TABLE 3.
Endpoint titers of sera from rabbits immunized at low and high doses of glycoproteins as determined by gp120 ELISAa
| Immunogen | Inoculation
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| Low dose
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High dose
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| Animal | Endpoint titer (3rd) | Animal | Endpoint titer
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| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||
| WT monomer | A1 | +++++ | 3 | +++++ | +++++ | ++++ |
| A2 | ++++ | 4 | +++ | ++++ | +++++ | |
| A3 | ++++ | 5 | ++++ | +++++ | ++++ | |
| 6 | +++++ | ++++ | +++++ | |||
| WT trimer | B1 | ++++ | 7 | +++++ | +++++ | ++++ |
| B2 | ++++ | 8 | NDb | +++++ | +++++ | |
| B3 | ++++ | 9 | +++++ | ++++ | ++++ | |
| 10 | +++++ | +++++ | ++++ | |||
| Stabilized trimer | C1 | ++++ | 11 | +++++ | ++++ | +++++ |
| C2 | ++++ | 12 | +++++ | +++++ | +++++ | |
| C3 | ++++ | 13 | +++++ | +++++ | +++++ | |
| 14 | ++++ | +++ | ++++ | |||
| 15 | +++++ | ++++ | +++ | |||
| 16 | +++++ | +++++ | +++++ | |||
| 17 | +++++ | +++++ | ++++ | |||
Endpoint ELISA titers are defined as the last reciprocal serum dilution at which the optical density signal was greater than twofold over the signal detected with the preimmune sera. Symbols for the endpoint titers are as follows: +++, 2.5 × 104; ++++, 1.25 × 105; +++++, 6.25 × 105.
ND, not determined.