag 3540 tcatcgctat taccatggtg atgcggtttt ggcagtacat caatgggcgt ggatagcggt 3600 ttgactcacg gggatttcca agtctccacc ccattgacgt caatgggagt ttgttttggc 3660 accaaaatca acgggacttt ccaaaatgtc gtaacaactc cgccccattg acgcaaatgg 3720 gcggtaggcg tgtacggtgg gaggtctata taagcagagc tcgtttagtg aaccgtcaga 3780 tcgcctggag acgccatcca cgctgttttg acctccatag aagacaccgg gaccgatcca 3840 gcctccgcaa gcttgccgcc accatggact ggacctggag ggtgttctgc ctgctggccg 3900 tggcccccgg cgcccacagc gaggtgcagc tggtggagtc aggagccgaa gtgaaaaagc 3960 ctggggcttc agtgaaggtg tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta 4020 tccactgggt gaagcaggag cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt 4080 acaatcatgg tactaagtac aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcaaaca 4140 aatccatcag cacagcctac atggagctca gcagcctgcg ctctgaggac actgcggtct 4200 actactgtgc aagatcagga ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg 4260 tcaccgtctc ctcaggtgag ttctagaagg atcccaagct agctttctgg ggcaggccag 4320 gcctgacctt ggctttgggg cagggagggg gctaaggtga ggcaggtggc gccagccagg 4380 tgcacaccca atgcccatga gcccagacac tggacgctga acctcgcgga cagttaagaa 4440 cccaggggcc tctgcgccct gggcccagct ctgtcccaca ccgcggtcac atggcaccac 4500 ctctcttgca gcctccacca agggcccatc ggtcttcccc ctggcaccct cctccaagag 4560 cacctctggg ggcacagcgg ccctgggctg cctggtcaag gactacttcc ccgaaccggt 4620 gacggtgtcg tggaactcag gcgccctgac cagcggcgtg cacaccttcc cggctgtcct 4680 acagtcctca ggactctact ccctcagcag cgtggtgacc gtgccctcca gcagcttggg 4740 cacccagacc tacatctgca acgtgaatca caagcccagc aacaccaagg tggacaagaa 4800 agttggtgag aggccagcac agggagggag ggtgtctgct ggaagccagg ctcagcgctc 4860 ctgcctggac gcatcccggc tatgcagccc cagtccaggg cagcaaggca ggccccgtct 4920 gcctcttcac ccggaggcct ctgcccgccc cactcatgct cagggagagg gtcttctggc 4980 tttttcccca ggctctgggc aggcacaggc taggtgcccc taacccaggc cctgcacaca 5040 aaggggcagg tgctgggctc agacctgcca agagccatat ccgggaggac cctgcccctg 5100 acctaagccc accccaaagg ccaaactctc cactccctca gctcggacac cttctctcct 5160 cccagattcc agtaactccc aatcttctct ctgcagagcc caaatcttgt gacaaaactc 5220 acacatgccc accgtgccca ggtaagccag cccaggcctc gccctccagc tcaaggcggg 5280 acaggtgccc tagagtagcc tgcatccagg gacaggcccc agccgggtgc tgacacgtcc 5340 acctccatct cttcctcagc acctgaactc ctggggggac cgtcagtctt cctcttcccc 5400 ccaaaaccca aggacaccct catgatctcc cggacccctg aggtcacatg cgtggtggtg 5460 gacgtgagcc acgaagaccc tgaggtcaag ttcaactggt acgtggacgg cgtggaggtg 5520 cataatgcca agacaaagcc gcgggaggag cagtacaaca gcacgtaccg tgtggtcagc 5580 gtcctcaccg tcctgcacca ggactggctg aatggcaagg agtacaagtg caaggtctcc 5640 aacaaagccc tcccagcccc catcgagaaa accatctcca aagccaaagg tgggacccgt 5700 ggggtgcgag ggccacatgg acagaggccg gctcggccca ccctctgccc tgagagtgac 5760 cgctgtacca acctctgtcc ctacagggca gccccgagaa ccacaggtgt acaccctgcc 5820 cccatcccgg gatgagctga ccaagaacca ggtcagcctg acctgcctgg tcaaaggctt 5880 ctatcccagc gacatcgccg tggagtggga gagcaatggg cagccggaga acaactacaa 5940 gaccacgcct cccgtgctgg actccgacgg ctccttcttc ctctacagca agctcaccgt 6000 ggacaagagc aggtggcagc aggggaacgt cttctcatgc tccgtgatgc atgaggctct 6060 gcacaaccac tacacgcaga agagcctctc cctgtctccg ggtaaatgag tgcgacggcc 6120 ggcaagcccc cgctccccgg gctctcgcgg tcgcacgagg atgcttggca cgtaccccct 6180 gtacatactt cccgggcgcc cagcatggaa ataaagcacc cagcgctgcc ctgggcccct 6240 gcgagactgt gatggttctt tccacgggtc aggccgagtc tgaggcctga gtggcatgag 6300 atctgatatc atcgatgaat tcgagctcgg tacccgggga tcgatccaga catgataaga 6360 tacattgatg agtttggaca aaccacaact agaatgcagt gaaaaaaatg ctttatttgt 6420 gaaatttgtg atgctattgc tttatttgta accattataa gctgcaataa acaagttaac 6480 aacaacaatt gcattcattt tatgtttcag gttcaggggg aggtgtggga ggttttttaa 6540 agcaagtaaa acctctacaa atgtggtatg gctgattatg atctctagtc aaggcactat 6600 acatcaaata ttccttatta acccctttac aaattaaaaa gctaaaggta cacaattttt 6660 gagcatagtt attaatagca gacactctat gcctgtgtgg agtaagaaaa aacagtatgt 6720 tatgattata actgttatgc ctacttataa aggttacaga atatttttcc ataattttct 6780 tgtatagcag tgcagctttt tcctttgtgg tgtaaatagc aaagcaagca agagttctat 6840 tactaaacac agcatgactc aaaaaactta gcaattctga aggaaagtcc ttggggtctt 6900 ctacctttct cttctttttt ggaggagtag aatgttgaga gtcagcagta gcctcatcat 6960 cactagatgg catttcttct gagcaaaaca ggttttcctc attaaaggca ttccaccact 7020 gctcccattc atcagttcca taggttggaa tctaaaatac acaaacaatt agaatcagta 7080 gtttaacaca ttatacactt aaaaatttta tatttacctt agagctttaa atctctgtag 7140 gtagtttgtc caattatgtc acaccacaga agtaaggttc cttcacaaag atccgggacc 7200 aaagcggcca tcgtgcctcc ccactcctgc agttcggggg catggatgcg cggatagccg 7260 ctgctggttt cctggatgcc gacggatttg cactgccggt agaactccgc gaggtcgtcc 7320 agcctcaggc agcagctgaa ccaactcgcg aggggatcga gcccggggtg ggcgaagaac 7380 tccagcatga gatccccgcg ctggaggatc atccagccgg cgtcccggaa aacgattccg 7440 aagcccaacc tttcatagaa ggcggcggtg gaatcgaaat ctcgtgatgg caggttgggc 7500 gtcgcttggt cggtcatttc gaaccccaga gtcccgctca gaagaactcg tcaagaaggc 7560 gatagaaggc gatgcgctgc gaatcgggag cggcgatacc gtaaagcacg aggaagcggt 7620 cagcccattc gccgccaagc tcttcagcaa tatcacgggt agccaacgct atgtcctgat 7680 agcggtccgc cacacccagc cggccacagt cgatgaatcc agaaaagcgg ccattttcca 7740 ccatgatatt cggcaagcag gcatcgccat gggtcacgac gagatcctcg ccgtcgggca 7800 tgcgcgcctt gagcctggcg aacagttcgg ctggcgcgag cccctgatgc tcttcgtcca 7860 gatcatcctg atcgacaaga ccggcttcca tccgagtacg tgctcgctcg atgcgatgtt 7920 tcgcttggtg gtcgaatggg caggtagccg gatcaagcgt atgcagccgc cgcattgcat 7980 cagccatgat ggatactttc tcggcaggag caaggtgaga tgacaggaga tcctgccccg 8040 gcacttcgcc caatagcagc cagtcccttc ccgcttcagt gacaacgtcg agcacagctg 8100 cgcaaggaac gcccgtcgtg gccagccacg atagccgcgc tgcctcgtcc tgcagttcat 8160 tcagggcacc ggacaggtcg gtcttgacaa aaagaaccgg gcgcccctgc gctgacagcc 8220 ggaacacggc ggcatcagag cagccgattg tctgttgtgc ccagtcatag ccgaatagcc 8280 tctccaccca agcggccgga gaacctgcgt gcaatccatc ttgttcaatc atgcgaaacg 8340 atcctcatcc tgtctcttga tcagatcttg atcccctgcg ccatcagatc cttggcggca 8400 agaaagccat ccagtttact ttgcagggct tcccaacctt accagagggc gccccagctg 8460 gcaattccgg ttcgcttgct gtccataaaa ccgcccagtc tagctatcgc catgtaagcc 8520 cactgcaagc tacctgcttt ctctttgcgc ttgcgttttc ccttgtccag atagcccagt 8580 agctgacatt catccggggt cagcaccgtt tctgcggact ggctttctac gtgttccgct 8640 tcctttagca gcccttgcgc cctgagtgct tgcggcagcg tgaagct 8687 <210> SEQ ID NO 17 <211> LENGTH: 9400 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of the expression vector HCMV-K HuAb-VL1 hum V1 (Complete DNA Sequence of a humanised light chain expression vector comprising SEQ ID NO: 14 (humV1=VLh) from 3964-4284 <400> SEQUENCE: 17 ctagcttttt gcaaaagcct aggcctccaa aaaagcctcc tcactacttc tggaatagct 60 cagaggccga ggcggcctcg gcctctgcat aaataaaaaa aattagtcag ccatggggcg 120 gagaatgggc ggaactgggc ggagttaggg gcgggatggg cggagttagg ggcgggacta 180 tggttgctga ctaattgaga tgcatgcttt gcatacttct gcctgctggg gagcctggtt 240 gctgactaat tgagatgcat gctttgcata cttctgcctg ctggggagcc tggggacttt 300 ccacacccta actgacacac attccacagc tgcctcgcgc gtttcggtga tgacggtgaa 360 aacctctgac acatgcagct cccggagacg gtcacagctt gtctgtaagc ggatgccggg 420 agcagacaag cccgtcaggg cgcgtcagcg ggtgttggcg ggtgtcgggg cgcagccatg 480 acccagtcac gtagcgatag cggagtgtat actggcttaa ctatgcggca tcagagcaga 540 ttgtactgag agtgcaccat atgcggtgtg aaataccgca cagatgcgta aggagaaaat 600 accgcatcag gcgctcttcc gcttcctcgc tcactgactc gctgcgctcg gtcgttcggc 660 tgcggcgagc ggtatcagct cactcaaagg cggtaatacg gttatccaca gaatcagggg 720 ataacgcagg aaagaacatg tgagcaaaag gccagcaaaa ggccaggaac cgtaaaaagg 780 ccgcgttgct ggcgtttttc cataggctcc gcccccctga cgagcatcac aaaaatcgac 840 gctcaagtca gaggtggcga aacccgacag gactataaag ataccaggcg tttccccctg 900 gaagctccct cgtgcgctct cctgttccga ccctgccgct taccggatac ctgtccgcct 960 ttctcccttc gggaagcgtg gcgctttctc atagctcacg ctgtaggtat ctcagttcgg 1020 tgtaggtcgt tcgctccaag ctgggctgtg tgcacgaacc ccccgttcag cccgaccgct 1080 gcgccttatc cggtaactat cgtcttgagt ccaacccggt aagacacgac ttatcgccac 1140 tggcagcagc cactggtaac aggattagca gagcgaggta tgtaggcggt gctacagagt 1200 tcttgaagtg gtggcctaac tacggctaca ctagaaggac agtatttggt atctgcgctc 1260 tgctgaagcc agttaccttc ggaaaaagag ttggtagctc ttgatccggc aaacaaacca 1320 ccgctggtag cggtggtttt tttgtttgca agcagcagat tacgcgcaga aaaaaaggat 1380 ctcaagaaga tcctttgatc ttttctacgg ggtctgacgc tcagtggaac gaaaactcac 1440 gttaagggat tttggtcatg agattatcaa aaaggatctt cacctagatc cttttaaatt 1500 aaaaatgaag ttttaaatca atctaaagta tatatgagta aacttggtct gacagttacc 1560 aatgcttaat cagtgaggca cctatctcag cgatctgtct atttcgttca tccatagttg 1620 cctgactccc cgtcgtgtag ataactacga tacgggaggg cttaccatct ggccccagtg 1680 ctgcaatgat accgcgagac ccacgctcac cggctccaga tttatcagca ataaaccagc 1740 cagccggaag ggccgagcgc agaagtggtc ctgcaacttt atccgcctcc atccagtcta 1800 ttaattgttg ccgggaagct agagtaagta gttcgccagt taatagtttg cgcaacgttg 1860 ttgccattgc tgcaggcatc gtggtgtcac gctcgtcgtt tggtatggct tcattcagct 1920 ccggttccca acgatcaagg cgagttacat gatcccccat gttgtgcaaa aaagcggtta 1980 gctccttcgg tcctccgatc gttgtcagaa gtaagttggc cgcagtgtta tcactcatgg 2040 ttatggcagc actgcataat tctcttactg tcatgccatc cgtaagatgc ttttctgtga 2100 ctggtgagta ctcaaccaag tcattctgag aatagtgtat gcggcgaccg agttgctctt 2160 gcccggcgtc aacacgggat aataccgcgc cacatagcag aactttaaaa gtgctcatca 2220 ttggaaaacg ttcttcgggg cgaaaactct caaggatctt accgctgttg agatccagtt 2280 cgatgtaacc cactcgtgca cccaactgat cttcagcatc ttttactttc accagcgttt 2340 ctgggtgagc aaaaacagga aggcaaaatg ccgcaaaaaa gggaataagg gcgacacgga 2400 aatgttgaat actcatactc ttcctttttc aatattattg aagcatttat cagggttatt 2460 gtctcatgag cggatacata tttgaatgta tttagaaaaa taaacaaata ggggttccgc 2520 gcacatttcc ccgaaaagtg ccacctgacg tctaagaaac cattattatc atgacattaa 2580 cctataaaaa taggcgtatc acgaggccct ttcgtcttca agaattcagc ttggctgcag 2640 tgaataataa aatgtgtgtt tgtccgaaat acgcgttttg agatttctgt cgccgactaa 2700 attcatgtcg cgcgatagtg gtgtttatcg ccgatagaga tggcgatatt ggaaaaatcg 2760 atatttgaaa atatggcata ttgaaaatgt cgccgatgtg agtttctgtg taactgatat 2820 cgccattttt ccaaaagtga tttttgggca tacgcgatat ctggcgatag cgcttatatc 2880 gtttacgggg gatggcgata gacgactttg gtgacttggg cgattctgtg tgtcgcaaat 2940 atcgcagttt cgatataggt gacagacgat atgaggctat atcgccgata gaggcgacat 3000 caagctggca catggccaat gcatatcgat ctatacattg aatcaatatt ggccattagc 3060 catattattc attggttata tagcataaat caatattggc tattggccat tgcatacgtt 3120 gtatccatat cataatatgt acatttatat tggctcatgt ccaacattac cgccatgttg 3180 acattgatta ttgactagtt attaatagta atcaattacg gggtcattag ttcatagccc 3240 atatatggag ttccgcgtta cataacttac ggtaaatggc ccgcctggct gaccgcccaa 3300 cgacccccgc ccattgacgt caataatgac gtatgttccc atagtaacgc caatagggac 3360 tttccattga cgtcaatggg tggagtattt acggtaaact gcccacttgg cagtacatca 3420 agtgtatcat atgccaagta cgccccctat tgacgtcaat gacggtaaat ggcccgcctg 3480 gcattatgcc cagtacatga ccttatggga ctttcctact tggcagtaca tctacgtatt 3540 agtcatcgct attaccatgg tgatgcggtt ttggcagtac atcaatgggc gtggatagcg 3600 gtttgactca cggggatttc caagtctcca ccccattgac gtcaatggga gtttgttttg 3660 gcaccaaaat caacgggact ttccaaaatg tcgtaacaac tccgccccat tgacgcaaat 3720 gggcggtagg cgtgtacggt gggaggtcta tataagcaga gctcgtttag tgaaccgtca 3780 gatcgcctgg agacgccatc cacgctgttt tgacctccat agaagacacc gggaccgatc 3840 cagcctccgc aagcttgata tcgaattcct gcagcccggg ggatccgccc gcttgccgcc 3900 accatggaga cccccgccca gctgctgttc ctgctgctgc tgtggctgcc cgacaccacc 3960 ggcgacattc tgctgaccca gtctccagcc accctgtctc tgagtccagg agaaagagcc 4020 actctctcct gcagggccag tcagaacatt ggcacaagca tacagtggta tcaacaaaaa 4080 ccaggtcagg ctccaaggct tctcataagg tcttcttctg agtctatctc tgggatccct 4140 tccaggttta gtggcagtgg atcagggaca gattttactc ttaccatcag cagtctggag 4200 cctgaagatt ttgcagtgta ttactgtcaa caaagtaata cctggccatt cacgttcggc 4260 caggggacca agctggagat caaacgtgag tattctagaa agatcctaga attctaaact 4320 ctgagggggt cggatgacgt ggccattctt tgcctaaagc attgagttta ctgcaaggtc 4380 agaaaagcat gcaaagccct cagaatggct gcaaagagct ccaacaaaac aatttagaac 4440 tttattaagg aataggggga agctaggaag aaactcaaaa catcaagatt ttaaatacgc 4500 ttcttggtct ccttgctata attatctggg ataagcatgc tgttttctgt ctgtccctaa 4560 catgccctgt gattatccgc aaacaacaca cccaagggca gaactttgtt acttaaacac 4620 catcctgttt gcttctttcc tcaggaactg tggctgcacc atctgtcttc atcttcccgc 4680 catctgatga gcagttgaaa tctggaactg cctctgttgt gtgcctgctg aataacttct 4740 atcccagaga ggccaaagta cagtggaagg tggataacgc cctccaatcg ggtaactccc 4800 aggagagtgt cacagagcag gacagcaagg acagcaccta cagcctcagc agcaccctga 4860 cgctgagcaa agcagactac gagaaacaca aagtctacgc ctgcgaagtc acccatcagg 4920 gcctgagctc gcccgtcaca aagagcttca acaggggaga gtgttagagg gagaagtgcc 4980 cccacctgct cctcagttcc agcctgaccc cctcccatcc tttggcctct gacccttttt 5040 ccacagggga cctaccccta ttgcggtcct ccagctcatc tttcacctca cccccctcct 5100 cctccttggc tttaattatg ctaatgttgg aggagaatga ataaataaag tgaatctttg 5160 cacctgtggt ttctctcttt cctcatttaa taattattat ctgttgttta ccaactactc 5220 aatttctctt ataagggact aaatatgtag tcatcctaag gcgcataacc atttataaaa 5280 atcatccttc attctatttt accctatcat cctctgcaag acagtcctcc ctcaaaccca 5340 caagccttct gtcctcacag tcccctgggc catggtagga gagacttgct tccttgtttt 5400 cccctcctca gcaagccctc atagtccttt ttaagggtga caggtcttac agtcatatat 5460 cctttgattc aattccctga gaatcaacca aagcaaattt ttcaaaagaa gaaacctgct 5520 ataaagagaa tcattcattg caacatgata taaaataaca acacaataaa agcaattaaa 5580 taaacaaaca atagggaaat gtttaagttc atcatggtac ttagacttaa tggaatgtca 5640 tgccttattt acatttttaa acaggtactg agggactcct gtctgccaag ggccgtattg 5700 agtactttcc acaacctaat ttaatccaca ctatactgtg agattaaaaa cattcattaa 5760 aatgttgcaa aggttctata aagctgagag acaaatatat tctataactc agcaatccca 5820 cttctagatg actgagtgtc cccacccacc aaaaaactat gcaagaatgt tcaaagcagc 5880 tttatttaca aaagccaaaa attggaaata gcccgattgt ccaacaatag aatgagttat 5940 taaactgtgg tatgtttata cattagaata cccaatgagg agaattaaca agctacaact 6000 atacctactc acacagatga atctcataaa aataatgtta cataagagaa actcaatgca 6060 aaagatatgt tctgtatgtt ttcatccata taaagttcaa aaccaggtaa aaataaagtt 6120 agaaatttgg atggaaatta ctcttagctg ggggtgggcg agttagtgcc tgggagaaga 6180 caagaagggg cttctggggt cttggtaatg ttctgttcct cgtgtggggt tgtgcagtta 6240 tgatctgtgc actgttctgt atacacatta tgcttcaaaa taacttcaca taaagaacat 6300 cttataccca gttaatagat agaagaggaa taagtaatag gtcaagacca cgcagctggt 6360 aagtgggggg gcctgggatc aaatagctac ctgcctaatc ctgccctctt gagccctgaa 6420 tgagtctgcc ttccagggct caaggtgctc aacaaaacaa caggcctgct attttcctgg 6480 catctgtgcc ctgtttggct agctaggagc acacatacat agaaattaaa tgaaacagac 6540 cttcagcaag gggacagagg acagaattaa ccttgcccag acactggaaa cccatgtatg 6600 aacactcaca tgtttgggaa gggggaaggg cacatgtaaa tgaggactct tcctcattct 6660 atggggcact ctggccctgc ccctctcagc tactcatcca tccaacacac ctttctaagt 6720 acctctctct gcctacactc tgaaggggtt caggagtaac taacacagca tcccttccct 6780 caaatgactg acaatccctt tgtcctgctt tgtttttctt tccagtcagt actgggaaag 6840 tggggaagga cagtcatgga gaaactacat aaggaagcac cttgcccttc tgcctcttga 6900 gaatgttgat gagtatcaaa tctttcaaac tttggaggtt tgagtagggg tgagactcag 6960 taatgtccct tccaatgaca tgaacttgct cactcatccc tgggggccaa attgaacaat 7020 caaaggcagg cataatccag ctatgaattc taggatcgat ccagacatga taagatacat 7080 tgatgagttt ggacaaacca caactagaat gcagtgaaaa aaatgcttta tttgtgaaat 7140 ttgtgatgct attgctttat ttgtaaccat tataagctgc aataaacaag ttaacaacaa 7200 caattgcatt cattttatgt ttcaggttca gggggaggtg tgggaggttt tttaaagcaa 7260 gtaaaacctc tacaaatgtg gtatggctga ttatgatctc tagtcaaggc actatacatc 7320 aaatattcct tattaacccc tttacaaatt aaaaagctaa aggtacacaa tttttgagca 7380 tagttattaa tagcagacac tctatgcctg tgtggagtaa gaaaaaacag tatgttatga 7440 ttataactgt tatgcctact tataaaggtt acagaatatt tttccataat tttcttgtat 7500 agcagtgcag ctttttcctt tgtggtgtaa atagcaaagc aagcaagagt tctattacta 7560 aacacagcat gactcaaaaa acttagcaat tctgaaggaa agtccttggg gtcttctacc 7620 tttctcttct tttttggagg agtagaatgt tgagagtcag cagtagcctc atcatcacta 7680 gatggcattt cttctgagca aaacaggttt tcctcattaa aggcattcca ccactgctcc 7740 cattcatcag ttccataggt tggaatctaa aatacacaaa caattagaat cagtagttta 7800 acacattata cacttaaaaa ttttatattt accttagagc tttaaatctc tgtaggtagt 7860 ttgtccaatt atgtcacacc acagaagtaa ggttccttca caaagatccg ggaccaaagc 7920 ggccatcgtg cctccccact cctgcagttc gggggcatgg atgcgcggat agccgctgct 7980 ggtttcctgg atgccgacgg atttgcactg ccggtagaac tccgcgaggt cgtccagcct 8040 caggcagcag ctgaaccaac tcgcgagggg atcgagcccg gggtgggcga agaactccag 8100 catgagatcc ccgcgctgga