TABLE 3.
Putative CD8 and CD4 epitopes containing mutations and amino acid and codon changes for these epitopes in animals 4 and 5a
| Epitope | Gag peptide(s) | Epitope-containing sequence | Amino acid change
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Codon change
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | From | To | Position | From | To | |||
| Animal 4 | ||||||||
| CD8 epitopes | ||||||||
| Original | 10, 11 | LDRFGLAESLL | 46 | L | I | 671 | TTA | ATA |
| 48 | E | D | 679 | GAA | GAC | |||
| 107, 108 | DRQAGFLGLGP | 429 | D | E | 1822 | GAC | GAA | |
| 432 | A | V | 1830 | GCG | GTG | |||
| New | 25, 26 | KQIVQRHLVVE | 101 | K | R | 837 | AAA | AGA |
| 35, 36 | GGNYVHLPLSP | 145 | V | I | 968 | GTC | ATC | |
| CD4 epitopes | ||||||||
| Original | None | |||||||
| New | 25, 26 | KQIVQRHLVVE | 101 | K | R | 837 | AAA | AGA |
| 97 | RGPRKPIKCWNCGKE | 385 | R | K | 1689 | AGG | AAG | |
| Animal 5 | ||||||||
| CD8 epitopes | ||||||||
| Original | 35, 36 | GGNYVHLPLSP | 145 | V | A | 969 | GTC | GCC |
| New | 101 | HSARQCRAPRRQGCW | 402 | S | P | 1739 | TCT | CCT |
| L | 1739, 1740 | CTT | ||||||
| CD4 epitopes | ||||||||
| Original | None | |||||||
| New | 15 | CQKILSVLAPLVPTG | 59 | K | R | 711 | AAA | AGA |
| 101 | HSARQCRAPRRQGCW | 402 | S | P | 1739 | TCT | CCT | |
| L | 1739, 1740 | CTT | ||||||
Changes are in boldface.