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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1999
Elaine I. Tuomanen, Germantown, TN (US);
Khoosheh Gosink, Cordova, TN (US);
Robert Masure, Germantown, TN (US);
St. Jude Children's research Hospital, Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides isolated polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence of a choline binding protein CbpG. This invention provides an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of a choline binding polypeptide CbpG or N-terminal CbpG truncate, including analogs, variants, mutants, derivatives and fragments thereof This invention further provides an isolated immunogenic polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of a choline binding protein CbpG. This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of a choline binding protein CbpG. This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use of the isolated polypeptides and nucleic acids. Assays for compounds which alter or inactivate the polypeptides of the present invention for use in therapy are also provided.