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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
P. Frederick Sparling, Moncure, NC (US);
Margaret Beucher, Connelleville, PA (US);
Assignee:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/531 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/531 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes an amino acid sequence comprising a FrpB protein. The invention also provides vaccine compositions capable of protecting a mammal against infection by,or,comprising the FrpB protein encoded by the isolated nucleic acid of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.