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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teresa Compton, Madison, WI (US);
Mary T. Huber, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ; A61K 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ; A61K 3/900 ;
Abstract
A method of designing a new anti-CMV drug is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises (a) analyzing the binding of glycoprotein O to a glycoprotein O receptor and (b) designing a candidate drug that would competitively interfere with glycoprotein O binding to glycoprotein O receptor and (c) showing that the candidate drug competitively inhibits glycoprotein O binding to glycoprotein O receptor. A method of screening anti-CMV drugs, a vaccine effective to diminish CMV infection, and a method of diminishing CMV infection are also disclosed.