The Uab Research Foundation (the University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Edwin Swiatlo

David E Briles

Janet L Yother

Larry S McDaniel

Alexis Brooks-Walter

Susan K Hollingshead

Marilyn J Crain

Rebecca Tart

PspAs, portions thereof, DNA therefor, and immunological compositions, primers and probes based thereon are disclosed claimed.

Pneumococcal genes, portions thereof, expression products therefrom, and uses of such genes, portions and products

The present invention relates to pneumococcal genes, portions thereof, expression products therefrom and uses of such genes, portions and products; especially to genes of e.g., the gene encoding pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), i.e., the pspA gene, the gene encoding pneumococcal surface protein A-like proteins, such as pspA-like genes, e.g., the gene encoding pneumococcal surface protein C (PspC), i.e., the pspC gene, portions of such genes, expression products therefrom, and the uses of such genes, portions thereof and expression products therefrom.

Pneumococcal surface proteins and uses thereof

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Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Edwin Swiatlo