The present invention pertains to a DNA encoding a polypeptide including
an entire sequence of the amino acid sequence as shown by SEQ ID NO: 2 or
a partial sequence thereof, or a polypeptide including the polypeptide
described above, wherein any of the polypeptides has an activity of a
receptor capable of binding to a murine PBSF/SDF-1; a polypeptide encoded
by the DNA described above, wherein the polypeptide has an activity of a
receptor capable of binding to a murine PBSF/SDF-1; cells expressing the
polypeptide described above and a human CD4 protein; and a method of
screening an AIDS onset inhibitor or an HIV-1 infection inhibitor,
characterized by the use of the cells described above. According to the
present invention, there can be provided a novel murine CXC chemokine
receptor gene, a method of screening an HIV-1 infection inhibitor, and
the like, each of which is useful in studies of a therapeutic agent for
AIDS and the functional mechanism of HIV-1 infection.