ggatcatcca gccggcgtcc cggaaaacga ttccgaagcc 8160 caacctttca tagaaggcgg cggtggaatc gaaatctcgt gatggcaggt tgggcgtcgc 8220 ttggtcggtc atttcgaacc ccagagtccc gctcagaaga actcgtcaag aaggcgatag 8280 aaggcgatgc gctgcgaatc gggagcggcg ataccgtaaa gcacgaggaa gcggtcagcc 8340 cattcgccgc caagctcttc agcaatatca cgggtagcca acgctatgtc ctgatagcgg 8400 tccgccacac ccagccggcc acagtcgatg aatccagaaa agcggccatt ttccaccatg 8460 atattcggca agcaggcatc gccatgggtc acgacgagat cctcgccgtc gggcatgcgc 8520 gccttgagcc tggcgaacag ttcggctggc gcgagcccct gatgctcttc gtccagatca 8580 tcctgatcga caagaccggc ttccatccga gtacgtgctc gctcgatgcg atgtttcgct 8640 tggtggtcga atgggcaggt agccggatca agcgtatgca gccgccgcat tgcatcagcc 8700 atgatggata ctttctcggc aggagcaagg tgagatgaca ggagatcctg ccccggcact 8760 tcgcccaata gcagccagtc ccttcccgct tcagtgacaa cgtcgagcac agctgcgcaa 8820 ggaacgcccg tcgtggccag ccacgatagc cgcgctgcct cgtcctgcag ttcattcagg 8880 gcaccggaca ggtcggtctt gacaaaaaga accgggcgcc cctgcgctga cagccggaac 8940 acggcggcat cagagcagcc gattgtctgt tgtgcccagt catagccgaa tagcctctcc 9000 acccaagcgg ccggagaacc tgcgtgcaat ccatcttgtt caatcatgcg aaacgatcct 9060 catcctgtct cttgatcaga tcttgatccc ctgcgccatc agatccttgg cggcaagaaa 9120 gccatccagt ttactttgca gggcttccca accttaccag agggcgcccc agctggcaat 9180 tccggttcgc ttgctgtcca taaaaccgcc cagtctagct atcgccatgt aagcccactg 9240 caagctacct gctttctctt tgcgcttgcg ttttcccttg tccagatagc ccagtagctg 9300 acattcatcc ggggtcagca ccgtttctgc ggactggctt tctacgtgtt ccgcttcctt 9360 tagcagccct tgcgccctga gtgcttgcgg cagcgtgaag 9400 <210> SEQ ID NO 18 <211> LENGTH: 9362 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of the expression vector HCMV-K HuAb-VL1 hum V2 (Complete DNA Sequence of a humanised light chain expression vector comprising SEQ ID NO: 13 (humV2=VLm) from 3926-4246) <400> SEQUENCE: 18 ctagcttttt gcaaaagcct aggcctccaa aaaagcctcc tcactacttc tggaatagct 60 cagaggccga ggcggcctcg gcctctgcat aaataaaaaa aattagtcag ccatggggcg 120 gagaatgggc ggaactgggc ggagttaggg gcgggatggg cggagttagg ggcgggacta 180 tggttgctga ctaattgaga tgcatgcttt gcatacttct gcctgctggg gagcctggtt 240 gctgactaat tgagatgcat gctttgcata cttctgcctg ctggggagcc tggggacttt 300 ccacacccta actgacacac attccacagc tgcctcgcgc gtttcggtga tgacggtgaa 360 aacctctgac acatgcagct cccggagacg gtcacagctt gtctgtaagc ggatgccggg 420 agcagacaag cccgtcaggg cgcgtcagcg ggtgttggcg ggtgtcgggg cgcagccatg 480 acccagtcac gtagcgatag cggagtgtat actggcttaa ctatgcggca tcagagcaga 540 ttgtactgag agtgcaccat atgcggtgtg aaataccgca cagatgcgta aggagaaaat 600 accgcatcag gcgctcttcc gcttcctcgc tcactgactc gctgcgctcg gtcgttcggc 660 tgcggcgagc ggtatcagct cactcaaagg cggtaatacg gttatccaca gaatcagggg 720 ataacgcagg aaagaacatg tgagcaaaag gccagcaaaa ggccaggaac cgtaaaaagg 780 ccgcgttgct ggcgtttttc cataggctcc gcccccctga cgagcatcac aaaaatcgac 840 gctcaagtca gaggtggcga aacccgacag gactataaag ataccaggcg tttccccctg 900 gaagctccct cgtgcgctct cctgttccga ccctgccgct taccggatac ctgtccgcct 960 ttctcccttc gggaagcgtg gcgctttctc atagctcacg ctgtaggtat ctcagttcgg 1020 tgtaggtcgt tcgctccaag ctgggctgtg tgcacgaacc ccccgttcag cccgaccgct 1080 gcgccttatc cggtaactat cgtcttgagt ccaacccggt aagacacgac ttatcgccac 1140 tggcagcagc cactggtaac aggattagca gagcgaggta tgtaggcggt gctacagagt 1200 tcttgaagtg gtggcctaac tacggctaca ctagaaggac agtatttggt atctgcgctc 1260 tgctgaagcc agttaccttc ggaaaaagag ttggtagctc ttgatccggc aaacaaacca 1320 ccgctggtag cggtggtttt tttgtttgca agcagcagat tacgcgcaga aaaaaaggat 1380 ctcaagaaga tcctttgatc ttttctacgg ggtctgacgc tcagtggaac gaaaactcac 1440 gttaagggat tttggtcatg agattatcaa aaaggatctt cacctagatc cttttaaatt 1500 aaaaatgaag ttttaaatca atctaaagta tatatgagta aacttggtct gacagttacc 1560 aatgcttaat cagtgaggca cctatctcag cgatctgtct atttcgttca tccatagttg 1620 cctgactccc cgtcgtgtag ataactacga tacgggaggg cttaccatct ggccccagtg 1680 ctgcaatgat accgcgagac ccacgctcac cggctccaga tttatcagca ataaaccagc 1740 cagccggaag ggccgagcgc agaagtggtc ctgcaacttt atccgcctcc atccagtcta 1800 ttaattgttg ccgggaagct agagtaagta gttcgccagt taatagtttg cgcaacgttg 1860 ttgccattgc tgcaggcatc gtggtgtcac gctcgtcgtt tggtatggct tcattcagct 1920 ccggttccca acgatcaagg cgagttacat gatcccccat gttgtgcaaa aaagcggtta 1980 gctccttcgg tcctccgatc gttgtcagaa gtaagttggc cgcagtgtta tcactcatgg 2040 ttatggcagc actgcataat tctcttactg tcatgccatc cgtaagatgc ttttctgtga 2100 ctggtgagta ctcaaccaag tcattctgag aatagtgtat gcggcgaccg agttgctctt 2160 gcccggcgtc aacacgggat aataccgcgc cacatagcag aactttaaaa gtgctcatca 2220 ttggaaaacg ttcttcgggg cgaaaactct caaggatctt accgctgttg agatccagtt 2280 cgatgtaacc cactcgtgca cccaactgat cttcagcatc ttttactttc accagcgttt 2340 ctgggtgagc aaaaacagga aggcaaaatg ccgcaaaaaa gggaataagg gcgacacgga 2400 aatgttgaat actcatactc ttcctttttc aatattattg aagcatttat cagggttatt 2460 gtctcatgag cggatacata tttgaatgta tttagaaaaa taaacaaata ggggttccgc 2520 gcacatttcc ccgaaaagtg ccacctgacg tctaagaaac cattattatc atgacattaa 2580 cctataaaaa taggcgtatc acgaggccct ttcgtcttca agaattcagc ttggctgcag 2640 tgaataataa aatgtgtgtt tgtccgaaat acgcgttttg agatttctgt cgccgactaa 2700 attcatgtcg cgcgatagtg gtgtttatcg ccgatagaga tggcgatatt ggaaaaatcg 2760 atatttgaaa atatggcata ttgaaaatgt cgccgatgtg agtttctgtg taactgatat 2820 cgccattttt ccaaaagtga tttttgggca tacgcgatat ctggcgatag cgcttatatc 2880 gtttacgggg gatggcgata gacgactttg gtgacttggg cgattctgtg tgtcgcaaat 2940 atcgcagttt cgatataggt gacagacgat atgaggctat atcgccgata gaggcgacat 3000 caagctggca catggccaat gcatatcgat ctatacattg aatcaatatt ggccattagc 3060 catattattc attggttata tagcataaat caatattggc tattggccat tgcatacgtt 3120 gtatccatat cataatatgt acatttatat tggctcatgt ccaacattac cgccatgttg 3180 acattgatta ttgactagtt attaatagta atcaattacg gggtcattag ttcatagccc 3240 atatatggag ttccgcgtta cataacttac ggtaaatggc ccgcctggct gaccgcccaa 3300 cgacccccgc ccattgacgt caataatgac gtatgttccc atagtaacgc caatagggac 3360 tttccattga cgtcaatggg tggagtattt acggtaaact gcccacttgg cagtacatca 3420 agtgtatcat atgccaagta cgccccctat tgacgtcaat gacggtaaat ggcccgcctg 3480 gcattatgcc cagtacatga ccttatggga ctttcctact tggcagtaca tctacgtatt 3540 agtcatcgct attaccatgg tgatgcggtt ttggcagtac atcaatgggc gtggatagcg 3600 gtttgactca cggggatttc caagtctcca ccccattgac gtcaatggga gtttgttttg 3660 gcaccaaaat caacgggact ttccaaaatg tcgtaacaac tccgccccat tgacgcaaat 3720 gggcggtagg cgtgtacggt gggaggtcta tataagcaga gctcgtttag tgaaccgtca 3780 gatcgcctgg agacgccatc cacgctgttt tgacctccat agaagacacc gggaccgatc 3840 cagcctccgc aagcttgccg ccaccatgga gacccccgcc cagctgctgt tcctgctgct 3900 gctgtggctg cccgacacca ccggcgacat tctgctgacc cagtctccag ccaccctgtc 3960 tctgagtcca ggagaaagag ccactttctc ctgcagggcc agtcagaaca ttggcacaag 4020 catacagtgg tatcaacaaa aaacaaatgg tgctccaagg cttctcataa ggtcttcttc 4080 tgagtctatc tctgggatcc cttccaggtt tagtggcagt ggatcaggga cagattttac 4140 tcttaccatc agcagtctgg agcctgaaga ttttgcagtg tattactgtc aacaaagtaa 4200 tacctggcca ttcacgttcg gccaggggac caagctggag atcaaacgtg agtattctag 4260 aaagatccta gaattctaaa ctctgagggg gtcggatgac gtggccattc tttgcctaaa 4320 gcattgagtt tactgcaagg tcagaaaagc atgcaaagcc ctcagaatgg ctgcaaagag 4380 ctccaacaaa acaatttaga actttattaa ggaatagggg gaagctagga agaaactcaa 4440 aacatcaaga ttttaaatac gcttcttggt ctccttgcta taattatctg ggataagcat 4500 gctgttttct gtctgtccct aacatgccct gtgattatcc gcaaacaaca cacccaaggg 4560 cagaactttg ttacttaaac accatcctgt ttgcttcttt cctcaggaac tgtggctgca 4620 ccatctgtct tcatcttccc gccatctgat gagcagttga aatctggaac tgcctctgtt 4680 gtgtgcctgc tgaataactt ctatcccaga gaggccaaag tacagtggaa ggtggataac 4740 gccctccaat cgggtaactc ccaggagagt gtcacagagc aggacagcaa ggacagcacc 4800 tacagcctca gcagcaccct gacgctgagc aaagcagact acgagaaaca caaagtctac 4860 gcctgcgaag tcacccatca gggcctgagc tcgcccgtca caaagagctt caacagggga 4920 gagtgttaga gggagaagtg cccccacctg ctcctcagtt ccagcctgac cccctcccat 4980 cctttggcct ctgacccttt ttccacaggg gacctacccc tattgcggtc ctccagctca 5040 tctttcacct cacccccctc ctcctccttg gctttaatta tgctaatgtt ggaggagaat 5100 gaataaataa agtgaatctt tgcacctgtg gtttctctct ttcctcattt aataattatt 5160 atctgttgtt taccaactac tcaatttctc ttataaggga ctaaatatgt agtcatccta 5220 aggcgcataa ccatttataa aaatcatcct tcattctatt ttaccctatc atcctctgca 5280 agacagtcct ccctcaaacc cacaagcctt ctgtcctcac agtcccctgg gccatggtag 5340 gagagacttg cttccttgtt ttcccctcct cagcaagccc tcatagtcct ttttaagggt 5400 gacaggtctt acagtcatat atcctttgat tcaattccct gagaatcaac caaagcaaat 5460 ttttcaaaag aagaaacctg ctataaagag aatcattcat tgcaacatga tataaaataa 5520 caacacaata aaagcaatta aataaacaaa caatagggaa atgtttaagt tcatcatggt 5580 acttagactt aatggaatgt catgccttat ttacattttt aaacaggtac tgagggactc 5640 ctgtctgcca agggccgtat tgagtacttt ccacaaccta atttaatcca cactatactg 5700 tgagattaaa aacattcatt aaaatgttgc aaaggttcta taaagctgag agacaaatat 5760 attctataac tcagcaatcc cacttctaga tgactgagtg tccccaccca ccaaaaaact 5820 atgcaagaat gttcaaagca gctttattta caaaagccaa aaattggaaa tagcccgatt 5880 gtccaacaat agaatgagtt attaaactgt ggtatgttta tacattagaa tacccaatga 5940 ggagaattaa caagctacaa ctatacctac tcacacagat gaatctcata aaaataatgt 6000 tacataagag aaactcaatg caaaagatat gttctgtatg ttttcatcca tataaagttc 6060 aaaaccaggt aaaaataaag ttagaaattt ggatggaaat tactcttagc tgggggtggg 6120 cgagttagtg cctgggagaa gacaagaagg ggcttctggg gtcttggtaa tgttctgttc 6180 ctcgtgtggg gttgtgcagt tatgatctgt gcactgttct gtatacacat tatgcttcaa 6240 aataacttca cataaagaac atcttatacc cagttaatag atagaagagg aataagtaat 6300 aggtcaagac cacgcagctg gtaagtgggg gggcctggga tcaaatagct acctgcctaa 6360 tcctgccctc ttgagccctg aatgagtctg ccttccaggg ctcaaggtgc tcaacaaaac 6420 aacaggcctg ctattttcct ggcatctgtg ccctgtttgg ctagctagga gcacacatac 6480 atagaaatta aatgaaacag accttcagca aggggacaga ggacagaatt aaccttgccc 6540 agacactgga aacccatgta tgaacactca catgtttggg aagggggaag ggcacatgta 6600 aatgaggact cttcctcatt ctatggggca ctctggccct gcccctctca gctactcatc 6660 catccaacac acctttctaa gtacctctct ctgcctacac tctgaagggg ttcaggagta 6720 actaacacag catcccttcc ctcaaatgac tgacaatccc tttgtcctgc tttgtttttc 6780 tttccagtca gtactgggaa agtggggaag gacagtcatg gagaaactac ataaggaagc 6840 accttgccct tctgcctctt gagaatgttg atgagtatca aatctttcaa actttggagg 6900 tttgagtagg ggtgagactc agtaatgtcc cttccaatga catgaacttg ctcactcatc 6960 cctgggggcc aaattgaaca atcaaaggca ggcataatcc agctatgaat tctaggatcg 7020 atccagacat gataagatac attgatgagt ttggacaaac cacaactaga atgcagtgaa 7080 aaaaatgctt tatttgtgaa atttgtgatg ctattgcttt atttgtaacc attataagct 7140 gcaataaaca agttaacaac aacaattgca ttcattttat gtttcaggtt cagggggagg 7200 tgtgggaggt tttttaaagc aagtaaaacc tctacaaatg tggtatggct gattatgatc 7260 tctagtcaag gcactataca tcaaatattc cttattaacc cctttacaaa ttaaaaagct 7320 aaaggtacac aatttttgag catagttatt aatagcagac actctatgcc tgtgtggagt 7380 aagaaaaaac agtatgttat gattataact gttatgccta cttataaagg ttacagaata 7440 tttttccata attttcttgt atagcagtgc agctttttcc tttgtggtgt aaatagcaaa 7500 gcaagcaaga gttctattac taaacacagc atgactcaaa aaacttagca attctgaagg 7560 aaagtccttg gggtcttcta cctttctctt cttttttgga ggagtagaat gttgagagtc 7620 agcagtagcc tcatcatcac tagatggcat ttcttctgag caaaacaggt tttcctcatt 7680 aaaggcattc caccactgct cccattcatc agttccatag gttggaatct aaaatacaca 7740 aacaattaga atcagtagtt taacacatta tacacttaaa aattttatat ttaccttaga 7800 gctttaaatc tctgtaggta gtttgtccaa ttatgtcaca ccacagaagt aaggttcctt 7860 cacaaagatc cgggaccaaa gcggccatcg tgcctcccca ctcctgcagt tcgggggcat 7920 ggatgcgcgg atagccgctg ctggtttcct ggatgccgac ggatttgcac tgccggtaga 7980 actccgcgag gtcgtccagc ctcaggcagc agctgaacca actcgcgagg ggatcgagcc 8040 cggggtgggc gaagaactcc agcatgagat ccccgcgctg gaggatcatc cagccggcgt 8100 cccggaaaac gattccgaag cccaaccttt catagaaggc ggcggtggaa tcgaaatctc 8160 gtgatggcag gttgggcgtc gcttggtcgg tcatttcgaa ccccagagtc ccgctcagaa 8220 gaactcgtca agaaggcgat agaaggcgat gcgctgcgaa tcgggagcgg cgataccgta 8280 aagcacgagg aagcggtcag cccattcgcc gccaagctct tcagcaatat cacgggtagc 8340 caacgctatg tcctgatagc ggtccgccac acccagccgg ccacagtcga tgaatccaga 8400 aaagcggcca ttttccacca tgatattcgg caagcaggca tcgccatggg tcacgacgag 8460 atcctcgccg tcgggcatgc gcgccttgag cctggcgaac agttcggctg gcgcgagccc 8520 ctgatgctct tcgtccagat catcctgatc gacaagaccg gcttccatcc gagtacgtgc 8580 tcgctcgatg cgatgtttcg cttggtggtc gaatgggcag gtagccggat caagcgtatg 8640 cagccgccgc attgcatcag ccatgatgga tactttctcg gcaggagcaa ggtgagatga 8700 caggagatcc tgccccggca cttcgcccaa tagcagccag tcccttcccg cttcagtgac 8760 aacgtcgagc acagctgcgc aaggaacgcc cgtcgtggcc agccacgata gccgcgctgc 8820 ctcgtcctgc agttcattca gggcaccgga caggtcggtc ttgacaaaaa gaaccgggcg 8880 cccctgcgct gacagccgga acacggcggc atcagagcag ccgattgtct gttgtgccca 8940 gtcatagccg aatagcctct ccacccaagc ggccggagaa cctgcgtgca atccatcttg 9000 ttcaatcatg cgaaacgatc ctcatcctgt ctcttgatca gatcttgatc ccctgcgcca 9060 tcagatcctt ggcggcaaga aagccatcca gtttactttg cagggcttcc caaccttacc 9120 agagggcgcc ccagctggca attccggttc gcttgctgtc cataaaaccg cccagtctag 9180 ctatcgccat gtaagcccac tgcaagctac ctgctttctc tttgcgcttg cgttttccct 9240 tgtccagata gcccagtagc tgacattcat ccggggtcag caccgtttct gcggactggc 9300 tttctacgtg ttccgcttcc tttagcagcc cttgcgccct gagtgcttgc ggcagcgtga 9360 ag 9362 <210> SEQ ID NO 19 <211> LENGTH: 11 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: hypervariable regions CDR1' in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:1 <400> SEQUENCE: 19 Arg Ala Ser Gln Asn Ile Gly Thr Ser Ile Gln 1 5 10 <210> SEQ ID NO 20 <211> LENGTH: 7 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: hypervariable region CDR2' in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:1 <400> SEQUENCE: 20 Ser Ser Ser Glu Ser Ile Ser 1 5 <210> SEQ ID NO 21 <211> LENGTH: 9 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: hypervariable region CDR3' in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:1 <400> SEQUENCE: 21 Gln Gln Ser Asn Thr Trp Pro Phe Thr 1 5 <210> SEQ ID NO 22 <211> LENGTH: 5 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: hypervariable region CDR1 in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:2 <400> SEQUENCE: 22 Asn Tyr Ile Ile His 1 5 <210> SEQ ID NO 23 <211> LENGTH: 17 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: hypervariable region CDR2 in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:2 <400> SEQUENCE: 23 Tyr Phe Asn Pro Tyr Asn His Gly Thr Lys Tyr Asn Glu Lys Phe Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly <210> SEQ ID NO 24 <211> LENGTH: 9 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: hypervariable region CDR3 in a CD45RO/RB binding molecule of SEQ ID NO:2 <400> SEQUENCE: 24 Ser Gly Pro Tyr Ala Trp Phe Asp Thr 1 5 <210> SEQ ID NO 25 <211> LENGTH: 33 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: polynucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR1 <400> SEQUENCE: 25 ggccagtcag aacattggca caagcataca gtg 33 <210> SEQ ID NO 26 <211> LENGTH: 21 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: polynucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR2 <400> SEQUENCE: 26 ttcttctgag tctatctctg g 21 <210> SEQ ID NO 27 <211> LENGTH: 27 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: polynucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR3 <400> SEQUENCE: 27 acaaagtaat acctggccat tcacgtt 27 <210> SEQ ID NO 28 <211> LENGTH: 15 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: polynucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR1' <400> SEQUENCE: 28 ttatattatc cactg 15 <210> SEQ ID NO 29 <211> LENGTH: 51 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: polynucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR2' <400> SEQUENCE: 29 ttttaatcct tacaatcatg gtactaagta caatgagaag ttcaaaggca g 51 <210> SEQ ID NO 30 <211> LENGTH: 27 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: polynucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of CDR3' <400> SEQUENCE: 30 aggaccctat gcctggtttg acacctg 27 <210> SEQ ID NO 31 <211> LENGTH: 118 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Part of amino acid sequence of humanised heavy chain designated VHE-N73D <400> SEQUENCE: 31 Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Ala Glu Val Lys Lys Pro Gly Ala 1 5 10 15 Ser Val Lys Val Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser Gly Tyr Thr Phe Thr Asn Tyr 20 25 30 Ile Ile His Trp Val Lys Gln