University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.

Cornell Research Foundation Inc.

Harry W Dickerson, Jr

Theodore G Clark

Jacek Gaertig

Tian-Long Lin

A novel i-antigen protein fromis effective to induce a protective immune response in fish. The invention includes antigenic and membrane-targeting sequences of i-antigen proteins, nucleic acid molecules that encode antigenic or membrane-targeting portions of i-antigen proteins, DNA and protein subunit vaccines, methods of inducing an immune response in fish and methods for detection and characterization of

Diagnostic and protective antigen gene sequences of ichthyophthirius

The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena exemplifies a recombinant system for the expression of heterologous nucleic acids, preferably on the plasma membrane surface. Integration of a heterlogous nucleic acid into the &#x3b2;-tubulin gene, BTU1, of a paclitaxel-sensitivemutant that possesses btu1-1K350M &#x3b2;-tubulin allele allows screening for transformants using negative selection, as transformants have restored paclitaxel resistance. Transgenic ciliated protozoa of the invention can serve as live vaccines. For example, transgenic Tetrahymena expressingi-antigen protein on their surface are effective vehicles for vaccination of freshwater fish against infection by

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Athens, GA, United States of America

Harry W Dickerson, Jr