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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins which impart the adhesion of neisseria cells to human cells
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas F. Meyer, Tubingen, DE;
Thomas Rudel, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ina Scheuerpflug, Berlin, DE;
Jurgen Maier, Kongen, DE;
Sandra Eickernjager, Berlin, DE;
Thomas Schwan, Berlin, DE;
Eckhard Fischer, Tübingen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 7/00 ; C12N 1/00 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/574 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 7/00 ; C12N 1/00 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/574 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
Described are nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins mediating the adhesion of bacteria of the genus Neisseria to human cells. Also described are the proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules and antibodies directed against them. Furthermore, pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines and diagnostic compositions containing the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and/or antibodies are described.