This is because the GP120 protein
of the HIV virus that forms the ‘knob’ is
essential for the infection of CD4 cells
of the immune system by the virus. The glycoprotein is, therefore, a good
target for vaccines especially since the
molecule is highly conserved because most mutations in the region could be highly deleterious to the virus.
Answer:
All plasmids we manufactured are free of animal-derived materials and can contain low levels of endotoxin (<100EU/mg, on request). This process is designed to meet our customers’ diverse downstream applications such as transfection, antibody preparation, vaccine, and gene-therapy research, etc.