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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard Bussey, Westmount, CA;
Marc Lussier, Montréal, CA;
Anne-Marie Sdicu, Pierrefonds, CA;
Sarkis Serge Shahinian, Montréal, CA;
Assignee:
McGill University, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/100 ; C07H 5/04 ; C07H 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/100 ; C07H 5/04 ; C07H 5/06 ;
Abstract
The present invention to an isolated DNA which codes for a gene essential for cell wall glucan synthesis of , wherein the gene is referred to as CaKRE9, wherein the sequence of the DNA is as set forth in FIG. . The present invention relates to antifungal in vitro and in vivo screening assays for identifying compounds which inhabit the synthesis, assembly and/or regulation of &bgr;1,6-glucan. There is also disclosed an in vitro method for the diagnosis of disease caused by fungal infection in a patient.