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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:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jennifer S Rota, Decatur, GA (US);
William J Bellini, Lilburn, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C12P / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 435 9153 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 536 237 ; 536 2372 ; 536 2432 ; 536 2433 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding consensus hemagglutinin and consensus fusion polypeptides which contain at least one amino acid substitution relative to the Moraten vaccine strain that is found in at least one strain of wild-type measles virus. Nucleic acid reagents useful for detecting and differentiating wild-type measles strains by polymerase chain reaction and a method utilizing the same are provided. Recombinant vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding the consensus hemagglutinin and/or the consensus fusion polypeptides are also provided.