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The mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb), NC-1, raised against the gp41 six/helix bundle from HIV-1 IIIB was prepared as described [ 43 ] and shown to react also with six-helix bundles from HIV-1 BaL [ 37 ] . Rabbit antibodies against the gp41 six-helix bundle and against HIV-1 IIIB gp120 were prepared as described [ 44 45 ] . The latter antibodies were shown to crossreact with HIV-1 BaL gp120 [ 37 ] . Rabbit antibodies against HIV-1 tat as well as recombinant HIV-1 IIIB gp120 and biotinylated soluble CD4 (sCD4) were from ImmunoDiagnostics, Inc., Woburn, MA.
To stimulate a complete autoimmune response, two signals (one antigen specific and one not antigen specific), are necessary [ 31 ] . The best described antigen-specific mechanism is molecular mimicry, whereby some component of the offending virus resembles the host structure on a molecular level, thus providing the template for antibody formation that may crossreact with self-antigen.