FIGURE 7.
Soluble, uncleaved ΔV1V2 trimers can be expressed efficiently. A, SDS-PAGE analysis of uncleaved JR-FL SOSIP.R6-IZ-His gp140 variants expressed transiently in 293T cells. B, blue native-PAGE analysis of uncleaved JR-FL SOSIP.R6-IZ-His gp140 from two independent transfections (left and right panels). C, size exclusion analysis of gp140 trimers. Uncleaved JR-FL SOSIP.R6-IZ-His gp140 trimers produced in 293T cells were fractionated using a Superose-6 column. The fractions were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. The elution peaks of reference proteins are indicated.