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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oxford Gene Systems Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530350 ; 424 89 ; 530395 ; 530403 ; 530806 ; 530812 ; 530824 ; 530826 ; 435-5 ;
Abstract
Fusion proteins comprise a77 first amino acid sequence and a second amino acid sequence. The first amino acid sequence is derived from a retrotransposon or an RNA retrovirus and confers on the fusion protein the ability to assemble into particles; an example is the product of the YTA gene of the yeast retrotransposon Ty. The second amino acid sequence is an HIV antigen. So particles formed of the fusion proteins may be useful in vaccines or in diagnostic or purification applications.