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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:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin J Blaser, Nashville, TN (US);
Zhiheng Pei, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435325 ; 435348 ; 435362 ; 435365 ; 435367 ; 4352523 ; 43525233 ; 43525231 ; 4352542 ; 43525421 ; 4353201 ; 435 693 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding an approximately 26 kilodalton antigen, PEB1A, of Campylobacter jejuni, or an antigenic fragment thereof, wherein the antigen is associated with diarrheal disease. The present invention also provides methods of detecting the presence of a Campylobacter jejuni strain possessing the PEB1A antigen in a subject. Vaccines and treatments for C. jejuni infection are provided, as is a mutant C. jejuni not expressing a functional PEB1A antigen.