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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1998
Anita C. Wright, Woodstock, MD (US);
Jan L. Powell, Baltimore, MD (US);
J. Glenn Morris, Jr., Baltimore, MD (US);
UMBI - University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to oligonucleotides used as amplification primers and assay probes for specific and sensitive for virulent strains of,. The target sequence of the probes and primers according to present invention is a capsular polysaccharide (CPS) transport gene (wza) of,. These probes can detect wza DNA or RNA in an unknown sample suspected to have pathogenic strains of,including human, animal, or environmental samples. The invention is also directed to in vitro-expressed protein from the cloned wza for production of polyclonal or monoclonal antibody that is specific for the wza gene product and will detect the,protein in a sample comprising unknown protein.