Glu Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Glu Trp Ile 35 40 45 Gly Tyr Phe Asn Pro Tyr Asn His Gly Thr Lys Tyr Asn Glu Lys Phe 50 55 60 Lys Gly Arg Ala Thr Leu Thr Ala Asp Lys Ser Ile Ser Thr Ala Tyr 65 70 75 80 Met Glu Leu Ser Ser Leu Arg Ser Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Ala Arg Ser Gly Pro Tyr Ala Trp Phe Asp Thr Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr 100 105 110 Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser 115 <210> SEQ ID NO 32 <211> LENGTH: 118 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Part of amino acid sequence of humanised heavy chain designated VHQ-N73D <400> SEQUENCE: 32 Gln Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Ala Glu Val Lys Lys Pro Gly Ala 1 5 10 15 Ser Val Lys Val Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser Gly Tyr Thr Phe Thr Asn Tyr 20 25 30 Ile Ile His Trp Val Lys Gln Glu Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Glu Trp Ile 35 40 45 Gly Tyr Phe Asn Pro Tyr Asn His Gly Thr Lys Tyr Asn Glu Lys Phe 50 55 60 Lys Gly Arg Ala Thr Leu Thr Ala Asp Lys Ser Ile Ser Thr Ala Tyr 65 70 75 80 Met Glu Leu Ser Ser Leu Arg Ser Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Ala Arg Ser Gly Pro Tyr Ala Trp Phe Asp Thr Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr 100 105 110 Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser 115 <210> SEQ ID NO 33 <211> LENGTH: 321 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 8 <400> SEQUENCE: 33 gacattctgc tgacccagtc tccagccacc ctgtctctga gtccaggaga aagagccact 60 ctctcctgca gggccagtca gaacattggc acaagcatac agtggtatca acaaaaacca 120 ggtcaggctc caaggcttct cataaggtct tcttctgagt ctatctctgg gatcccttcc 180 aggtttagtg gcagtggatc agggacagat tttactctta ccatcagcag tctggagcct 240 gaagattttg cagtgtatta ctgtcaacaa agtaatacct ggccattcac gttcggccag 300 gggaccaagc ttgaaatcaa a 321 <210> SEQ ID NO 34 <211> LENGTH: 354 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 31 <400> SEQUENCE: 34 gaggtgcagc tggtggagtc aggagccgaa gtgaaaaagc ctggggcttc agtgaaggtg 60 tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta tccactgggt gaagcaggag 120 cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt acaatcatgg tactaagtac 180 aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcagaca aatccatcag cacagcctac 240 atggagctca gcagcctgcg ctctgaggac actgcggtct actactgtgc aagatcagga 300 ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg tcaccgtctc ctca 354 <210> SEQ ID NO 35 <211> LENGTH: 354 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: chimeric murine-human construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 32 <400> SEQUENCE: 35 caggtgcagc tggtggagtc aggagccgaa gtgaaaaagc ctggggcttc agtgaaggtg 60 tcctgcaagg cctctggata cacattcact aattatatta tccactgggt gaagcaggag 120 cctggtcagg gccttgaatg gattggatat tttaatcctt acaatcatgg tactaagtac 180 aatgagaagt tcaaaggcag ggccacacta actgcagaca aatccatcag cacagcctac 240 atggagctca gcagcctgcg ctctgaggac actgcggtct actactgtgc aagatcagga 300 ccctatgcct ggtttgacac ctggggccaa gggaccacgg tcaccgtctc ctca 354 <210> SEQ ID NO 36 <211> LENGTH: 8096 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of expression vector LCVL1Sp20 <400> SEQUENCE: 36 ctagagtcct agagaggtct ggtggagcct gcaaaagtcc agctttcaaa ggaacacaga 60 agtatgtgta tggaatatta gaagatgttg cttttactct taagttggtt cctaggaaaa 120 atagttaaat actgtgactt taaaatgtga gagggttttc aagtactcat ttttttaaat 180 gtccaaaatt tttgtcaatc aatttgaggt cttgtttgtg tagaactgac attacttaaa 240 gtttaaccga ggaatgggag tgaggctctc tcatacccta ttcagaactg acttttaaca 300 ataataaatt aagtttaaaa tatttttaaa tgaattgagc aatgttgagt tggagtcaag 360 atggccgatc agaaccagaa cacctgcagc agctggcagg aagcaggtca tgtggcaagg 420 ctatttgggg aagggaaaat aaaaccacta ggtaaacttg tagctgtggt ttgaagaagt 480 ggttttgaaa cactctgtcc agccccacca aaccgaaagt ccaggctgag caaaacacca 540 cctgggtaat ttgcatttct aaaataagtt gaggattcag ccgaaactgg agaggtcctc 600 ttttaactta ttgagttcaa ccttttaatt ttagcttgag tagttctagt ttccccaaac 660 ttaagtttat cgacttctaa aatgtattta gaactcattt tcaaaattag gttatgtaag 720 aaattgaagg actttagtgt ctttaatttc taatatattt agaaaacttc ttaaaattac 780 tctattattc ttccctctga ttattggtct ccattcaatt cttttccaat acccgaagca 840 tttacagtga ctttgttcat gatctttttt agttgtttgt tttgccttac tattaagact 900 ttgacattct ggtcaaaacg gcttcacaaa tctttttcaa gaccactttc tgagtattca 960 ttttaggaga aatacttttt ttttaaatga atgcaattat ctaggacctg caggcatgct 1020 gttttctgtc tgtccctaac atgccctgtg attatccgca aacaacacac ccaagggcag 1080 aactttgtta cttaaacacc atcctgtttg cttctttcct caggaactgt ggctgcacca 1140 tctgtcttca tcttcccgcc atctgatgag cagttgaaat ctggaactgc ctctgttgtg 1200 tgcctgctga ataacttcta tcccagagag gccaaagtac agtggaaggt ggataacgcc 1260 ctccaatcgg gtaactccca ggagagtgtc acagagcagg acagcaagga cagcacctac 1320 agcctcagca gcaccctgac gctgagcaaa gcagactacg agaaacacaa agtctacgcc 1380 tgcgaagtca cccatcaggg cctgagctcg cccgtcacaa agagcttcaa caggggagag 1440 tgttagaggg agaagtgccc ccacctgctc ctcagttcca gcctgacccc ctcccatcct 1500 ttggcctctg accctttttc cacaggggac ctacccctat tgcggtcctc cagctcatct 1560 ttcacctcac ccccctcctc ctccttggct ttaattatgc taatgttgga ggagaatgaa 1620 taaataaagt gaatctttgc acctgtggtt tctctctttc ctcatttaat aattattatc 1680 tgttgtttta ccaactactc aatttctctt ataagggact aaatatgtag tcatcctaag 1740 gcgggatatc gagatctgaa gctgatccag acatgataag atacattgat gagtttggac 1800 aaaccacaac tagaatgcag tgaaaaaaat gctttatttg tgaaatttgt gatgctattg 1860 ctttatttgt aaccattata agctgcaata aacaagttaa caacaacaat tgcattcatt 1920 ttatgtttca ggttcagggg gaggtgtggg aggtttttta aagcaagtaa aacctctaca 1980 aatgtggtat ggctgattat gatctctagt caaggcacta tacatcaaat attccttatt 2040 aaccccttta caaattaaaa agctaaaggt acacaatttt tgagcatagt tattaatagc 2100 agacactcta tgcctgtgtg gagtaagaaa aaacagtatg ttatgattat aactgttatg 2160 cctacttata aaggttacag aatatttttc cataattttc ttgtatagca gtgcagcttt 2220 ttcctttgtg gtgtaaatag caaagcaagc aagagttcta ttactaaaca cagcatgact 2280 caaaaaactt agcaattctg aaggaaagtc cttggggtct tctacctttc tcttcttttt 2340 tggaggagta gaatgttgag agtcagcagt agcctcatca tcactagatg gcatttcttc 2400 tgagcaaaac aggttttcct cattaaaggc attccaccac tgctcccatt catcagttcc 2460 ataggttgga atctaaaata cacaaacaat tagaatcagt agtttaacac attatacact 2520 taaaaatttt atatttacct tagagcttta aatctctgta ggtagtttgt ccaattatgt 2580 cacaccacag aagtaaggtt ccttcacaaa gatccggacc aaagcggcca tcgtgcctcc 2640 ccactcctgc agttcggggg catggatgcg cggatagccg ctgctggttt cctggatgcc 2700 gacggatttg cactgccggt agaactccgc gaggtcgtcc agcctcaggc agcagctgaa 2760 ccaactcgcg aggggatcga gcatccccca tggtcttata aaaatgcata gctttaggag 2820 gggagcagag aacttgaaag catcttcctg ttagtctttc ttctcgtaga cttcaaactt 2880 atacttgatg cctttttcct cctggacctc agagaggacg cctgggtatt ctgggagaag 2940 tttatatttc cccaaatcaa tttctgggaa aaacgtgtca ctttcaaatt cctgcatgat 3000 ccttgtcaca aagagtctga ggtggcctgg ttgattcatg gcttcctggt aaacagaact 3060 gcctccgact atccaaacca tgtctacttt acttgccaat tccggttgtt caataagtct 3120 taaggcatca tccaaacttt tggcaagaaa atgagctcct cgtggtggtt ctttgagttc 3180 tctactgaga actatattaa ttctgtcctt taaaggtcga ttcttctcag gaatggagaa 3240 ccaggttttc ctacccataa tcaccagatt ctgtttacct tccactgaag aggttgtggt 3300 cattctttgg aagtacttga actcgttcct gagcggaggc cagggtcggt ctccgttctt 3360 gccaatcccc atattttggg acacggcgac gatgcagttc aatggtcgaa ccatgatggc 3420 agcggggata aaatcctacc agccttcacg ctaggattgc cgtcaagttt gggggtaccg 3480 agctcgaatt agctttttgc aaaagcctag gcctccaaaa aagcctcctc actacttctg 3540 gaatagctca gagggccgag gcggcctcgg cctctgcata aataaaaaaa attagtcagc 3600 catggggcgg agaatgggcg gaactgggcg gagttagggg cgggatgggc ggagttaggg 3660 gcgggactat ggttgctgac taattgagat gcatgctttg catacttctg cctgctgggg 3720 agcctgggga ctttccacac ctggttgctg actaattgag atgcatgctt tgcatacttc 3780 tgcctgctgg ggagcctggg gactttccac accctaactg acacacattc cacagctgcc 3840 tcgcgcgttt cggtgatgac ggtgaaaacc tctgacacat gcagctcccg gagacggtca 3900 cagcttgtct gtaagcggat gccgggagca gacaagcccg tcagggcgcg tcagcgggtg 3960 ttggcgggtg tcggggcgca gccatgaccc agtcacgtag cgatagcgga gtgtatactg 4020 gcttaactat gcggcatcag agcagattgt actgagagtg caccatatgc ggccgcatat 4080 gcggtgtgaa ataccgcaca gatgcgtaag gagaaaatac cgcatcaggc gctcttccgc 4140 ttcctcgctc actgactcgc tgcgctcggt cgttcggctg cggcgagcgg tatcagctca 4200 ctcaaaggcg gtaatacggt tatccacaga atcaggggat aacgcaggaa agaacatgtg 4260 agcaaaaggc cagcaaaagg ccaggaaccg taaaaaggcc gcgttgctgg cgtttttcca 4320 taggctccgc ccccctgacg agcatcacaa aaatcgacgc tcaagtcaga ggtggcgaaa 4380 cccgacagga ctataaagat accaggcgtt tccccctgga agctccctcg tgcgctctcc 4440 tgttccgacc ctgccgctta ccggatacct gtccgccttt ctcccttcgg gaagcgtggc 4500 gctttctcat agctcacgct gtaggtatct cagttcggtg taggtcgttc gctccaagct 4560 gggctgtgtg cacgaacccc ccgttcagcc cgaccgctgc gccttatccg gtaactatcg 4620 tcttgagtcc aacccggtaa gacacgactt atcgccactg gcagcagcca ctggtaacag 4680 gattagcaga gcgaggtatg taggcggtgc tacagagttc ttgaagtggt ggcctaacta 4740 cggctacact agaaggacag tatttggtat ctgcgctctg ctgaagccag ttaccttcgg 4800 aaaaagagtt ggtagctctt gatccggcaa acaaaccacc gctggtagcg gtggtttttt 4860 tgtttgcaag cagcagatta cgcgcagaaa aaaaggatct caagaagatc ctttgatctt 4920 ttctacgggg tctgacgctc agtggaacga aaactcacgt taagggattt tggtcatgag 4980 attatcaaaa aggatcttca cctagatcct tttaaattaa aaatgaagtt ttaaatcaat 5040 ctaaagtata tatgagtaaa cttggtctga cagttaccaa tgcttaatca gtgaggcacc 5100 tatctcagcg atctgtctat ttcgttcatc catagttgcc tgactccccg tcgtgtagat 5160 aactacgata cgggagggct taccatctgg ccccagtgct gcaatgatac cgcgagaccc 5220 acgctcaccg gctccagatt tatcagcaat aaaccagcca gccggaaggg ccgagcgcag 5280 aagtggtcct gcaactttat ccgcctccat ccagtctatt aattgttgcc gggaagctag 5340 agtaagtagt tcgccagtta atagtttgcg caacgttgtt gccattgctg caggcatcgt 5400 ggtgtcacgc tcgtcgtttg gtatggcttc attcagctcc ggttcccaac gatcaaggcg 5460 agttacatga tcccccatgt tgtgcaaaaa agcggttagc tccttcggtc ctccgatcgt 5520 tgtcagaagt aagttggccg cagtgttatc actcatggtt atggcagcac tgcataattc 5580 tcttactgtc atgccatccg taagatgctt ttctgtgact ggtgagtact caaccaagtc 5640 attctgagaa tagtgtatgc ggcgaccgag ttgctcttgc ccggcgtcaa cacgggataa 5700 taccgcgcca catagcagaa ctttaaaagt gctcatcatt ggaaaacgtt cttcggggcg 5760 aaaactctca aggatcttac cgctgttgag atccagttcg atgtaaccca ctcgtgcacc 5820 caactgatct tcagcatctt ttactttcac cagcgtttct gggtgagcaa aaacaggaag 5880 gcaaaatgcc gcaaaaaagg gaataagggc gacacggaaa tgttgaatac tcatactctt 5940 cctttttcaa tattattgaa gcatttatca gggttattgt ctcatgagcg gatacatatt 6000 tgaatgtatt tagaaaaata aacaaatagg ggttccgcgc acatttcccc gaaaagtgcc 6060 acctgacgtc taagaaacca ttattatcat gacattaacc tataaaaata ggcgtatcac 6120 gaggcccttt cgtcttcaag aattcagctg ctcgaggaag agctcaaacc catgctactc 6180 tctggcttga tggaagcaac gctttcatag ctgagctgtc ataaataata aagagatttt 6240 tttattaata ttgaaaagat gggttattta tgtaagactc tgtcttcatt ttaaaaacca 6300 caccttccag tagtattctg ttactgttct ggcaatcact gtgatcaaga agctacacgg 6360 tgagttgtgc ttctcagtcc taagggatac atctacaaga ggctcccata ctcgaagctc 6420 aggaaacatt gtagaaaagg aggcaaaaga ctgacagagc cagaggacca agaaatttgt 6480 tgtgaggttg tgtctcctac taacaatata agcaatatct ataaattgtt gatatcatgg 6540 ctactaaaat gtgagttgaa cgaggaggac acaaatgaac atgacaatca gaatgaggcc 6600 tctcacctgc aaaaaacact atagagaagc agataaagct gtcagcagaa gaggcgcacc 6660 tccttataga agaagcctac caggtttgat atatcagcct tgaaaaccta catagtattt 6720 acattatatc gagtctatga gacatattta gtaatgcata tgtatgtgtg tgtgtgcatg 6780 tatgtgtgta aatacatatg ttcatagaaa aatgtgtaaa aagagatcat gaatttaaga 6840 gagaactggg acaatttttt tcagggagtt gtaatcagga aagttaaggg aaaaatgttg 6900 taattaaaat tcaggctcag aaacaaacaa aggaaaagaa aaaaaaacaa caacaacaac 6960 aaaaaaacaa aacaaaggag aagctgtatg gccacaatag catctacagc taactgtgaa 7020 aggataatgg aacaagttat gtactgccta gagcagtatg atgcctaaat catctcgaca 7080 tggaggaaaa tagaacaaag acactctaca tagactatga tagaaatcaa aataaggtgt 7140 aagacataga acattagttt tgtttgttgt tcaaagagac tcacattccc acaaaaaaat 7200 ctgtgggatt ttacaggtct gcaataagct gctgacctga tgatttctgc agctgtgcct 7260 accctttgct gatttgcatg tacccaaagc atagcttact gacatgagga tttcttcata 7320 gtcaggtcac accctttgct ggagtcagaa tcacactgat cacacacagt catgagtgtg 7380 ctcactcagg tcctggcgtt gctgctgctg tggcttacag gtaatgaaga cagcactaga 7440 attttattga gcttcctgta cactgtgctg cttgtctctg tgaaaattct cttgtgaatt 7500 aatcatgtgg ggatctgttt tcaatttttc aattgtaggt acgcgttgtg acattctgct 7560 gacccagtct ccagccaccc tgtctctgag tccaggagaa agagccactc tctcctgcag 7620 ggccagtcag aacattggca caagcataca gtggtatcaa caaaaaccag gtcaggctcc 7680 aaggcttctc ataaggtctt cttctgagtc tatctctggg atcccttcca ggtttagtgg 7740 cagtggatca gggacagatt ttactcttac catcagcagt ctggagcctg aagattttgc 7800 agtgtattac tgtcaacaaa gtaatacctg gccattcacg ttcggccagg ggaccaagct 7860 tgaaatcaaa cgtaagtaga atccaaagtc tctttcttcc gttgtctatg tctgtggctt 7920 ctatgtctaa aaatgatgta taaaatctta ctctgaaacc agattctggc actctccaag 7980 gcaaagatac agagtaactc cgtaagcaaa gctgggaata ggctagacat gttctctgga 8040 gaatgaatgc cagtgtaata attaacacaa gtgatagttt cagaaatgct ctagtt 8096 <210> SEQ ID NO 37 <211> LENGTH: 11563 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of the expression vector HCVHEN73DSp20 <400> SEQUENCE: 37 ctagagaggt ctggtggagc ctgcaaaagt ccagctttca aaggaacaca gaagtatgtg 60 tatggaatat tagaagatgt tgcttttact cttaagttgg ttcctaggaa aaatagttaa 120 atactgtgac tttaaaatgt gagagggttt tcaagtactc atttttttaa atgtccaaaa 180 tttttgtcaa tcaatttgag gtcttgtttg tgtagaactg acattactta aagtttaacc 240 gaggaatggg agtgaggctc tctcataccc tattcagaac tgacttttaa caataataaa 300 ttaagtttaa aatattttta aatgaattga gcaatgttga gttggagtca agatggccga 360 tcagaaccag aacacctgca gcagctggca ggaagcaggt catgtggcaa ggctatttgg 420 ggaagggaaa ataaaaccac taggtaaact tgtagctgtg gtttgaagaa gtggttttga 480 aacactctgt ccagccccac caaaccgaaa gtccaggctg agcaaaacac cacctgggta 540 atttgcattt ctaaaataag ttgaggattc agccgaaact ggagaggtcc tcttttaact 600 tattgagttc aaccttttaa ttttagcttg agtagttcta gtttccccaa acttaagttt 660 atcgacttct aaaatgtatt taagctttct ggggcaggcc aggcctgacc ttggctttgg 720 ggcagggagg gggctaaggt gaggcaggtg gcgccagcca ggtgcacacc caatgcccat 780 gagcccagac actggacgct gaacctcgcg gacagttaag aacccagggg cctctgcgcc 840 ctgggcccag ctctgtccca caccgcggtc acatggcacc acctctcttg cagcctccac 900 caagggccca tcggtcttcc ccctggcacc ctcctccaag agcacctctg ggggcacagc 960 ggccctgggc tgcctggtca aggactactt ccccgaaccg gtgacggtgt cgtggaactc 1020 aggcgccctg accagcggcg tgcacacctt cccggctgtc ctacagtcct caggactcta 1080 ctccctcagc agcgtggtga ccgtgccctc cagcagcttg ggcacccaga cctacatctg 1140 caacgtgaat cacaagccca gcaacaccaa ggtggacaag agagttggtg agaggccagc 1200 acagggaggg agggtgtctg ctggaagcca ggctcagcgc tcctgcctgg acgcatcccg 1260 gctatgcagt cccagtccag ggcagcaagg caggccccgt ctgcctcttc acccggaggc 1320 ctctgcccgc cccactcatg ctcagggaga gggtcttctg gctttttccc caggctctgg 1380 gcaggcacag gctaggtgcc cctaacccag gccctgcaca caaaggggca ggtgctgggc 1440 tcagacctgc caagagccat atccgggagg accctgcccc tgacctaagc ccaccccaaa 1500 ggccaaactc tccactccct cagctcggac accttctctc ctcccagatt ccagtaactc 1560 ccaatcttct ctctgcagag cccaaatctt gtgacaaaac tcacacatgc ccaccgtgcc 1620 caggtaagcc agcccaggcc tcgccctcca gctcaaggcg ggacaggtgc cctagagtag 1680 cctgcatcca gggacaggcc ccagccgggt gctgacacgt ccacctccat ctcttcctca 1740 gcacctgaac tcctgggggg accgtcagtc ttcctcttcc ccccaaaacc caaggacacc 1800 ctcatgatct cccggacccc tgaggtcaca tgcgtggtgg tggacgtgag ccacgaagac 1860 cctgaggtca agttcaactg gtacgtggac ggcgtggagg tgcataatgc caagacaaag 1920 ccgcgggagg agcagtacaa cagcacgtac cgtgtggtca gcgtcctcac cgtcctgcac 1980 caggactggc tgaatggcaa ggagtacaag tgcaaggtct ccaacaaagc cctcccagcc 2040 cccatcgaga aaaccatctc caaagccaaa ggtgggaccc gtggggtgcg agggccacat 2100 ggacagaggc cggctcggcc caccctctgc cctgagagtg accgctgtac caacctctgt 2160 ccctacaggg cagccccgag aaccacaggt gtacaccctg cccccatccc gggaggagat 2220 gaccaagaac caggtcagcc tgacctgcct ggtcaaaggc ttctatccca gcgacatcgc 2280 cgtggagtgg gagagcaatg ggcagccgga gaacaactac aagaccacgc ctcccgtgct 2340 ggactccgac ggctccttct tcctctatag caagctcacc gtggacaaga gcaggtggca 2400 gcaggggaac gtcttctcat gctccgtgat gcatgaggct ctgcacaacc actacacgca 2460 gaagagcctc tccctgtccc cgggtaaatg agtgcgacgg ccggcaagcc cccgctcccc 2520 gggctctcgc ggtcgcacga ggatgcttgg cacgtacccc gtctacatac ttcccaggca 2580 cccagcatgg aaataaagca cccaccactg ccctgggccc ctgcgagact gtgatggttc 2640 tttccacggg tcaggccgag tctgaggcct