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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David H. Walker, Galveston, TX (US);
Jere W. McBride, Galveston, TX (US);
Xue-Jie Yu, Galveston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 1/20 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 1/20 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the cloning, sequencing and expression of a conserved immunoreactive 28-kDa protein gene (P28) from a polymorphic multiple gene family of P28 has an 834-bp open reading frame encoding a protein of 278 amino acids with four variable regions, and shares similar surface-exposed regions, antigenicity and T-cell motifs with P28. Also disclosed is that recombinant P28 protein reacts with convalescent phase antiserum from an -infected dog.