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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sharon M Wahl, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
James B McCarthy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Leo T Furcht, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health, , US;
Reagents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514 13 ; 514 14 ; 514 15 ; 514 16 ; 514-8 ; 514 21 ; 530325 ; 530324 ; 530326 ; 530327 ; 530328 ; 530345 ; 530404 ; 530408 ; 530405 ; 530409 ; 530367 ; 435236 ;
Abstract
The invention includes methods for inhibiting retroviral infections such as HIV. The methods of this invention involve the use of certain fragments of fibronectin and such fragments conjugated to carrier molecules such as ovalbumin to inhibit retroviral infections. The invention also includes novel proteins which comprise fibronectin fragments covalently linked to carrier proteins.