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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:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clifford A. Lingwood, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
HSC Research & Development Limited Partnership, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/509 ;
Abstract
An adhesin protein which binds specifically to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), gangliotriaosylceramide (Gg,) and gangliotetraosylceramide (Gg,) has been isolated and purified from,. Also provided are immunogenic compositions and methods of protecting susceptible mammals from diseases caused by bacterial pathogens having the adhesin as a surface protein.