gagtggcatg agggaggcag agcgggtccc 2700 actgtcccca cactggccca ggctgtgcag gtgtgcctgg gccgcctagg gtggggctca 2760 gccaggggct gccctcggca gggtggggga tttgccagcg tggccctccc tccagcagca 2820 gctgccctgg gctgggccac gagaagccct aggagcccct ggggacagac acacagcccc 2880 tgcctctgta ggagactgtc ctgtcctgtg agcgccctgt cctccgaccc cgatgcccac 2940 tcgggggcat gcctagtcca tgcgcgtagg gacaggccct ccctcaccca tctaccccca 3000 cggcactaac ccctggcagc cctgcccagc ctcgcacccg catggggaca caaccgactc 3060 cggggacatg cactctcggg ccctgtggag ggactggtgc agatgcccac acacacactc 3120 agcccagacc cgttcaacaa accccgcact gaggttggtc gagcgggagt gcggccagag 3180 cctgcctcgg ccgtcaggga ggactcccgg gctcactcga aggaggtgcc accatttcag 3240 ctttggtagc ttttcttctt cttttaaatt ttctaaagct cattaattgt ctttgatgtt 3300 tcttttgtga tgacaataaa atatcctttt taagtcttgt acttcgtgat gggagccgcc 3360 ttcctgtgtc cacgcgcctc ctgcccccgg tgggaagcac ggtcaggagg aggctggtcc 3420 agctgcacct cgggggctcc ctgcactcgc cccccgcctc ctgcagccac acgcattgcc 3480 cgagcgaccc tccctggccc ctgtcactac atggacccct ggggcttctc ctcttttcta 3540 catggatgca gtttctcctc ctgctgggca cggtgctgcc tgccctggtc actctgcggg 3600 ggacagggcc tccagggaaa gctgggtcga ggctgggagc tggctcaggc tggccaggca 3660 gagccacagg gagggccttc cagaaccaac catggtccga agcgagaggt gggtgtcaga 3720 tccagacatg ataagataca ttgatgagtt tggacaaacc acaactagaa tgcagtgaaa 3780 aaaatgcttt atttgtgaaa tttgtgatgc tattgcttta tttgtaacca ttataagctg 3840 caataaacaa gttaacaaca acaattgcat tcattttatg tttcaggttc agggggaggt 3900 gtgggaggtt ttttaaagca agtaaaacct ctacaaatgt ggtatggctg attatgatct 3960 ctagtcaagg cactatacat caaatattcc ttattaaccc ctttacaaat taaaaagcta 4020 aaggtacaca atttttgagc atagttatta atagcagaca ctctatgcct gtgtggagta 4080 agaaaaaaca gtatgttatg attataactg ttatgcctac ttataaaggt tacagaatat 4140 ttttccataa ttttcttgta tagcagtgca gctttttcct ttgtggtgta aatagcaaag 4200 caagcaagag ttctattact aaacacagca tgactcaaaa aacttagcaa ttctgaagga 4260 aagtccttgg ggtcttctac ctttctcttc ttttttggag gagtagaatg ttgagagtca 4320 gcagtagcct catcatcact agatggcatt tcttctgagc aaaacaggtt ttcctcatta 4380 aaggcattcc accactgctc ccattcatca gttccatagg ttggaatcta aaatacacaa 4440 acaattagaa tcagtagttt aacacattat acacttaaaa attttatatt taccttagag 4500 ctttaaatct ctgtaggtag tttgtccaat tatgtcacac cacagaagta aggttccttc 4560 acaaagatcc ggaccaaagc ggccatcgtg cctccccact cctgcagttc gggggcatgg 4620 atgcgcggat agccgctgct ggtttcctgg atgccgacgg atttgcactg ccggtagaac 4680 tccgcgaggt cgtccagcct caggcagcag ctgaaccaac tcgcgagggg atcgagcccg 4740 gggtgggcga agaactccag catgagatcc ccgcgctgga ggatcatcca gccggcgtcc 4800 cggaaaacga ttccgaagcc caacctttca tagaaggcgg cggtggaatc gaaatctcgt 4860 gatggcaggt tgggcgtcgc ttggtcggtc atttcgaacc ccagagtccc gctcagaaga 4920 actcgtcaag aaggcgatag aaggcgatgc gctgcgaatc gggagcggcg ataccgtaaa 4980 gcacgaggaa gcggtcagcc cattcgccgc caagctcttc agcaatatca cgggtagcca 5040 acgctatgtc ctgatagcgg tccgccacac ccagccggcc acagtcgatg aatccagaaa 5100 agcggccatt ttccaccatg atattcggca agcaggcatc gccatgggtc acgacgagat 5160 cctcgccgtc gggcatgcgc gccttgagcc tggcgaacag ttcggctggc gcgagcccct 5220 gatgctcttc gtccagatca tcctgatcga caagaccggc ttccatccga gtacgtgctc 5280 gctcgatgcg atgtttcgct tggtggtcga atgggcaggt agccggatca agcgtatgca 5340 gccgccgcat tgcatcagcc atgatggata ctttctcggc aggagcaagg tgagatgaca 5400 ggagatcctg ccccggcact tcgcccaata gcagccagtc ccttcccgct tcagtgacaa 5460 cgtcgagcac agctgcgcaa ggaacgcccg tcgtggccag ccacgatagc cgcgctgcct 5520 cgtcctgcag ttcattcagg gcaccggaca ggtcggtctt gacaaaaaga accgggcgcc 5580 cctgcgctga cagccggaac acggcggcat cagagcagcc gattgtctgt tgtgcccagt 5640 catagccgaa tagcctctcc acccaagcgg ccggagaacc tgcgtgcaat ccatcttgtt 5700 caatcatgcg aaacgatcct catcctgtct cttgatcaga tcttgatccc ctgcgccatc 5760 agatccttgg cggcaagaaa gccatccagt ttactttgca gggcttccca accttaccag 5820 agggcgcccc agctggcaat tccggttcgc ttgctgtcca taaaaccgcc cagtctagct 5880 atcgccatgt aagcccactg caagctacct gctttctctt tgcgcttgcg ttttcccttg 5940 tccagatagc ccagtagctg acattcatcc ggggtcagca ccgtttctgc ggactggctt 6000 tctacgtgtt ccgcttcctt tagcagccct tgcgccctga gtgcttgcgg cagcgtgaag 6060 ctttttgcaa aagcctaggc ctccaaaaaa gcctcctcac tacttctgga atagctcaga 6120 ggccgaggcg gcctcggcct ctgcataaat aaaaaaaatt agtcagccat ggggcggaga 6180 atgggcggaa ctgggcggag ttaggggcgg gatgggcgga gttaggggcg ggactatggt 6240 tgctgactaa ttgagatgca tgctttgcat acttctgcct gctggggagc ctggggactt 6300 tccacacctg gttgctgact aattgagatg catgctttgc atacttctgc ctgctgggga 6360 gcctggggac tttccacacc ctaactgaca cacattccac agctgcctcg cgcgtttcgg 6420 tgatgacggt gaaaacctct gacacatgca gctcccggag acggtcacag cttgtctgta 6480 agcggatgcc gggagcagac aagcccgtca gggcgcgtca gcgggtgttg gcgggtgtcg 6540 gggcgcagcc atgacccagt cacgtagcga tagcggagtg tatactggct taactatgcg 6600 gcatcagagc agattgtact gagagtgcac catatgcggt gtgaaatacc gcacagatgc 6660 gtaaggagaa aataccgcat caggcgctct tccgcttcct cgctcactga ctcgctgcgc 6720 tcggtcgttc ggctgcggcg agcggtatca gctcactcaa aggcggtaat acggttatcc 6780 acagaatcag gggataacgc aggaaagaac atgtgagcaa aaggccagca aaaggccagg 6840 aaccgtaaaa aggccgcgtt gctggcgttt ttccataggc tccgcccccc tgacgagcat 6900 cacaaaaatc gacgctcaag tcagaggtgg cgaaacccga caggactata aagataccag 6960 gcgtttcccc ctggaagctc cctcgtgcgc tctcctgttc cgaccctgcc gcttaccgga 7020 tacctgtccg cctttctccc ttcgggaagc gtggcgcttt ctcatagctc acgctgtagg 7080 tatctcagtt cggtgtaggt cgttcgctcc aagctgggct gtgtgcacga accccccgtt 7140 cagcccgacc gctgcgcctt atccggtaac tatcgtcttg agtccaaccc ggtaagacac 7200 gacttatcgc cactggcagc agccactggt aacaggatta gcagagcgag gtatgtaggc 7260 ggtgctacag agttcttgaa gtggtggcct aactacggct acactagaag gacagtattt 7320 ggtatctgcg ctctgctgaa gccagttacc ttcggaaaaa gagttggtag ctcttgatcc 7380 ggcaaacaaa ccaccgctgg tagcggtggt ttttttgttt gcaagcagca gattacgcgc 7440 agaaaaaaag gatctcaaga agatcctttg atcttttcta cggggtctga cgctcagtgg 7500 aacgaaaact cacgttaagg gattttggtc atgagattat caaaaaggat cttcacctag 7560 atccttttaa attaaaaatg aagttttaaa tcaatctaaa gtatatatga gtaaacttgg 7620 tctgacagtt accaatgctt aatcagtgag gcacctatct cagcgatctg tctatttcgt 7680 tcatccatag ttgcctgact ccccgtcgtg tagataacta cgatacggga gggcttacca 7740 tctggcccca gtgctgcaat gataccgcga gacccacgct caccggctcc agatttatca 7800 gcaataaacc agccagccgg aagggccgag cgcagaagtg gtcctgcaac tttatccgcc 7860 tccatccagt ctattaattg ttgccgggaa gctagagtaa gtagttcgcc agttaatagt 7920 ttgcgcaacg ttgttgccat tgctgcaggc atcgtggtgt cacgctcgtc gtttggtatg 7980 gcttcattca gctccggttc ccaacgatca aggcgagtta catgatcccc catgttgtgc 8040 aaaaaagcgg ttagctcctt cggtcctccg atcgttgtca gaagtaagtt ggccgcagtg 8100 ttatcactca tggttatggc agcactgcat aattctctta ctgtcatgcc atccgtaaga 8160 tgcttttctg tgactggtga gtactcaacc aagtcattct gagaatagtg tatgcggcga 8220 ccgagttgct cttgcccggc gtcaacacgg gataataccg cgccacatag cagaacttta 8280 aaagtgctca tcattggaaa acgttcttcg gggcgaaaac tctcaaggat cttaccgctg 8340 ttgagatcca gttcgatgta acccactcgt gcacccaact gatcttcagc atcttttact 8400 ttcaccagcg tttctgggtg agcaaaaaca ggaaggcaaa atgccgcaaa aaagggaata 8460 agggcgacac ggaaatgttg aatactcata ctcttccttt ttcaatatta ttgaagcatt 8520 tatcagggtt attgtctcat gagcggatac atatttgaat gtatttagaa aaataaacaa 8580 ataggggttc cgcgcacatt tccccgaaaa gtgccacctg acgtctaaga aaccattatt 8640 atcatgacat taacctataa aaataggcgt atcacgaggc cctttcgtct tcaagaattc 8700 gagctcggta cccatcagcc aaaaagcatg cctgccacac aacatcaatt tctggaaaac 8760 gctacactta attatttcta gtagaacagc tctttggttt gccaaaaaga atcacctata 8820 gtggcatcta agcacaaaaa ggagaaaaaa atcacaaaga aatgattgag aggcataata 8880 aaaattatca aaaaattatg agttttacga tttcatcttt ttccaagttg aaatcatagg 8940 gtggctttaa cacagtgaca aggaatgtgc atgctgccat tatggtgctc tgcctaaaat 9000 ggttggagcc ttgtcatgct acagagaaac tgtcatacag cagggggtgc caaatttcca 9060 tattttttta tatcattgag caggtgcaca gaagaccaga aagcactttc tatcaggctg 9120 gccttcctct tcctttccag tatgaagcaa aaactgccaa tgaaactagc aattgttaaa 9180 ttcctttttc aaacagtatt tgtgctatca gaacatagtg cattcaaaag tctagcctga 9240 gagaacaacc cagttttatt cattcctcct actacctctc tcattcccac tgtttgtgtt 9300 ctccctccca ttttaattgt ctatctagtc caaactaagc acacgatcca gtccacatta 9360 aacaacatgt tttcacttta agtcaaatac aagacacctt taatatcagc ccttgttcat 9420 aatcgtgctt ctagtgactt aatgtacatg tcacactgta ctgttgggtt ttgtgtctca 9480 tcatgaacaa tgttgtgaag gtattaagtg gagagtaagc agaattagat tcctctaatg 9540 atgcacaccc acactaagag cagaaataat attaaaaata gaaaaaaaag ttttacatga 9600 gatttcaaat acccaggtat gagctgcagt ttcttcaagt taaagcatcg aggttgtcag 9660 ttacactatt acaggaaaca tatgcagagt ttttatttta gtatattagt tttcacatat 9720 gtggaattac tattaaacta ttctttcttt tcaaatgctt accattgtaa atgagtttgt 9780 gactttgtgt aggtgagtgc acatgactct ggatgcctaa gaggactgaa gaagttggag 9840 ttataggtag ttttattcta cttgactgtt cagtgctaaa aatacaactg aggtccttta 9900 aactgctgtt catgaacttc ttaattgata tatctcatga gatctctaaa ctatttttat 9960 tatgacacgt ttcaccattt tcactgtaac gatttttatg ttttatatta atgtaactat 10020 atgacacttc ccaaaatccc catattcaca attgaactgt ttcaaagttt taccttgact 10080 tatgggaaat gaaaacccac attttataat tttaaaatga aatgtttatt ttatatttct 10140 gcaaatttca caaggaaaga ttagtcactg gtgtgtgaga gcagaggagc ataagagttc 10200 aggaatagaa tccattatga ttctggaggc aaggaagaac tgatgccaag gtttcagtat 10260 aagagcagta tccactggaa aggataaagt cactacatct gagcacagag caggacatct 10320 acataatgag tggtcactaa tgggccactg ttacactgtt atatgtataa ggctcaagaa 10380 tgagcactga ggctgtaagg tgtatgggtg aggacatcag gatgtaaacc cagctcaggt 10440 agaggactca gaggacagca cagtcagcat gaactaataa acatcagata agataaggca 10500 caagctcagc tatatagggt aagggatctt tgtaaatctg attgtgcatc cagtctagtt 10560 caatgtgact taggaagccc agtcatatgc aaatctagag aagactttag agtagaaatc 10620 tgaggctcac ctcacatacc agcaagcgag tgaccagtta gtcttaaggc accacttctt 10680 agacatcatg gcttgggtgt ggaccttgcc attcctgatg gcagctgccc aaagtaagac 10740 atcagaaaaa agagttccaa ggggaattga agcagttcca tgaatactca ccttcctgtg 10800 ttcttttcac aggtgtccag gcagaggtgc agctggtgga gtcaggagcc gaagtgaaaa 10860 agcctggggc ttcagtgaag gtgtcctgca aggcctctgg atacacattc actaattata 10920 ttatccactg ggtgaagcag gagcctggtc agggccttga atggattgga tattttaatc 10980 cttacaatca tggtactaag tacaatgaga agttcaaagg cagggccaca ctaactgcag 11040 acaaatccat cagcacagcc tacatggagc tcagcagcct gcgctctgag gacactgcgg 11100 tctactactg tgcaagatca ggaccctatg cctggtttga cacctggggc caagggacca 11160 cggtcaccgt ctcctcaggt aagaatggcc actctagggc ctttgttttc tgctgctgcc 11220 tgtgggattt catgagcatt gcaaagttgt cctcgggaca tgttccgagg ggacctgggc 11280 ggactggcca ggaggggacg ggcactgggg tgccttgagg atctgggagc ctctgtggat 11340 tttccgatgc ctttggaaaa tgggactgag gttgggtgcg tctgagacag taactcagcc 11400 tgggggcttg gtgaagatcg ccgcacagca gcgagtccgt gaaatatctt atttagactt 11460 gtgaggtgcg ctgtgtgtca atttacatct taaatccttt attggctgga aagagaattg 11520 ttggagtggg tgaatccagc caggagggac gcggggggat cca 11563 <210> SEQ ID NO 38 <211> LENGTH: 11563 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of the expression vector HCVHQN73DSp20 <400> SEQUENCE: 38 ctagagaggt ctggtggagc ctgcaaaagt ccagctttca aaggaacaca gaagtatgtg 60 tatggaatat tagaagatgt tgcttttact cttaagttgg ttcctaggaa aaatagttaa 120 atactgtgac tttaaaatgt gagagggttt tcaagtactc atttttttaa atgtccaaaa 180 tttttgtcaa tcaatttgag gtcttgtttg tgtagaactg acattactta aagtttaacc 240 gaggaatggg agtgaggctc tctcataccc tattcagaac tgacttttaa caataataaa 300 ttaagtttaa aatattttta aatgaattga gcaatgttga gttggagtca agatggccga 360 tcagaaccag aacacctgca gcagctggca ggaagcaggt catgtggcaa ggctatttgg 420 ggaagggaaa ataaaaccac taggtaaact tgtagctgtg gtttgaagaa gtggttttga 480 aacactctgt ccagccccac caaaccgaaa gtccaggctg agcaaaacac cacctgggta 540 atttgcattt ctaaaataag ttgaggattc agccgaaact ggagaggtcc tcttttaact 600 tattgagttc aaccttttaa ttttagcttg agtagttcta gtttccccaa acttaagttt 660 atcgacttct aaaatgtatt taagctttct ggggcaggcc aggcctgacc ttggctttgg 720 ggcagggagg gggctaaggt gaggcaggtg gcgccagcca ggtgcacacc caatgcccat 780 gagcccagac actggacgct gaacctcgcg gacagttaag aacccagggg cctctgcgcc 840 ctgggcccag ctctgtccca caccgcggtc acatggcacc acctctcttg cagcctccac 900 caagggccca tcggtcttcc ccctggcacc ctcctccaag agcacctctg ggggcacagc 960 ggccctgggc tgcctggtca aggactactt ccccgaaccg gtgacggtgt cgtggaactc 1020 aggcgccctg accagcggcg tgcacacctt cccggctgtc ctacagtcct caggactcta 1080 ctccctcagc agcgtggtga ccgtgccctc cagcagcttg ggcacccaga cctacatctg 1140 caacgtgaat cacaagccca gcaacaccaa ggtggacaag agagttggtg agaggccagc 1200 acagggaggg agggtgtctg ctggaagcca ggctcagcgc tcctgcctgg acgcatcccg 1260 gctatgcagt cccagtccag ggcagcaagg caggccccgt ctgcctcttc acccggaggc 1320 ctctgcccgc cccactcatg ctcagggaga gggtcttctg gctttttccc caggctctgg 1380 gcaggcacag gctaggtgcc cctaacccag gccctgcaca caaaggggca ggtgctgggc 1440 tcagacctgc caagagccat atccgggagg accctgcccc tgacctaagc ccaccccaaa 1500 ggccaaactc tccactccct cagctcggac accttctctc ctcccagatt ccagtaactc 1560 ccaatcttct ctctgcagag cccaaatctt gtgacaaaac tcacacatgc ccaccgtgcc 1620 caggtaagcc agcccaggcc tcgccctcca gctcaaggcg ggacaggtgc cctagagtag 1680 cctgcatcca gggacaggcc ccagccgggt gctgacacgt ccacctccat ctcttcctca 1740 gcacctgaac tcctgggggg accgtcagtc ttcctcttcc ccccaaaacc caaggacacc 1800 ctcatgatct cccggacccc tgaggtcaca tgcgtggtgg tggacgtgag ccacgaagac 1860 cctgaggtca agttcaactg gtacgtggac ggcgtggagg tgcataatgc caagacaaag 1920 ccgcgggagg agcagtacaa cagcacgtac cgtgtggtca gcgtcctcac cgtcctgcac 1980 caggactggc tgaatggcaa ggagtacaag tgcaaggtct ccaacaaagc cctcccagcc 2040 cccatcgaga aaaccatctc caaagccaaa ggtgggaccc gtggggtgcg agggccacat 2100 ggacagaggc cggctcggcc caccctctgc cctgagagtg accgctgtac caacctctgt 2160 ccctacaggg cagccccgag aaccacaggt gtacaccctg cccccatccc gggaggagat 2220 gaccaagaac caggtcagcc tgacctgcct ggtcaaaggc ttctatccca gcgacatcgc 2280 cgtggagtgg gagagcaatg ggcagccgga gaacaactac aagaccacgc ctcccgtgct 2340 ggactccgac ggctccttct tcctctatag caagctcacc gtggacaaga gcaggtggca 2400 gcaggggaac gtcttctcat gctccgtgat gcatgaggct ctgcacaacc actacacgca 2460 gaagagcctc tccctgtccc cgggtaaatg agtgcgacgg ccggcaagcc cccgctcccc 2520 gggctctcgc ggtcgcacga ggatgcttgg cacgtacccc gtctacatac ttcccaggca 2580 cccagcatgg aaataaagca cccaccactg ccctgggccc ctgcgagact gtgatggttc 2640 tttccacggg tcaggccgag tctgaggcct gagtggcatg agggaggcag agcgggtccc 2700 actgtcccca cactggccca ggctgtgcag gtgtgcctgg gccgcctagg gtggggctca 2760 gccaggggct gccctcggca gggtggggga tttgccagcg tggccctccc tccagcagca 2820 gctgccctgg gctgggccac gagaagccct aggagcccct ggggacagac acacagcccc 2880 tgcctctgta ggagactgtc ctgtcctgtg agcgccctgt cctccgaccc cgatgcccac 2940 tcgggggcat gcctagtcca tgcgcgtagg gacaggccct ccctcaccca tctaccccca 3000 cggcactaac ccctggcagc cctgcccagc ctcgcacccg catggggaca caaccgactc 3060 cggggacatg cactctcggg ccctgtggag ggactggtgc agatgcccac acacacactc 3120 agcccagacc cgttcaacaa accccgcact gaggttggtc gagcgggagt gcggccagag 3180 cctgcctcgg ccgtcaggga ggactcccgg gctcactcga aggaggtgcc accatttcag 3240 ctttggtagc ttttcttctt cttttaaatt ttctaaagct cattaattgt ctttgatgtt 3300 tcttttgtga tgacaataaa atatcctttt taagtcttgt acttcgtgat gggagccgcc 3360 ttcctgtgtc cacgcgcctc ctgcccccgg tgggaagcac ggtcaggagg aggctggtcc 3420 agctgcacct cgggggctcc ctgcactcgc cccccgcctc ctgcagccac acgcattgcc 3480 cgagcgaccc tccctggccc ctgtcactac atggacccct ggggcttctc ctcttttcta 3540 catggatgca gtttctcctc ctgctgggca cggtgctgcc tgccctggtc actctgcggg 3600 ggacagggcc tccagggaaa gctgggtcga ggctgggagc tggctcaggc tggccaggca 3660 gagccacagg gagggccttc cagaaccaac catggtccga agcgagaggt gggtgtcaga 3720 tccagacatg ataagataca ttgatgagtt tggacaaacc acaactagaa tgcagtgaaa 3780 aaaatgcttt atttgtgaaa tttgtgatgc tattgcttta tttgtaacca ttataagctg 3840 caataaacaa gttaacaaca acaattgcat tcattttatg tttcaggttc agggggaggt 3900 gtgggaggtt ttttaaagca agtaaaacct ctacaaatgt ggtatggctg attatgatct 3960 ctagtcaagg cactatacat caaatattcc ttattaaccc ctttacaaat taaaaagcta 4020 aaggtacaca atttttgagc atagttatta atagcagaca ctctatgcct gtgtggagta 4080 agaaaaaaca gtatgttatg attataactg ttatgcctac ttataaaggt tacagaatat 4140 ttttccataa ttttcttgta tagcagtgca gctttttcct ttgtggtgta aatagcaaag 4200 caagcaagag ttctattact aaacacagca tgactcaaaa aacttagcaa ttctgaagga 4260 aagtccttgg ggtcttctac ctttctcttc ttttttggag gagtagaatg ttgagagtca 4320 gcagtagcct catcatcact agatggcatt tcttctgagc aaaacaggtt ttcctcatta 4380 aaggcattcc accactgctc ccattcatca gttccatagg ttggaatcta aaatacacaa 4440 acaattagaa tcagtagttt aacacattat acacttaaaa attttatatt taccttagag 4500 ctttaaatct