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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Olivera J Finn, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
J Darrell Fontenot, Espanola, NM (US);
Ronald C Montelaro, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435-723 ; 435-76 ; 435-79 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel synthetic muc-1 peptides and muc-1-like analogs including at least two 20-amino acid tandem repeats of muc-1, which synthetic muc-1 and muc-1-like peptides are capable of attaining native conformation in the absence of glycosylation. The invention also relates to methods of producing the peptides. The invention further relates to uses of the peptides, such as for vaccines and diagnostic testing.