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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Margaret K. Hostetter, New Haven, CT (US);
Qi Cheng, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/14 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to the identification of a human complement C3 binding protein from,and to its sequence and to methods for its purification and use. The protein binds but does not degrade or cleave C3 and is implicated in,virulence. The protein is recognized by antibodies produced by humans recovering from pneumococcal infection.