Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) Glycoprotein B / gB Protein

A DNA sequence encoding the extracellular domain (Met 1-Lys 700) linked with the cytoplasmic domain (Arg 777-Val 907) of human CMV gB (AAA45920.1, with furin cleavage site mutated from 'RTKR' to 'TTQT') was expressed, fused with five additional amino acids (DDDDK) at the C-terminus.