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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Cynthia Ann Tripp, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Nancy Wisnewski, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Robert B. Grieve, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Glenn R. Frank, Wellington, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides for filariid nematode cysteine protease proteins; to filariid nematode cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules, in particular, L3 larval cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules and L3 larval cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules; to antibodies raised against such proteins, and to compounds that inhibit filariid nematode cysteine protease activity. The present invention also includes methods to obtain such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies and/or inhibitors. The present invention also includes therapeutic compositions comprising such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies and/or inhibitors, and the use of such compositions to protect an animal from disease caused by parasitic helminths.