ctgtaggtag tttgtccaat tatgtcacac cacagaagta aggttccttc 4560 acaaagatcc ggaccaaagc ggccatcgtg cctccccact cctgcagttc gggggcatgg 4620 atgcgcggat agccgctgct ggtttcctgg atgccgacgg atttgcactg ccggtagaac 4680 tccgcgaggt cgtccagcct caggcagcag ctgaaccaac tcgcgagggg atcgagcccg 4740 gggtgggcga agaactccag catgagatcc ccgcgctgga ggatcatcca gccggcgtcc 4800 cggaaaacga ttccgaagcc caacctttca tagaaggcgg cggtggaatc gaaatctcgt 4860 gatggcaggt tgggcgtcgc ttggtcggtc atttcgaacc ccagagtccc gctcagaaga 4920 actcgtcaag aaggcgatag aaggcgatgc gctgcgaatc gggagcggcg ataccgtaaa 4980 gcacgaggaa gcggtcagcc cattcgccgc caagctcttc agcaatatca cgggtagcca 5040 acgctatgtc ctgatagcgg tccgccacac ccagccggcc acagtcgatg aatccagaaa 5100 agcggccatt ttccaccatg atattcggca agcaggcatc gccatgggtc acgacgagat 5160 cctcgccgtc gggcatgcgc gccttgagcc tggcgaacag ttcggctggc gcgagcccct 5220 gatgctcttc gtccagatca tcctgatcga caagaccggc ttccatccga gtacgtgctc 5280 gctcgatgcg atgtttcgct tggtggtcga atgggcaggt agccggatca agcgtatgca 5340 gccgccgcat tgcatcagcc atgatggata ctttctcggc aggagcaagg tgagatgaca 5400 ggagatcctg ccccggcact tcgcccaata gcagccagtc ccttcccgct tcagtgacaa 5460 cgtcgagcac agctgcgcaa ggaacgcccg tcgtggccag ccacgatagc cgcgctgcct 5520 cgtcctgcag ttcattcagg gcaccggaca ggtcggtctt gacaaaaaga accgggcgcc 5580 cctgcgctga cagccggaac acggcggcat cagagcagcc gattgtctgt tgtgcccagt 5640 catagccgaa tagcctctcc acccaagcgg ccggagaacc tgcgtgcaat ccatcttgtt 5700 caatcatgcg aaacgatcct catcctgtct cttgatcaga tcttgatccc ctgcgccatc 5760 agatccttgg cggcaagaaa gccatccagt ttactttgca gggcttccca accttaccag 5820 agggcgcccc agctggcaat tccggttcgc ttgctgtcca taaaaccgcc cagtctagct 5880 atcgccatgt aagcccactg caagctacct gctttctctt tgcgcttgcg ttttcccttg 5940 tccagatagc ccagtagctg acattcatcc ggggtcagca ccgtttctgc ggactggctt 6000 tctacgtgtt ccgcttcctt tagcagccct tgcgccctga gtgcttgcgg cagcgtgaag 6060 ctttttgcaa aagcctaggc ctccaaaaaa gcctcctcac tacttctgga atagctcaga 6120 ggccgaggcg gcctcggcct ctgcataaat aaaaaaaatt agtcagccat ggggcggaga 6180 atgggcggaa ctgggcggag ttaggggcgg gatgggcgga gttaggggcg ggactatggt 6240 tgctgactaa ttgagatgca tgctttgcat acttctgcct gctggggagc ctggggactt 6300 tccacacctg gttgctgact aattgagatg catgctttgc atacttctgc ctgctgggga 6360 gcctggggac tttccacacc ctaactgaca cacattccac agctgcctcg cgcgtttcgg 6420 tgatgacggt gaaaacctct gacacatgca gctcccggag acggtcacag cttgtctgta 6480 agcggatgcc gggagcagac aagcccgtca gggcgcgtca gcgggtgttg gcgggtgtcg 6540 gggcgcagcc atgacccagt cacgtagcga tagcggagtg tatactggct taactatgcg 6600 gcatcagagc agattgtact gagagtgcac catatgcggt gtgaaatacc gcacagatgc 6660 gtaaggagaa aataccgcat caggcgctct tccgcttcct cgctcactga ctcgctgcgc 6720 tcggtcgttc ggctgcggcg agcggtatca gctcactcaa aggcggtaat acggttatcc 6780 acagaatcag gggataacgc aggaaagaac atgtgagcaa aaggccagca aaaggccagg 6840 aaccgtaaaa aggccgcgtt gctggcgttt ttccataggc tccgcccccc tgacgagcat 6900 cacaaaaatc gacgctcaag tcagaggtgg cgaaacccga caggactata aagataccag 6960 gcgtttcccc ctggaagctc cctcgtgcgc tctcctgttc cgaccctgcc gcttaccgga 7020 tacctgtccg cctttctccc ttcgggaagc gtggcgcttt ctcatagctc acgctgtagg 7080 tatctcagtt cggtgtaggt cgttcgctcc aagctgggct gtgtgcacga accccccgtt 7140 cagcccgacc gctgcgcctt atccggtaac tatcgtcttg agtccaaccc ggtaagacac 7200 gacttatcgc cactggcagc agccactggt aacaggatta gcagagcgag gtatgtaggc 7260 ggtgctacag agttcttgaa gtggtggcct aactacggct acactagaag gacagtattt 7320 ggtatctgcg ctctgctgaa gccagttacc ttcggaaaaa gagttggtag ctcttgatcc 7380 ggcaaacaaa ccaccgctgg tagcggtggt ttttttgttt gcaagcagca gattacgcgc 7440 agaaaaaaag gatctcaaga agatcctttg atcttttcta cggggtctga cgctcagtgg 7500 aacgaaaact cacgttaagg gattttggtc atgagattat caaaaaggat cttcacctag 7560 atccttttaa attaaaaatg aagttttaaa tcaatctaaa gtatatatga gtaaacttgg 7620 tctgacagtt accaatgctt aatcagtgag gcacctatct cagcgatctg tctatttcgt 7680 tcatccatag ttgcctgact ccccgtcgtg tagataacta cgatacggga gggcttacca 7740 tctggcccca gtgctgcaat gataccgcga gacccacgct caccggctcc agatttatca 7800 gcaataaacc agccagccgg aagggccgag cgcagaagtg gtcctgcaac tttatccgcc 7860 tccatccagt ctattaattg ttgccgggaa gctagagtaa gtagttcgcc agttaatagt 7920 ttgcgcaacg ttgttgccat tgctgcaggc atcgtggtgt cacgctcgtc gtttggtatg 7980 gcttcattca gctccggttc ccaacgatca aggcgagtta catgatcccc catgttgtgc 8040 aaaaaagcgg ttagctcctt cggtcctccg atcgttgtca gaagtaagtt ggccgcagtg 8100 ttatcactca tggttatggc agcactgcat aattctctta ctgtcatgcc atccgtaaga 8160 tgcttttctg tgactggtga gtactcaacc aagtcattct gagaatagtg tatgcggcga 8220 ccgagttgct cttgcccggc gtcaacacgg gataataccg cgccacatag cagaacttta 8280 aaagtgctca tcattggaaa acgttcttcg gggcgaaaac tctcaaggat cttaccgctg 8340 ttgagatcca gttcgatgta acccactcgt gcacccaact gatcttcagc atcttttact 8400 ttcaccagcg tttctgggtg agcaaaaaca ggaaggcaaa atgccgcaaa aaagggaata 8460 agggcgacac ggaaatgttg aatactcata ctcttccttt ttcaatatta ttgaagcatt 8520 tatcagggtt attgtctcat gagcggatac atatttgaat gtatttagaa aaataaacaa 8580 ataggggttc cgcgcacatt tccccgaaaa gtgccacctg acgtctaaga aaccattatt 8640 atcatgacat taacctataa aaataggcgt atcacgaggc cctttcgtct tcaagaattc 8700 gagctcggta cccatcagcc aaaaagcatg cctgccacac aacatcaatt tctggaaaac 8760 gctacactta attatttcta gtagaacagc tctttggttt gccaaaaaga atcacctata 8820 gtggcatcta agcacaaaaa ggagaaaaaa atcacaaaga aatgattgag aggcataata 8880 aaaattatca aaaaattatg agttttacga tttcatcttt ttccaagttg aaatcatagg 8940 gtggctttaa cacagtgaca aggaatgtgc atgctgccat tatggtgctc tgcctaaaat 9000 ggttggagcc ttgtcatgct acagagaaac tgtcatacag cagggggtgc caaatttcca 9060 tattttttta tatcattgag caggtgcaca gaagaccaga aagcactttc tatcaggctg 9120 gccttcctct tcctttccag tatgaagcaa aaactgccaa tgaaactagc aattgttaaa 9180 ttcctttttc aaacagtatt tgtgctatca gaacatagtg cattcaaaag tctagcctga 9240 gagaacaacc cagttttatt cattcctcct actacctctc tcattcccac tgtttgtgtt 9300 ctccctccca ttttaattgt ctatctagtc caaactaagc acacgatcca gtccacatta 9360 aacaacatgt tttcacttta agtcaaatac aagacacctt taatatcagc ccttgttcat 9420 aatcgtgctt ctagtgactt aatgtacatg tcacactgta ctgttgggtt ttgtgtctca 9480 tcatgaacaa tgttgtgaag gtattaagtg gagagtaagc agaattagat tcctctaatg 9540 atgcacaccc acactaagag cagaaataat attaaaaata gaaaaaaaag ttttacatga 9600 gatttcaaat acccaggtat gagctgcagt ttcttcaagt taaagcatcg aggttgtcag 9660 ttacactatt acaggaaaca tatgcagagt ttttatttta gtatattagt tttcacatat 9720 gtggaattac tattaaacta ttctttcttt tcaaatgctt accattgtaa atgagtttgt 9780 gactttgtgt aggtgagtgc acatgactct ggatgcctaa gaggactgaa gaagttggag 9840 ttataggtag ttttattcta cttgactgtt cagtgctaaa aatacaactg aggtccttta 9900 aactgctgtt catgaacttc ttaattgata tatctcatga gatctctaaa ctatttttat 9960 tatgacacgt ttcaccattt tcactgtaac gatttttatg ttttatatta atgtaactat 10020 atgacacttc ccaaaatccc catattcaca attgaactgt ttcaaagttt taccttgact 10080 tatgggaaat gaaaacccac attttataat tttaaaatga aatgtttatt ttatatttct 10140 gcaaatttca caaggaaaga ttagtcactg gtgtgtgaga gcagaggagc ataagagttc 10200 aggaatagaa tccattatga ttctggaggc aaggaagaac tgatgccaag gtttcagtat 10260 aagagcagta tccactggaa aggataaagt cactacatct gagcacagag caggacatct 10320 acataatgag tggtcactaa tgggccactg ttacactgtt atatgtataa ggctcaagaa 10380 tgagcactga ggctgtaagg tgtatgggtg aggacatcag gatgtaaacc cagctcaggt 10440 agaggactca gaggacagca cagtcagcat gaactaataa acatcagata agataaggca 10500 caagctcagc tatatagggt aagggatctt tgtaaatctg attgtgcatc cagtctagtt 10560 caatgtgact taggaagccc agtcatatgc aaatctagag aagactttag agtagaaatc 10620 tgaggctcac ctcacatacc agcaagcgag tgaccagtta gtcttaaggc accacttctt 10680 agacatcatg gcttgggtgt ggaccttgcc attcctgatg gcagctgccc aaagtaagac 10740 atcagaaaaa agagttccaa ggggaattga agcagttcca tgaatactca ccttcctgtg 10800 ttcttttcac aggtgtccag gcacaggtgc agctggtgga gtcaggagcc gaagtgaaaa 10860 agcctggggc ttcagtgaag gtgtcctgca aggcctctgg atacacattc actaattata 10920 ttatccactg ggtgaagcag gagcctggtc agggccttga atggattgga tattttaatc 10980 cttacaatca tggtactaag tacaatgaga agttcaaagg cagggccaca ctaactgcag 11040 acaaatccat cagcacagcc tacatggagc tcagcagcct gcgctctgag gacactgcgg 11100 tctactactg tgcaagatca ggaccctatg cctggtttga cacctggggc caagggacca 11160 cggtcaccgt ctcctcaggt aagaatggcc actctagggc ctttgttttc tgctgctgcc 11220 tgtgggattt catgagcatt gcaaagttgt cctcgggaca tgttccgagg ggacctgggc 11280 ggactggcca ggaggggacg ggcactgggg tgccttgagg atctgggagc ctctgtggat 11340 tttccgatgc ctttggaaaa tgggactgag gttgggtgcg tctgagacag taactcagcc 11400 tgggggcttg gtgaagatcg ccgcacagca gcgagtccgt gaaatatctt atttagactt 11460 gtgaggtgcg ctgtgtgtca atttacatct taaatccttt attggctgga aagagaattg 11520 ttggagtggg tgaatccagc caggagggac gcggggggat cca 11563 <210> SEQ ID NO 39 <211> LENGTH: 8096 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of expression vector LCVL2Sp20 <400> SEQUENCE: 39 ctagagtcct agagaggtct ggtggagcct gcaaaagtcc agctttcaaa ggaacacaga 60 agtatgtgta tggaatatta gaagatgttg cttttactct taagttggtt cctaggaaaa 120 atagttaaat actgtgactt taaaatgtga gagggttttc aagtactcat ttttttaaat 180 gtccaaaatt tttgtcaatc aatttgaggt cttgtttgtg tagaactgac attacttaaa 240 gtttaaccga ggaatgggag tgaggctctc tcatacccta ttcagaactg acttttaaca 300 ataataaatt aagtttaaaa tatttttaaa tgaattgagc aatgttgagt tggagtcaag 360 atggccgatc agaaccagaa cacctgcagc agctggcagg aagcaggtca tgtggcaagg 420 ctatttgggg aagggaaaat aaaaccacta ggtaaacttg tagctgtggt ttgaagaagt 480 ggttttgaaa cactctgtcc agccccacca aaccgaaagt ccaggctgag caaaacacca 540 cctgggtaat ttgcatttct aaaataagtt gaggattcag ccgaaactgg agaggtcctc 600 ttttaactta ttgagttcaa ccttttaatt ttagcttgag tagttctagt ttccccaaac 660 ttaagtttat cgacttctaa aatgtattta gaactcattt tcaaaattag gttatgtaag 720 aaattgaagg actttagtgt ctttaatttc taatatattt agaaaacttc ttaaaattac 780 tctattattc ttccctctga ttattggtct ccattcaatt cttttccaat acccgaagca 840 tttacagtga ctttgttcat gatctttttt agttgtttgt tttgccttac tattaagact 900 ttgacattct ggtcaaaacg gcttcacaaa tctttttcaa gaccactttc tgagtattca 960 ttttaggaga aatacttttt ttttaaatga atgcaattat ctaggacctg caggcatgct 1020 gttttctgtc tgtccctaac atgccctgtg attatccgca aacaacacac ccaagggcag 1080 aactttgtta cttaaacacc atcctgtttg cttctttcct caggaactgt ggctgcacca 1140 tctgtcttca tcttcccgcc atctgatgag cagttgaaat ctggaactgc ctctgttgtg 1200 tgcctgctga ataacttcta tcccagagag gccaaagtac agtggaaggt ggataacgcc 1260 ctccaatcgg gtaactccca ggagagtgtc acagagcagg acagcaagga cagcacctac 1320 agcctcagca gcaccctgac gctgagcaaa gcagactacg agaaacacaa agtctacgcc 1380 tgcgaagtca cccatcaggg cctgagctcg cccgtcacaa agagcttcaa caggggagag 1440 tgttagaggg agaagtgccc ccacctgctc ctcagttcca gcctgacccc ctcccatcct 1500 ttggcctctg accctttttc cacaggggac ctacccctat tgcggtcctc cagctcatct 1560 ttcacctcac ccccctcctc ctccttggct ttaattatgc taatgttgga ggagaatgaa 1620 taaataaagt gaatctttgc acctgtggtt tctctctttc ctcatttaat aattattatc 1680 tgttgtttta ccaactactc aatttctctt ataagggact aaatatgtag tcatcctaag 1740 gcgggatatc gagatctgaa gctgatccag acatgataag atacattgat gagtttggac 1800 aaaccacaac tagaatgcag tgaaaaaaat gctttatttg tgaaatttgt gatgctattg 1860 ctttatttgt aaccattata agctgcaata aacaagttaa caacaacaat tgcattcatt 1920 ttatgtttca ggttcagggg gaggtgtggg aggtttttta aagcaagtaa aacctctaca 1980 aatgtggtat ggctgattat gatctctagt caaggcacta tacatcaaat attccttatt 2040 aaccccttta caaattaaaa agctaaaggt acacaatttt tgagcatagt tattaatagc 2100 agacactcta tgcctgtgtg gagtaagaaa aaacagtatg ttatgattat aactgttatg 2160 cctacttata aaggttacag aatatttttc cataattttc ttgtatagca gtgcagcttt 2220 ttcctttgtg gtgtaaatag caaagcaagc aagagttcta ttactaaaca cagcatgact 2280 caaaaaactt agcaattctg aaggaaagtc cttggggtct tctacctttc tcttcttttt 2340 tggaggagta gaatgttgag agtcagcagt agcctcatca tcactagatg gcatttcttc 2400 tgagcaaaac aggttttcct cattaaaggc attccaccac tgctcccatt catcagttcc 2460 ataggttgga atctaaaata cacaaacaat tagaatcagt agtttaacac attatacact 2520 taaaaatttt atatttacct tagagcttta aatctctgta ggtagtttgt ccaattatgt 2580 cacaccacag aagtaaggtt ccttcacaaa gatccggacc aaagcggcca tcgtgcctcc 2640 ccactcctgc agttcggggg catggatgcg cggatagccg ctgctggttt cctggatgcc 2700 gacggatttg cactgccggt agaactccgc gaggtcgtcc agcctcaggc agcagctgaa 2760 ccaactcgcg aggggatcga gcatccccca tggtcttata aaaatgcata gctttaggag 2820 gggagcagag aacttgaaag catcttcctg ttagtctttc ttctcgtaga cttcaaactt 2880 atacttgatg cctttttcct cctggacctc agagaggacg cctgggtatt ctgggagaag 2940 tttatatttc cccaaatcaa tttctgggaa aaacgtgtca ctttcaaatt cctgcatgat 3000 ccttgtcaca aagagtctga ggtggcctgg ttgattcatg gcttcctggt aaacagaact 3060 gcctccgact atccaaacca tgtctacttt acttgccaat tccggttgtt caataagtct 3120 taaggcatca tccaaacttt tggcaagaaa atgagctcct cgtggtggtt ctttgagttc 3180 tctactgaga actatattaa ttctgtcctt taaaggtcga ttcttctcag gaatggagaa 3240 ccaggttttc ctacccataa tcaccagatt ctgtttacct tccactgaag aggttgtggt 3300 cattctttgg aagtacttga actcgttcct gagcggaggc cagggtcggt ctccgttctt 3360 gccaatcccc atattttggg acacggcgac gatgcagttc aatggtcgaa ccatgatggc 3420 agcggggata aaatcctacc agccttcacg ctaggattgc cgtcaagttt gggggtaccg 3480 agctcgaatt agctttttgc aaaagcctag gcctccaaaa aagcctcctc actacttctg 3540 gaatagctca gagggccgag gcggcctcgg cctctgcata aataaaaaaa attagtcagc 3600 catggggcgg agaatgggcg gaactgggcg gagttagggg cgggatgggc ggagttaggg 3660 gcgggactat ggttgctgac taattgagat gcatgctttg catacttctg cctgctgggg 3720 agcctgggga ctttccacac ctggttgctg actaattgag atgcatgctt tgcatacttc 3780 tgcctgctgg ggagcctggg gactttccac accctaactg acacacattc cacagctgcc 3840 tcgcgcgttt cggtgatgac ggtgaaaacc tctgacacat gcagctcccg gagacggtca 3900 cagcttgtct gtaagcggat gccgggagca gacaagcccg tcagggcgcg tcagcgggtg 3960 ttggcgggtg tcggggcgca gccatgaccc agtcacgtag cgatagcgga gtgtatactg 4020 gcttaactat gcggcatcag agcagattgt actgagagtg caccatatgc ggccgcatat 4080 gcggtgtgaa ataccgcaca gatgcgtaag gagaaaatac cgcatcaggc gctcttccgc 4140 ttcctcgctc actgactcgc tgcgctcggt cgttcggctg cggcgagcgg tatcagctca 4200 ctcaaaggcg gtaatacggt tatccacaga atcaggggat aacgcaggaa agaacatgtg 4260 agcaaaaggc cagcaaaagg ccaggaaccg taaaaaggcc gcgttgctgg cgtttttcca 4320 taggctccgc ccccctgacg agcatcacaa aaatcgacgc tcaagtcaga ggtggcgaaa 4380 cccgacagga ctataaagat accaggcgtt tccccctgga agctccctcg tgcgctctcc 4440 tgttccgacc ctgccgctta ccggatacct gtccgccttt ctcccttcgg gaagcgtggc 4500 gctttctcat agctcacgct gtaggtatct cagttcggtg taggtcgttc gctccaagct 4560 gggctgtgtg cacgaacccc ccgttcagcc cgaccgctgc gccttatccg gtaactatcg 4620 tcttgagtcc aacccggtaa gacacgactt atcgccactg gcagcagcca ctggtaacag 4680 gattagcaga gcgaggtatg taggcggtgc tacagagttc ttgaagtggt ggcctaacta 4740 cggctacact agaaggacag tatttggtat ctgcgctctg ctgaagccag ttaccttcgg 4800 aaaaagagtt ggtagctctt gatccggcaa acaaaccacc gctggtagcg gtggtttttt 4860 tgtttgcaag cagcagatta cgcgcagaaa aaaaggatct caagaagatc ctttgatctt 4920 ttctacgggg tctgacgctc agtggaacga aaactcacgt taagggattt tggtcatgag 4980 attatcaaaa aggatcttca cctagatcct tttaaattaa aaatgaagtt ttaaatcaat 5040 ctaaagtata tatgagtaaa cttggtctga cagttaccaa tgcttaatca gtgaggcacc 5100 tatctcagcg atctgtctat ttcgttcatc catagttgcc tgactccccg tcgtgtagat 5160 aactacgata cgggagggct taccatctgg ccccagtgct gcaatgatac cgcgagaccc 5220 acgctcaccg gctccagatt tatcagcaat aaaccagcca gccggaaggg ccgagcgcag 5280 aagtggtcct gcaactttat ccgcctccat ccagtctatt aattgttgcc gggaagctag 5340 agtaagtagt tcgccagtta atagtttgcg caacgttgtt gccattgctg caggcatcgt 5400 ggtgtcacgc tcgtcgtttg gtatggcttc attcagctcc ggttcccaac gatcaaggcg 5460 agttacatga tcccccatgt tgtgcaaaaa agcggttagc tccttcggtc ctccgatcgt 5520 tgtcagaagt aagttggccg cagtgttatc actcatggtt atggcagcac tgcataattc 5580 tcttactgtc atgccatccg taagatgctt ttctgtgact ggtgagtact caaccaagtc 5640 attctgagaa tagtgtatgc ggcgaccgag ttgctcttgc ccggcgtcaa cacgggataa 5700 taccgcgcca catagcagaa ctttaaaagt gctcatcatt ggaaaacgtt cttcggggcg 5760 aaaactctca aggatcttac cgctgttgag atccagttcg atgtaaccca ctcgtgcacc 5820 caactgatct tcagcatctt ttactttcac cagcgtttct gggtgagcaa aaacaggaag 5880 gcaaaatgcc gcaaaaaagg gaataagggc gacacggaaa tgttgaatac tcatactctt 5940 cctttttcaa tattattgaa gcatttatca gggttattgt ctcatgagcg gatacatatt 6000 tgaatgtatt tagaaaaata aacaaatagg ggttccgcgc acatttcccc gaaaagtgcc 6060 acctgacgtc taagaaacca ttattatcat gacattaacc tataaaaata ggcgtatcac 6120 gaggcccttt cgtcttcaag aattcagctg ctcgaggaag agctcaaacc catgctactc 6180 tctggcttga tggaagcaac gctttcatag ctgagctgtc ataaataata aagagatttt 6240 tttattaata ttgaaaagat gggttattta tgtaagactc tgtcttcatt ttaaaaacca 6300 caccttccag tagtattctg ttactgttct ggcaatcact gtgatcaaga agctacacgg 