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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Magnus A. H{umlaut over (oo)}k, Houston, TX (US);
Eric L. Brown, Bellaire, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/900 ;
Abstract
the causative agent of Lyme disease, expresses on its surface a decorin binding protein, DbpA and DbpB. Lysine residues necessary for DbpA binding to decorin and DbpA peptides containing these critical residues essential for decorin binding are disclosed. It is further disclosed that vaccination using peptides incorporating these critical binding domains of DbpA can confer a delayed-type hypersensitivity response to DbpA and reduce the number of organisms present in infected animals.