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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Grace P Huang, Miami, FL (US);
Peter R Rhode, Miami, FL (US);
Jeffrey R Stinson, Davie, FL (US);
Hing C Wong, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
Dade International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12P / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-5 ; 435-732 ; 435 697 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 536 234 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fusion protein, comprising a pilin protein or a portion thereof and a heterologous polypeptide (target protein). In a preferred embodiment it relates to a method for displaying the target protein on the outer surface of a bacterial host cell capable of forming pilus. In certain embodiments, it is desirable that the pilus is a receptor for bacteriophage attachment and infection. The F pilus is preferred.