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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1989

Filed:

Dec. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:

Adriano Bernardi, Monterotondo, IT;

Fabio Bonelli, Rome, IT;

Antonello Pessi, Rome, IT;

Antonio S Verdini, Monterotondo, IT;

Assignee:

Eniricerche, S.p.A., Milan, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530324 ; 424 88 ; 435-7 ;
Abstract

Immunologically active polypeptides constituted, towards the N-terminated end, by an Asn-Val-Asp-Pro-Asn-Ala-Asn-Pro sequence repeated three times and, towards the C-terminated end, by at least three quadruplets with an Asn-Ala-Asn-Pro sequence, linked with each other by means of an amidic bond between the end proline of the first sequence, and the initial asparagine of the first quadruplet. Said polypeptides reproduce nearly exactly the sequential structure of the circumsporozoite protein of P. falciparum, and are useful for the preparation of antimalarial vaccines and of diagnostic kits for the detection of antisporozoite antibodies in clinical samples of malariated persons.


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