6360 tgagttgtgc ttctcagtcc taagggatac atctacaaga ggctcccata ctcgaagctc 6420 aggaaacatt gtagaaaagg aggcaaaaga ctgacagagc cagaggacca agaaatttgt 6480 tgtgaggttg tgtctcctac taacaatata agcaatatct ataaattgtt gatatcatgg 6540 ctactaaaat gtgagttgaa cgaggaggac acaaatgaac atgacaatca gaatgaggcc 6600 tctcacctgc aaaaaacact atagagaagc agataaagct gtcagcagaa gaggcgcacc 6660 tccttataga agaagcctac caggtttgat atatcagcct tgaaaaccta catagtattt 6720 acattatatc gagtctatga gacatattta gtaatgcata tgtatgtgtg tgtgtgcatg 6780 tatgtgtgta aatacatatg ttcatagaaa aatgtgtaaa aagagatcat gaatttaaga 6840 gagaactggg acaatttttt tcagggagtt gtaatcagga aagttaaggg aaaaatgttg 6900 taattaaaat tcaggctcag aaacaaacaa aggaaaagaa aaaaaaacaa caacaacaac 6960 aaaaaaacaa aacaaaggag aagctgtatg gccacaatag catctacagc taactgtgaa 7020 aggataatgg aacaagttat gtactgccta gagcagtatg atgcctaaat catctcgaca 7080 tggaggaaaa tagaacaaag acactctaca tagactatga tagaaatcaa aataaggtgt 7140 aagacataga acattagttt tgtttgttgt tcaaagagac tcacattccc acaaaaaaat 7200 ctgtgggatt ttacaggtct gcaataagct gctgacctga tgatttctgc agctgtgcct 7260 accctttgct gatttgcatg tacccaaagc atagcttact gacatgagga tttcttcata 7320 gtcaggtcac accctttgct ggagtcagaa tcacactgat cacacacagt catgagtgtg 7380 ctcactcagg tcctggcgtt gctgctgctg tggcttacag gtaatgaaga cagcactaga 7440 attttattga gcttcctgta cactgtgctg cttgtctctg tgaaaattct cttgtgaatt 7500 aatcatgtgg ggatctgttt tcaatttttc aattgtaggt acgcgttgtg acattctgct 7560 gacccagtct ccagccaccc tgtctctgag tccaggagaa agagccactt tctcctgcag 7620 ggccagtcag aacattggca caagcataca gtggtatcaa caaaaaacaa atggtgctcc 7680 aaggcttctc ataaggtctt cttctgagtc tatctctggg atcccttcca ggtttagtgg 7740 cagtggatca gggacagatt ttactcttac catcagcagt ctggagcctg aagattttgc 7800 agtgtattac tgtcaacaaa gtaatacctg gccattcacg ttcggccagg ggaccaagct 7860 tgaaatcaaa cgtaagtaga atccaaagtc tctttcttcc gttgtctatg tctgtggctt 7920 ctatgtctaa aaatgatgta taaaatctta ctctgaaacc agattctggc actctccaag 7980 gcaaagatac agagtaactc cgtaagcaaa gctgggaata ggctagacat gttctctgga 8040 gaatgaatgc cagtgtaata attaacacaa gtgatagttt cagaaatgct ctagtt 8096 <210> SEQ ID NO 40 <211> LENGTH: 11563 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of expression vector HCVHESp20 <400> SEQUENCE: 40 ctagagaggt ctggtggagc ctgcaaaagt ccagctttca aaggaacaca gaagtatgtg 60 tatggaatat tagaagatgt tgcttttact cttaagttgg ttcctaggaa aaatagttaa 120 atactgtgac tttaaaatgt gagagggttt tcaagtactc atttttttaa atgtccaaaa 180 tttttgtcaa tcaatttgag gtcttgtttg tgtagaactg acattactta aagtttaacc 240 gaggaatggg agtgaggctc tctcataccc tattcagaac tgacttttaa caataataaa 300 ttaagtttaa aatattttta aatgaattga gcaatgttga gttggagtca agatggccga 360 tcagaaccag aacacctgca gcagctggca ggaagcaggt catgtggcaa ggctatttgg 420 ggaagggaaa ataaaaccac taggtaaact tgtagctgtg gtttgaagaa gtggttttga 480 aacactctgt ccagccccac caaaccgaaa gtccaggctg agcaaaacac cacctgggta 540 atttgcattt ctaaaataag ttgaggattc agccgaaact ggagaggtcc tcttttaact 600 tattgagttc aaccttttaa ttttagcttg agtagttcta gtttccccaa acttaagttt 660 atcgacttct aaaatgtatt taagctttct ggggcaggcc aggcctgacc ttggctttgg 720 ggcagggagg gggctaaggt gaggcaggtg gcgccagcca ggtgcacacc caatgcccat 780 gagcccagac actggacgct gaacctcgcg gacagttaag aacccagggg cctctgcgcc 840 ctgggcccag ctctgtccca caccgcggtc acatggcacc acctctcttg cagcctccac 900 caagggccca tcggtcttcc ccctggcacc ctcctccaag agcacctctg ggggcacagc 960 ggccctgggc tgcctggtca aggactactt ccccgaaccg gtgacggtgt cgtggaactc 1020 aggcgccctg accagcggcg tgcacacctt cccggctgtc ctacagtcct caggactcta 1080 ctccctcagc agcgtggtga ccgtgccctc cagcagcttg ggcacccaga cctacatctg 1140 caacgtgaat cacaagccca gcaacaccaa ggtggacaag agagttggtg agaggccagc 1200 acagggaggg agggtgtctg ctggaagcca ggctcagcgc tcctgcctgg acgcatcccg 1260 gctatgcagt cccagtccag ggcagcaagg caggccccgt ctgcctcttc acccggaggc 1320 ctctgcccgc cccactcatg ctcagggaga gggtcttctg gctttttccc caggctctgg 1380 gcaggcacag gctaggtgcc cctaacccag gccctgcaca caaaggggca ggtgctgggc 1440 tcagacctgc caagagccat atccgggagg accctgcccc tgacctaagc ccaccccaaa 1500 ggccaaactc tccactccct cagctcggac accttctctc ctcccagatt ccagtaactc 1560 ccaatcttct ctctgcagag cccaaatctt gtgacaaaac tcacacatgc ccaccgtgcc 1620 caggtaagcc agcccaggcc tcgccctcca gctcaaggcg ggacaggtgc cctagagtag 1680 cctgcatcca gggacaggcc ccagccgggt gctgacacgt ccacctccat ctcttcctca 1740 gcacctgaac tcctgggggg accgtcagtc ttcctcttcc ccccaaaacc caaggacacc 1800 ctcatgatct cccggacccc tgaggtcaca tgcgtggtgg tggacgtgag ccacgaagac 1860 cctgaggtca agttcaactg gtacgtggac ggcgtggagg tgcataatgc caagacaaag 1920 ccgcgggagg agcagtacaa cagcacgtac cgtgtggtca gcgtcctcac cgtcctgcac 1980 caggactggc tgaatggcaa ggagtacaag tgcaaggtct ccaacaaagc cctcccagcc 2040 cccatcgaga aaaccatctc caaagccaaa ggtgggaccc gtggggtgcg agggccacat 2100 ggacagaggc cggctcggcc caccctctgc cctgagagtg accgctgtac caacctctgt 2160 ccctacaggg cagccccgag aaccacaggt gtacaccctg cccccatccc gggaggagat 2220 gaccaagaac caggtcagcc tgacctgcct ggtcaaaggc ttctatccca gcgacatcgc 2280 cgtggagtgg gagagcaatg ggcagccgga gaacaactac aagaccacgc ctcccgtgct 2340 ggactccgac ggctccttct tcctctatag caagctcacc gtggacaaga gcaggtggca 2400 gcaggggaac gtcttctcat gctccgtgat gcatgaggct ctgcacaacc actacacgca 2460 gaagagcctc tccctgtccc cgggtaaatg agtgcgacgg ccggcaagcc cccgctcccc 2520 gggctctcgc ggtcgcacga ggatgcttgg cacgtacccc gtctacatac ttcccaggca 2580 cccagcatgg aaataaagca cccaccactg ccctgggccc ctgcgagact gtgatggttc 2640 tttccacggg tcaggccgag tctgaggcct gagtggcatg agggaggcag agcgggtccc 2700 actgtcccca cactggccca ggctgtgcag gtgtgcctgg gccgcctagg gtggggctca 2760 gccaggggct gccctcggca gggtggggga tttgccagcg tggccctccc tccagcagca 2820 gctgccctgg gctgggccac gagaagccct aggagcccct ggggacagac acacagcccc 2880 tgcctctgta ggagactgtc ctgtcctgtg agcgccctgt cctccgaccc cgatgcccac 2940 tcgggggcat gcctagtcca tgcgcgtagg gacaggccct ccctcaccca tctaccccca 3000 cggcactaac ccctggcagc cctgcccagc ctcgcacccg catggggaca caaccgactc 3060 cggggacatg cactctcggg ccctgtggag ggactggtgc agatgcccac acacacactc 3120 agcccagacc cgttcaacaa accccgcact gaggttggtc gagcgggagt gcggccagag 3180 cctgcctcgg ccgtcaggga ggactcccgg gctcactcga aggaggtgcc accatttcag 3240 ctttggtagc ttttcttctt cttttaaatt ttctaaagct cattaattgt ctttgatgtt 3300 tcttttgtga tgacaataaa atatcctttt taagtcttgt acttcgtgat gggagccgcc 3360 ttcctgtgtc cacgcgcctc ctgcccccgg tgggaagcac ggtcaggagg aggctggtcc 3420 agctgcacct cgggggctcc ctgcactcgc cccccgcctc ctgcagccac acgcattgcc 3480 cgagcgaccc tccctggccc ctgtcactac atggacccct ggggcttctc ctcttttcta 3540 catggatgca gtttctcctc ctgctgggca cggtgctgcc tgccctggtc actctgcggg 3600 ggacagggcc tccagggaaa gctgggtcga ggctgggagc tggctcaggc tggccaggca 3660 gagccacagg gagggccttc cagaaccaac catggtccga agcgagaggt gggtgtcaga 3720 tccagacatg ataagataca ttgatgagtt tggacaaacc acaactagaa tgcagtgaaa 3780 aaaatgcttt atttgtgaaa tttgtgatgc tattgcttta tttgtaacca ttataagctg 3840 caataaacaa gttaacaaca acaattgcat tcattttatg tttcaggttc agggggaggt 3900 gtgggaggtt ttttaaagca agtaaaacct ctacaaatgt ggtatggctg attatgatct 3960 ctagtcaagg cactatacat caaatattcc ttattaaccc ctttacaaat taaaaagcta 4020 aaggtacaca atttttgagc atagttatta atagcagaca ctctatgcct gtgtggagta 4080 agaaaaaaca gtatgttatg attataactg ttatgcctac ttataaaggt tacagaatat 4140 ttttccataa ttttcttgta tagcagtgca gctttttcct ttgtggtgta aatagcaaag 4200 caagcaagag ttctattact aaacacagca tgactcaaaa aacttagcaa ttctgaagga 4260 aagtccttgg ggtcttctac ctttctcttc ttttttggag gagtagaatg ttgagagtca 4320 gcagtagcct catcatcact agatggcatt tcttctgagc aaaacaggtt ttcctcatta 4380 aaggcattcc accactgctc ccattcatca gttccatagg ttggaatcta aaatacacaa 4440 acaattagaa tcagtagttt aacacattat acacttaaaa attttatatt taccttagag 4500 ctttaaatct ctgtaggtag tttgtccaat tatgtcacac cacagaagta aggttccttc 4560 acaaagatcc ggaccaaagc ggccatcgtg cctccccact cctgcagttc gggggcatgg 4620 atgcgcggat agccgctgct ggtttcctgg atgccgacgg atttgcactg ccggtagaac 4680 tccgcgaggt cgtccagcct caggcagcag ctgaaccaac tcgcgagggg atcgagcccg 4740 gggtgggcga agaactccag catgagatcc ccgcgctgga ggatcatcca gccggcgtcc 4800 cggaaaacga ttccgaagcc caacctttca tagaaggcgg cggtggaatc gaaatctcgt 4860 gatggcaggt tgggcgtcgc ttggtcggtc atttcgaacc ccagagtccc gctcagaaga 4920 actcgtcaag aaggcgatag aaggcgatgc gctgcgaatc gggagcggcg ataccgtaaa 4980 gcacgaggaa gcggtcagcc cattcgccgc caagctcttc agcaatatca cgggtagcca 5040 acgctatgtc ctgatagcgg tccgccacac ccagccggcc acagtcgatg aatccagaaa 5100 agcggccatt ttccaccatg atattcggca agcaggcatc gccatgggtc acgacgagat 5160 cctcgccgtc gggcatgcgc gccttgagcc tggcgaacag ttcggctggc gcgagcccct 5220 gatgctcttc gtccagatca tcctgatcga caagaccggc ttccatccga gtacgtgctc 5280 gctcgatgcg atgtttcgct tggtggtcga atgggcaggt agccggatca agcgtatgca 5340 gccgccgcat tgcatcagcc atgatggata ctttctcggc aggagcaagg tgagatgaca 5400 ggagatcctg ccccggcact tcgcccaata gcagccagtc ccttcccgct tcagtgacaa 5460 cgtcgagcac agctgcgcaa ggaacgcccg tcgtggccag ccacgatagc cgcgctgcct 5520 cgtcctgcag ttcattcagg gcaccggaca ggtcggtctt gacaaaaaga accgggcgcc 5580 cctgcgctga cagccggaac acggcggcat cagagcagcc gattgtctgt tgtgcccagt 5640 catagccgaa tagcctctcc acccaagcgg ccggagaacc tgcgtgcaat ccatcttgtt 5700 caatcatgcg aaacgatcct catcctgtct cttgatcaga tcttgatccc ctgcgccatc 5760 agatccttgg cggcaagaaa gccatccagt ttactttgca gggcttccca accttaccag 5820 agggcgcccc agctggcaat tccggttcgc ttgctgtcca taaaaccgcc cagtctagct 5880 atcgccatgt aagcccactg caagctacct gctttctctt tgcgcttgcg ttttcccttg 5940 tccagatagc ccagtagctg acattcatcc ggggtcagca ccgtttctgc ggactggctt 6000 tctacgtgtt ccgcttcctt tagcagccct tgcgccctga gtgcttgcgg cagcgtgaag 6060 ctttttgcaa aagcctaggc ctccaaaaaa gcctcctcac tacttctgga atagctcaga 6120 ggccgaggcg gcctcggcct ctgcataaat aaaaaaaatt agtcagccat ggggcggaga 6180 atgggcggaa ctgggcggag ttaggggcgg gatgggcgga gttaggggcg ggactatggt 6240 tgctgactaa ttgagatgca tgctttgcat acttctgcct gctggggagc ctggggactt 6300 tccacacctg gttgctgact aattgagatg catgctttgc atacttctgc ctgctgggga 6360 gcctggggac tttccacacc ctaactgaca cacattccac agctgcctcg cgcgtttcgg 6420 tgatgacggt gaaaacctct gacacatgca gctcccggag acggtcacag cttgtctgta 6480 agcggatgcc gggagcagac aagcccgtca gggcgcgtca gcgggtgttg gcgggtgtcg 6540 gggcgcagcc atgacccagt cacgtagcga tagcggagtg tatactggct taactatgcg 6600 gcatcagagc agattgtact gagagtgcac catatgcggt gtgaaatacc gcacagatgc 6660 gtaaggagaa aataccgcat caggcgctct tccgcttcct cgctcactga ctcgctgcgc 6720 tcggtcgttc ggctgcggcg agcggtatca gctcactcaa aggcggtaat acggttatcc 6780 acagaatcag gggataacgc aggaaagaac atgtgagcaa aaggccagca aaaggccagg 6840 aaccgtaaaa aggccgcgtt gctggcgttt ttccataggc tccgcccccc tgacgagcat 6900 cacaaaaatc gacgctcaag tcagaggtgg cgaaacccga caggactata aagataccag 6960 gcgtttcccc ctggaagctc cctcgtgcgc tctcctgttc cgaccctgcc gcttaccgga 7020 tacctgtccg cctttctccc ttcgggaagc gtggcgcttt ctcatagctc acgctgtagg 7080 tatctcagtt cggtgtaggt cgttcgctcc aagctgggct gtgtgcacga accccccgtt 7140 cagcccgacc gctgcgcctt atccggtaac tatcgtcttg agtccaaccc ggtaagacac 7200 gacttatcgc cactggcagc agccactggt aacaggatta gcagagcgag gtatgtaggc 7260 ggtgctacag agttcttgaa gtggtggcct aactacggct acactagaag gacagtattt 7320 ggtatctgcg ctctgctgaa gccagttacc ttcggaaaaa gagttggtag ctcttgatcc 7380 ggcaaacaaa ccaccgctgg tagcggtggt ttttttgttt gcaagcagca gattacgcgc 7440 agaaaaaaag gatctcaaga agatcctttg atcttttcta cggggtctga cgctcagtgg 7500 aacgaaaact cacgttaagg gattttggtc atgagattat caaaaaggat cttcacctag 7560 atccttttaa attaaaaatg aagttttaaa tcaatctaaa gtatatatga gtaaacttgg 7620 tctgacagtt accaatgctt aatcagtgag gcacctatct cagcgatctg tctatttcgt 7680 tcatccatag ttgcctgact ccccgtcgtg tagataacta cgatacggga gggcttacca 7740 tctggcccca gtgctgcaat gataccgcga gacccacgct caccggctcc agatttatca 7800 gcaataaacc agccagccgg aagggccgag cgcagaagtg gtcctgcaac tttatccgcc 7860 tccatccagt ctattaattg ttgccgggaa gctagagtaa gtagttcgcc agttaatagt 7920 ttgcgcaacg ttgttgccat tgctgcaggc atcgtggtgt cacgctcgtc gtttggtatg 7980 gcttcattca gctccggttc ccaacgatca aggcgagtta catgatcccc catgttgtgc 8040 aaaaaagcgg ttagctcctt cggtcctccg atcgttgtca gaagtaagtt ggccgcagtg 8100 ttatcactca tggttatggc agcactgcat aattctctta ctgtcatgcc atccgtaaga 8160 tgcttttctg tgactggtga gtactcaacc aagtcattct gagaatagtg tatgcggcga 8220 ccgagttgct cttgcccggc gtcaacacgg gataataccg cgccacatag cagaacttta 8280 aaagtgctca tcattggaaa acgttcttcg gggcgaaaac tctcaaggat cttaccgctg 8340 ttgagatcca gttcgatgta acccactcgt gcacccaact gatcttcagc atcttttact 8400 ttcaccagcg tttctgggtg agcaaaaaca ggaaggcaaa atgccgcaaa aaagggaata 8460 agggcgacac ggaaatgttg aatactcata ctcttccttt ttcaatatta ttgaagcatt 8520 tatcagggtt attgtctcat gagcggatac atatttgaat gtatttagaa aaataaacaa 8580 ataggggttc cgcgcacatt tccccgaaaa gtgccacctg acgtctaaga aaccattatt 8640 atcatgacat taacctataa aaataggcgt atcacgaggc cctttcgtct tcaagaattc 8700 gagctcggta cccatcagcc aaaaagcatg cctgccacac aacatcaatt tctggaaaac 8760 gctacactta attatttcta gtagaacagc tctttggttt gccaaaaaga atcacctata 8820 gtggcatcta agcacaaaaa ggagaaaaaa atcacaaaga aatgattgag aggcataata 8880 aaaattatca aaaaattatg agttttacga tttcatcttt ttccaagttg aaatcatagg 8940 gtggctttaa cacagtgaca aggaatgtgc atgctgccat tatggtgctc tgcctaaaat 9000 ggttggagcc ttgtcatgct acagagaaac tgtcatacag cagggggtgc caaatttcca 9060 tattttttta tatcattgag caggtgcaca gaagaccaga aagcactttc tatcaggctg 9120 gccttcctct tcctttccag tatgaagcaa aaactgccaa tgaaactagc aattgttaaa 9180 ttcctttttc aaacagtatt tgtgctatca gaacatagtg cattcaaaag tctagcctga 9240 gagaacaacc cagttttatt cattcctcct actacctctc tcattcccac tgtttgtgtt 9300 ctccctccca ttttaattgt ctatctagtc caaactaagc acacgatcca gtccacatta 9360 aacaacatgt tttcacttta agtcaaatac aagacacctt taatatcagc ccttgttcat 9420 aatcgtgctt ctagtgactt aatgtacatg tcacactgta ctgttgggtt ttgtgtctca 9480 tcatgaacaa tgttgtgaag gtattaagtg gagagtaagc agaattagat tcctctaatg 9540 atgcacaccc acactaagag cagaaataat attaaaaata gaaaaaaaag ttttacatga 9600 gatttcaaat acccaggtat gagctgcagt ttcttcaagt taaagcatcg aggttgtcag 9660 ttacactatt acaggaaaca tatgcagagt ttttatttta gtatattagt tttcacatat 9720 gtggaattac tattaaacta ttctttcttt tcaaatgctt accattgtaa atgagtttgt 9780 gactttgtgt aggtgagtgc acatgactct ggatgcctaa gaggactgaa gaagttggag 9840 ttataggtag ttttattcta cttgactgtt cagtgctaaa aatacaactg aggtccttta 9900 aactgctgtt catgaacttc ttaattgata tatctcatga gatctctaaa ctatttttat 9960 tatgacacgt ttcaccattt tcactgtaac gatttttatg ttttatatta atgtaactat 10020 atgacacttc ccaaaatccc catattcaca attgaactgt ttcaaagttt taccttgact 10080 tatgggaaat gaaaacccac attttataat tttaaaatga aatgtttatt ttatatttct 10140 gcaaatttca caaggaaaga ttagtcactg gtgtgtgaga gcagaggagc ataagagttc 10200 aggaatagaa tccattatga ttctggaggc aaggaagaac tgatgccaag gtttcagtat 10260 aagagcagta tccactggaa aggataaagt cactacatct gagcacagag caggacatct 10320 acataatgag tggtcactaa tgggccactg ttacactgtt atatgtataa ggctcaagaa 10380 tgagcactga ggctgtaagg tgtatgggtg aggacatcag gatgtaaacc cagctcaggt 10440 agaggactca gaggacagca cagtcagcat gaactaataa acatcagata agataaggca 10500 caagctcagc tatatagggt aagggatctt tgtaaatctg attgtgcatc cagtctagtt 10560 caatgtgact taggaagccc agtcatatgc aaatctagag aagactttag agtagaaatc 10620 tgaggctcac ctcacatacc agcaagcgag tgaccagtta gtcttaaggc accacttctt 10680 agacatcatg gcttgggtgt ggaccttgcc attcctgatg gcagctgccc aaagtaagac 10740 atcagaaaaa agagttccaa ggggaattga agcagttcca tgaatactca ccttcctgtg 10800 ttcttttcac aggtgtccag gcagaggtgc agctggtgga gtcaggagcc gaagtgaaaa 10860 agcctggggc ttcagtgaag gtgtcctgca aggcctctgg atacacattc actaattata 10920 ttatccactg ggtgaagcag gagcctggtc agggccttga atggattgga tattttaatc 10980 cttacaatca tggtactaag tacaatgaga agttcaaagg cagggccaca ctaactgcaa 11040 acaaatccat cagcacagcc tacatggagc tcagcagcct gcgctctgag gacactgcgg 11100 tctactactg tgcaagatca ggaccctatg cctggtttga cacctggggc caagggacca 11160 cggtcaccgt ctcctcaggt aagaatggcc actctagggc ctttgttttc tgctgctgcc 11220 tgtgggattt catgagcatt gcaaagttgt cctcgggaca tgttccgagg ggacctgggc 11280 ggactggcca ggaggggacg ggcactgggg tgccttgagg atctgggagc ctctgtggat 11340 tttccgatgc ctttggaaaa tgggactgag gttgggtgcg tctgagacag taactcagcc 11400 tgggggcttg gtgaagatcg ccgcacagca gcgagtccgt gaaatatctt atttagactt 11460 gtgaggtgcg ctgtgtgtca atttacatct taaatccttt attggctgga aagagaattg 11520 ttggagtggg tgaatccagc caggagggac gcggggggat cca 11563 <210> SEQ ID NO 41 <211> LENGTH: 11563 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic expression vector <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Nucleotide sequence of expression vector HCVHQSp20 <400> SEQUENCE: 41 ctagagaggt ctggtggagc ctgcaaaagt ccagctttca aaggaacaca gaagtatgtg 60 tatggaatat tagaagatgt tgcttttact cttaagttgg ttcctaggaa aaatagttaa 120 atactgtgac tttaaaatgt gagagggttt tcaagtactc atttttttaa atgtccaaaa 180 tttttgtcaa tcaatttgag gtcttgtttg tgtagaactg acattactta aagtttaacc 240 gaggaatggg agtgaggctc tctcataccc tattcagaac tgacttttaa caataataaa 300 ttaagtttaa aatattttta aatgaattga gcaatgttga gttggagtca agatggccga 360 tcagaaccag aacacctgca gcagctggca ggaagcaggt catgtggcaa ggctatttgg 420 ggaagggaaa ataaaaccac taggtaaact tgtagctgtg gtttgaagaa gtggttttga 480 aacactctgt ccagccccac caaaccgaaa gtccaggctg agcaaaacac cacctgggta 540 atttgcattt ctaaaataag ttgaggattc agccgaaact ggagaggtcc tcttttaact 600 tattgagttc aaccttttaa ttttagcttg agtagttcta gtttccccaa acttaagttt 660 atcgacttct aaaatgtatt taagctttct ggggcaggcc aggcctgacc ttggctttgg 720 ggcagggagg gggctaaggt gaggcaggtg gcgccagcca ggtgcacacc caatgcccat 780 gagcccagac actggacgct gaacctcgcg gacagttaag aacccagggg cctctgcgcc 840 ctgggcccag ctctgtccca caccgcggtc acatggcacc acctctcttg cagcctccac 900 caagggccca tcggtcttcc ccctggcacc ctcctccaag agcacctctg ggggcacagc 960 ggccctgggc tgcctggtca aggactactt ccccgaaccg gtgacggtgt cgtggaactc 1020 aggcgccctg accagcggcg tgcacacctt cccggctgtc ctacagtcct caggactcta 1080 ctccctcagc agcgtggtga ccgtgccctc cagcagcttg ggcacccaga cctacatctg 1140 caacgtgaat cacaagccca gcaacaccaa ggtggacaag agagttggtg agaggccagc 1200 acagggaggg agggtgtctg ctggaagcca ggctcagcgc tcctgcctgg acgcatcccg 1260 gctatgcagt cccagtccag ggcagcaagg caggccccgt ctgcctcttc acccggaggc 1320 ctctgcccgc cccactcatg ctcagggaga gggtcttctg gctttttccc caggctctgg 1380 gcaggcacag gctaggtgcc cctaacccag gccctgcaca caaaggggca ggtgctgggc 1440 tcagacctgc caagagccat atccgggagg accctgcccc tgacctaagc ccaccccaaa 1500 ggccaaactc tccactccct cagctcggac accttctctc ctcccagatt ccagtaactc 1560 ccaatcttct ctctgcagag cccaaatctt gtgacaaaac tcacacatgc ccaccgtgcc 1620 caggtaagcc agcccaggcc tcgccctcca gctcaaggcg ggacaggtgc cctagagtag 1680 cctgcatcca gggacaggcc ccagccgggt gctgacacgt ccacctccat ctcttcctca 1740 gcacctgaac tcctgggggg accgtcagtc ttcctcttcc ccccaaaacc caaggacacc 1800 ctcatgatct cccggacccc tgaggtcaca tgcgtggtgg tggacgtgag ccacgaagac 1860 cctgaggtca agttcaactg gtacgtggac ggcgtggagg tgcataatgc caagacaaag 1920 ccgcgggagg agcagtacaa cagcacgtac cgtgtggtca gcgtcctcac cgtcctgcac 1980 caggactggc tgaatggcaa ggagtacaag tgcaaggtct ccaacaaagc cctcccagcc 2040 cccatcgaga aaaccatctc caaagccaaa ggtgggaccc gtggggtgcg agggccacat 2100 ggacagaggc cggctcggcc caccctctgc cctgagagtg accgctgtac caacctctgt 2160 ccctacaggg cagccccgag aaccacaggt gtacaccctg cccccatccc gggaggagat 2220 gaccaagaac caggtcagcc tgacctgcct ggtcaaaggc ttctatccca gcgacatcgc 2280 cgtggagtgg gagagcaatg ggcagccgga gaacaactac aagaccacgc ctcccgtgct 2340 ggactccgac ggctccttct tcctctatag caagctcacc gtggacaaga gcaggtggca 2400 gcaggggaac gtcttctcat gctccgtgat gcatgaggct ctgcacaacc actacacgca 2460 gaagagcctc tccctgtccc cgggtaaatg agtgcgacgg ccggcaagcc cccgctcccc 2520 gggctctcgc ggtcgcacga ggatgcttgg cacgtacccc gtctacatac ttcccaggca 2580 cccagcatgg aaataaagca cccaccactg ccctgggccc ctgcgagact gtgatggttc 2640 tttccacggg tcaggccgag tctgaggcct gagtggcatg agggaggcag agcgggtccc 2700 actgtcccca cactggccca ggctgtgcag gtgtgcctgg gccgcctagg gtggggctca 2760 gccaggggct gccctcggca gggtggggga tttgccagcg tggccctccc tccagcagca 2820 gctgccctgg gctgggccac gagaagccct aggagcccct ggggacagac acacagcccc 2880 tgcctctgta ggagactgtc ctgtcctgtg agcgccctgt cctccgaccc cgatgcccac 2940 tcgggggcat gcctagtcca tgcgcgtagg gacaggccct ccctcaccca tctaccccca 3000 cggcactaac ccctggcagc cctgcccagc ctcgcacccg catggggaca caaccgactc 3060 cggggacatg cactctcggg ccctgtggag ggactggtgc agatgcccac acacacactc 3120 agcccagacc cgttcaacaa accccgcact gaggttggtc gagcgggagt gcggccagag 3180 cctgcctcgg ccgtcaggga ggactcccgg gctcactcga aggaggtgcc accatttcag 3240 ctttggtagc ttttcttctt cttttaaatt ttctaaagct cattaattgt ctttgatgtt 3300 tcttttgtga tgacaataaa atatcctttt taagtcttgt acttcgtgat gggagccgcc 3360 ttcctgtgtc cacgcgcctc ctgcccccgg tgggaagcac ggtcaggagg aggctggtcc 3420 agctgcacct cgggggctcc ctgcactcgc cccccgcctc ctgcagccac acgcattgcc 3480 cgagcgaccc tccctggccc ctgtcactac atggacccct ggggcttctc ctcttttcta 3540 catggatgca gtttctcctc ctgctgggca cggtgctgcc tgccctggtc actctgcggg 3600 ggacagggcc tccagggaaa gctgggtcga ggctgggagc tggctcaggc tggccaggca 3660 gagccacagg gagggccttc cagaaccaac catggtccga agcgagaggt gggtgtcaga 3720 tccagacatg ataagataca ttgatgagtt tggacaaacc acaactagaa tgcagtgaaa 3780 aaaatgcttt atttgtgaaa tttgtgatgc tattgcttta tttgtaacca ttataagctg 3840 caataaacaa gttaacaaca acaattgcat tcattttatg tttcaggttc agggggaggt 3900 gtgggaggtt ttttaaagca agtaaaacct ctacaaatgt ggtatggctg attatgatct 3960 ctagtcaagg cactatacat caaatattcc ttattaaccc ctttacaaat taaaaagcta 4020 aaggtacaca atttttgagc atagttatta atagcagaca ctctatgcct gtgtggagta 4080 agaaaaaaca gtatgttatg attataactg ttatgcctac ttataaaggt tacagaatat 4140 ttttccataa ttttcttgta tagcagtgca gctttttcct ttgtggtgta aatagcaaag 4200 caagcaagag ttctattact aaacacagca tgactcaaaa aacttagcaa ttctgaagga 4260 aagtccttgg ggtcttctac ctttctcttc ttttttggag gagtagaatg ttgagagtca 4320 gcagtagcct catcatcact agatggcatt tcttctgagc aaaacaggtt ttcctcatta 4380 aaggcattcc accactgctc ccattcatca gttccatagg ttggaatcta aaatacacaa 4440 acaattagaa tcagtagttt aacacattat acacttaaaa attttatatt taccttagag 4500 ctttaaatct ctgtaggtag tttgtccaat tatgtcacac cacagaagta aggttccttc 4560 acaaagatcc ggaccaaagc ggccatcgtg cctccccact cctgcagttc gggggcatgg 4620 atgcgcggat agccgctgct ggtttcctgg atgccgacgg atttgcactg ccggtagaac 4680 tccgcgaggt cgtccagcct caggcagcag ctgaaccaac tcgcgagggg atcgagcccg 4740 gggtgggcga agaactccag catgagatcc ccgcgctgga ggatcatcca gccggcgtcc 4800 cggaaaacga ttccgaagcc caacctttca tagaaggcgg cggtggaatc gaaatctcgt 4860 gatggcaggt tgggcgtcgc ttggtcggtc atttcgaacc ccagagtccc gctcagaaga 4920 actcgtcaag aaggcgatag aaggcgatgc gctgcgaatc gggagcggcg ataccgtaaa 4980 gcacgaggaa gcggtcagcc cattcgccgc caagctcttc agcaatatca cgggtagcca 5040 acgctatgtc ctgatagcgg tccgccacac ccagccggcc acagtcgatg aatccagaaa 5100 agcggccatt ttccaccatg atattcggca agcaggcatc gccatgggtc acgacgagat 5160 cctcgccgtc gggcatgcgc gccttgagcc tggcgaacag ttcggctggc gcgagcccct 5220 gatgctcttc gtccagatca tcctgatcga caagaccggc ttccatccga gtacgtgctc 5280 gctcgatgcg atgtttcgct tggtggtcga atgggcaggt agccggatca agcgtatgca 5340 gccgccgcat tgcatcagcc atgatggata ctttctcggc aggagcaagg tgagatgaca 5400 ggagatcctg ccccggcact tcgcccaata gcagccagtc ccttcccgct tcagtgacaa 5460 cgtcgagcac agctgcgcaa ggaacgcccg tcgtggccag ccacgatagc cgcgctgcct 5520 cgtcctgcag ttcattcagg gcaccggaca ggtcggtctt gacaaaaaga accgggcgcc 5580 cctgcgctga cagccggaac acggcggcat cagagcagcc gattgtctgt tgtgcccagt 5640 catagccgaa tagcctctcc acccaagcgg ccggagaacc tgcgtgcaat ccatcttgtt 5700 caatcatgcg aaacgatcct catcctgtct cttgatcaga tcttgatccc ctgcgccatc 5760 agatccttgg cggcaagaaa gccatccagt ttactttgca gggcttccca accttaccag 5820 agggcgcccc agctggcaat tccggttcgc ttgctgtcca taaaaccgcc cagtctagct 5880 atcgccatgt aagcccactg caagctacct gctttctctt tgcgcttgcg ttttcccttg 5940 tccagatagc ccagtagctg acattcatcc ggggtcagca ccgtttctgc ggactggctt 6000 tctacgtgtt ccgcttcctt tagcagccct tgcgccctga gtgcttgcgg cagcgtgaag 6060 ctttttgcaa aagcctaggc ctccaaaaaa gcctcctcac tacttctgga atagctcaga 6120 ggccgaggcg gcctcggcct ctgcataaat aaaaaaaatt agtcagccat ggggcggaga 6180 atgggcggaa ctgggcggag ttaggggcgg gatgggcgga gttaggggcg ggactatggt 6240 tgctgactaa ttgagatgca tgctttgcat acttctgcct gctggggagc ctggggactt 6300 tccacacctg gttgctgact aattgagatg catgctttgc atacttctgc ctgctgggga 6360 gcctggggac tttccacacc ctaactgaca cacattccac agctgcctcg cgcgtttcgg 6420 tgatgacggt gaaaacctct gacacatgca gctcccggag acggtcacag cttgtctgta 6480 agcggatgcc gggagcagac aagcccgtca gggcgcgtca gcgggtgttg gcgggtgtcg 6540 gggcgcagcc atgacccagt cacgtagcga tagcggagtg tatactggct taactatgcg 6600 gcatcagagc agattgtact gagagtgcac catatgcggt gtgaaatacc gcacagatgc 6660 gtaaggagaa aataccgcat caggcgctct tccgcttcct cgctcactga ctcgctgcgc 6720 tcggtcgttc ggctgcggcg agcggtatca gctcactcaa aggcggtaat acggttatcc 6780 acagaatcag gggataacgc aggaaagaac atgtgagcaa aaggccagca aaaggccagg 6840 aaccgtaaaa aggccgcgtt gctggcgttt ttccataggc tccgcccccc tgacgagcat 6900 cacaaaaatc gacgctcaag tcagaggtgg cgaaacccga caggactata aagataccag 6960 gcgtttcccc ctggaagctc cctcgtgcgc tctcctgttc cgaccctgcc gcttaccgga 7020 tacctgtccg cctttctccc ttcgggaagc gtggcgcttt ctcatagctc acgctgtagg 7080 tatctcagtt cggtgtaggt cgttcgctcc aagctgggct gtgtgcacga accccccgtt 7140 cagcccgacc gctgcgcctt atccggtaac tatcgtcttg agtccaaccc ggtaagacac 7200 gacttatcgc cactggcagc agccactggt aacaggatta gcagagcgag gtatgtaggc 7260 ggtgctacag agttcttgaa gtggtggcct aactacggct acactagaag gacagtattt 7320 ggtatctgcg ctctgctgaa gccagttacc ttcggaaaaa gagttggtag ctcttgatcc 7380 ggcaaacaaa ccaccgctgg tagcggtggt ttttttgttt gcaagcagca gattacgcgc 7440 agaaaaaaag gatctcaaga agatcctttg atcttttcta cggggtctga cgctcagtgg 7500 aacgaaaact cacgttaagg gattttggtc atgagattat caaaaaggat cttcacctag 7560 atccttttaa attaaaaatg aagttttaaa tcaatctaaa gtatatatga gtaaacttgg 7620 tctgacagtt accaatgctt aatcagtgag gcacctatct cagcgatctg tctatttcgt 7680 tcatccatag ttgcctgact ccccgtcgtg tagataacta cgatacggga gggcttacca 7740 tctggcccca gtgctgcaat gataccgcga gacccacgct caccggctcc agatttatca 7800 gcaataaacc agccagccgg aagggccgag cgcagaagtg gtcctgcaac tttatccgcc 7860 tccatccagt ctattaattg ttgccgggaa gctagagtaa gtagttcgcc agttaatagt 7920 ttgcgcaacg ttgttgccat tgctgcaggc atcgtggtgt cacgctcgtc gtttggtatg 7980 gcttcattca gctccggttc ccaacgatca aggcgagtta catgatcccc catgttgtgc 8040 aaaaaagcgg ttagctcctt cggtcctccg atcgttgtca gaagtaagtt ggccgcagtg 8100 ttatcactca tggttatggc agcactgcat aattctctta ctgtcatgcc atccgtaaga 8160 tgcttttctg tgactggtga gtactcaacc aagtcattct gagaatagtg tatgcggcga 8220 ccgagttgct cttgcccggc gtcaacacgg gataataccg cgccacatag cagaacttta 8280 aaagtgctca tcattggaaa acgttcttcg gggcgaaaac tctcaaggat cttaccgctg 8340 ttgagatcca gttcgatgta acccactcgt gcacccaact gatcttcagc atcttttact 8400 ttcaccagcg tttctgggtg agcaaaaaca ggaaggcaaa atgccgcaaa aaagggaata 8460 agggcgacac ggaaatgttg aatactcata ctcttccttt ttcaatatta ttgaagcatt 8520 tatcagggtt attgtctcat gagcggatac atatttgaat gtatttagaa aaataaacaa 8580 ataggggttc cgcgcacatt tccccgaaaa gtgccacctg acgtctaaga aaccattatt 8640 atcatgacat taacctataa aaataggcgt atcacgaggc cctttcgtct tcaagaattc 8700 gagctcggta cccatcagcc aaaaagcatg cctgccacac aacatcaatt tctggaaaac 8760 gctacactta attatttcta gtagaacagc tctttggttt gccaaaaaga atcacctata 8820 gtggcatcta agcacaaaaa ggagaaaaaa atcacaaaga aatgattgag aggcataata 8880 aaaattatca aaaaattatg agttttacga tttcatcttt ttccaagttg aaatcatagg 8940 gtggctttaa cacagtgaca aggaatgtgc atgctgccat tatggtgctc tgcctaaaat 9000 ggttggagcc ttgtcatgct acagagaaac tgtcatacag cagggggtgc caaatttcca 9060 tattttttta tatcattgag caggtgcaca gaagaccaga aagcactttc tatcaggctg 9120 gccttcctct tcctttccag tatgaagcaa aaactgccaa tgaaactagc aattgttaaa 9180 ttcctttttc aaacagtatt tgtgctatca gaacatagtg cattcaaaag tctagcctga 9240 gagaacaacc cagttttatt cattcctcct actacctctc tcattcccac tgtttgtgtt 9300 ctccctccca ttttaattgt ctatctagtc caaactaagc acacgatcca gtccacatta 9360 aacaacatgt tttcacttta agtcaaatac aagacacctt taatatcagc ccttgttcat 9420 aatcgtgctt ctagtgactt aatgtacatg tcacactgta ctgttgggtt ttgtgtctca 9480 tcatgaacaa tgttgtgaag gtattaagtg gagagtaagc agaattagat tcctctaatg 9540 atgcacaccc acactaagag cagaaataat attaaaaata gaaaaaaaag ttttacatga 9600 gatttcaaat acccaggtat gagctgcagt ttcttcaagt taaagcatcg aggttgtcag 9660 ttacactatt acaggaaaca tatgcagagt ttttatttta gtatattagt tttcacatat 9720 gtggaattac tattaaacta ttctttcttt tcaaatgctt accattgtaa atgagtttgt 9780 gactttgtgt aggtgagtgc acatgactct ggatgcctaa gaggactgaa gaagttggag 9840 ttataggtag ttttattcta cttgactgtt cagtgctaaa aatacaactg aggtccttta 9900 aactgctgtt catgaacttc ttaattgata tatctcatga gatctctaaa ctatttttat 9960 tatgacacgt ttcaccattt tcactgtaac gatttttatg ttttatatta atgtaactat 10020 atgacacttc ccaaaatccc catattcaca attgaactgt ttcaaagttt taccttgact 10080 tatgggaaat gaaaacccac attttataat tttaaaatga aatgtttatt ttatatttct 10140 gcaaatttca caaggaaaga ttagtcactg gtgtgtgaga gcagaggagc ataagagttc 10200 aggaatagaa tccattatga ttctggaggc aaggaagaac tgatgccaag gtttcagtat 10260 aagagcagta tccactggaa aggataaagt cactacatct gagcacagag caggacatct 10320 acataatgag tggtcactaa tgggccactg ttacactgtt atatgtataa ggctcaagaa 10380 tgagcactga ggctgtaagg tgtatgggtg aggacatcag gatgtaaacc cagctcaggt 10440 agaggactca gaggacagca cagtcagcat gaactaataa acatcagata agataaggca 10500 caagctcagc tatatagggt aagggatctt tgtaaatctg attgtgcatc cagtctagtt 10560 caatgtgact taggaagccc agtcatatgc aaatctagag aagactttag agtagaaatc 10620 tgaggctcac ctcacatacc agcaagcgag tgaccagtta gtcttaaggc accacttctt 10680 agacatcatg gcttgggtgt ggaccttgcc attcctgatg gcagctgccc aaagtaagac 10740 atcagaaaaa agagttccaa ggggaattga agcagttcca tgaatactca ccttcctgtg 10800 ttcttttcac aggtgtccag gcacaggtgc agctggtgga gtcaggagcc gaagtgaaaa 10860 agcctggggc ttcagtgaag gtgtcctgca aggcctctgg atacacattc actaattata 10920 ttatccactg ggtgaagcag gagcctggtc agggccttga atggattgga tattttaatc 10980 cttacaatca tggtactaag tacaatgaga agttcaaagg cagggccaca ctaactgcaa 11040 acaaatccat cagcacagcc tacatggagc tcagcagcct gcgctctgag gacactgcgg 11100 tctactactg tgcaagatca ggaccctatg cctggtttga cacctggggc caagggacca 11160 cggtcaccgt ctcctcaggt aagaatggcc actctagggc ctttgttttc tgctgctgcc 11220 tgtgggattt catgagcatt gcaaagttgt cctcgggaca tgttccgagg ggacctgggc 11280 ggactggcca ggaggggacg ggcactgggg tgccttgagg atctgggagc ctctgtggat 11340 tttccgatgc ctttggaaaa tgggactgag gttgggtgcg tctgagacag taactcagcc 11400 tgggggcttg gtgaagatcg ccgcacagca gcgagtccgt gaaatatctt atttagactt 11460 gtgaggtgcg ctgtgtgtca atttacatct taaatccttt attggctgga aagagaattg 11520 ttggagtggg tgaatccagc caggagggac gcggggggat cca 11563 <210> SEQ ID NO 42 <211> LENGTH: 33 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic primer construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: HuCD45LC-Mlu Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 42 aaaacgcgtt gtgacattct gctgacccag tct 33 <210> SEQ ID NO 43 <211> LENGTH: 31 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic primer construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: HuCD45LC-Hind Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 43 aaaaaagctt ggtcccctgg ccgaacgtga a 31 <210> SEQ ID NO 44 <211> LENGTH: 27 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic primer construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: HuCD45HCEup Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 44 caggcagagg tgcagctggt ggagtca 27 <210> SEQ ID NO 45 <211> LENGTH: 27 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic primer construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: HuCD45HCQup Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 45 caggcacagg tgcagctggt ggagtca 27 <210> SEQ ID NO 46 <211> LENGTH: 29 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic primer construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: HuCD45HClo Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 46 aaatccttct agaactcacc tgaggagac 29 <210> SEQ ID NO 47 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: recombinant protein <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Leader Sequence <400> SEQUENCE: 47 Met Asp Trp Thr Trp Arg Val Phe Cys Leu Leu Ala Val Val Ala Pro 1 5 10 15 Gly Ala His Ser 20 <210> SEQ ID NO 48 <211> LENGTH: 19 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: recombinant protein <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Leader Sequence <400> SEQUENCE: 48 Met Ala Trp Val Trp Thr Leu Pro Phe Leu Met Ala Ala Ala Gln Ser 1 5 10 15 Val Gln Ala <210> SEQ ID NO 49 <211> LENGTH: 35 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Artificial <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: synthetic primer construct <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: aCD45H-N73D Primer <400> SEQUENCE: 49 gccacactaa ctgcagacaa atccatcagc acagc 35

