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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Robert L. Garcea, Boulder, CO (US);
Dennis G. Macejak, Arvada, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide compositions and methods for recombinantly generating tagless constructs of proteins or peptides. In certain embodiments, recombinant proteins or peptides disclosed herein concern human papilloma virus (HPV). Other embodiments concern using these constructs in compositions to elicit immune responses in a subject to one or more HPV types. Therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines for the prevention and treatment of viral infections are also disclosed. Nucleic acids and expression vectors coding for constructs contemplated herein are provided. In certain embodiments, an HPV capsid protein generated is devoid of any fusion tags. In addition, truncated forms of HPV L1 are contemplated.