The present invention aims at providing a high affinity anti-HIV antibody.
According to the present invention, there are provided an antibody or a
fragment thereof that binds to the gp12 glycoprotein of HIV and has a
dissociation constant (KD) value of 1.0.times.10.sup.-9 (M) or less; a
pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or fragment thereof;
and a method of producing an anti-HIV antibody or a fragment thereof,
comprising immunizing a GANP transgenic non-human mammal or a progeny
thereof with a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown
in SEQ ID NO: 6 as an antigen and collecting the antibody from the
resultant mammal or progeny.