Claims

1. An isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds CD45RB/CD45RO comprising the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 31.

2. An isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds CD45RB/CD45RO comprising:a) a first domain comprising the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, said CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH) (SEQ ID NO:22), said CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) (SEQ ID NO:23) and said CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT) (SEQ ID NO:24); andb) a second domain comprising the hypervariable regions CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3', said CDR1' having the amino acid sequence Arg-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asn-Ile-Gly-Thr-Ser-Ile-Gln (RASQNIGTSIQ) (SEQ ID NO:19), CDR2' having the amino acid sequence Ser-Ser-Ser-Glu-Ser-Ile-Ser (SSSESIS) (SEQ ID NO:20) and CDR3' having the amino acid sequence Gln-Gln-Ser-Asn-Thr-Trp-Pro-Phe-Thr (QQSNTWPFT) (SEQ ID NO:21).

3. The isolated antibody according to claim 2, which is a chimeric or humanised monoclonal antibody.

4. The isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 2, comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 31.

5. The isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 2, comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8.

6. The isolated antibody according to claim 4 which is a chimeric monoclonal antibody.

7. An isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds CD45RB/CD45RO which is a humanised antibody comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 31.

8. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 1 in association with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.

9. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 2 in association with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.

10. The isolated antibody according to claim 1, which is a chimeric or humanised monoclonal antibody.

11. An isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds CD45RB/CD45RO comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 31.

12. The isolated antibody according to claim 11, which is a chimeric or humanised monoclonal antibody.

13. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof according to claim 11, in association with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.

14. An isolated F(ab')₂ or Fab fragment which binds CD45RB/CD45RO comprising the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8 and the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 31.

15. An isolated F(ab')₂ or Fab fragment which binds CD45RB/CD45RO comprising:a) a first domain comprising the hypervariable regions CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, said CDR1 having the amino acid sequence Asn-Tyr-Ile-Ile-His (NYIIH) (SEQ ID NO:22), said CDR2 having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Phe-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asn-His-Gly-Thr-Lys-Tyr-Asn-Glu-Lys-Phe-Lys-Gly (YFNPYNHGTKYNEKFKG) (SEQ ID NO:23) and said CDR3 having the amino acid sequence Ser-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Ala-Trp-Phe-Asp-Thr (SGPYAWFDT) (SEQ ID NO:24); andb) a second domain comprising the hypervariable regions CDR1', CDR2' and CDR3', said CDR1' having the amino acid sequence Arg-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asn-Ile-Gly-Thr-Ser-Ile-Gln (RASQNIGTSIQ) (SEQ ID NO:19), CDR2' having the amino acid sequence Ser-Ser-Ser-Glu-Ser-Ile-Ser (SSSESIS) (SEQ ID NO:20) and CDR3' having the amino acid sequence Gln-Gln-Ser-Asn-Thr-Trp-Pro-Phe-Thr (QQSNTWPFT) (SEQ ID NO:21).

16. The isolated F(ab')₂ or Fab fragment according to claim 15, comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 31.

17. The isolated F(ab')₂ or Fab fragment according to claim 15, comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8.

18. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the isolated F(ab')₂ or Fab fragment according to claim 14 in association with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.