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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1999
James Peter Burnie, Alderley Edge, GB;
Ruth Christine Matthews, Alderley Edge, GB;
NeuTec Pharma plc, Manchester, GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides bacterial and fungal ABC transporter proteins, immunogenic fragments thereof, neutralizing agents specific thereto and binding agents specific thereto for therapeutic and diagnostic use, together with diagnostic test methods, methods of same and kits for performing same. Also provided are immunodominant conserved antigens from gram positive staphylococci, together with neutralising and binding agents specific thereto for use in therapy and diagnosis, and methods of same. Also provided are Staphylococcal homologues of IstA and IstB and immunogenic fragment thereof, and their uses in methods of treatment and diagnosis of the human or animal body.