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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Bishai, Baltimore, MD (US);
Douglas B Young, London, GB;
Ying Zhang, Baltimore, MD (US);
James DeMaio, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07H / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 231 ; 435183 ; 536 232 ; 536 234 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
SigF is a gene that controls M. tuberculosis latency. A diagnostic test for latent tuberculosis involves detecting M. tuberculosis sigF in clinical specimens. A tuberculosis vaccine includes a M. tuberculosis strain with a mutation which disrupts the reading frame of its sigF gene.