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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey N. Weiser, Merion, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 ; C12Q 1/02 ; C12Q 1/14 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 ; C12Q 1/02 ; C12Q 1/14 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods of modulating capsular polysaccharide production in pneumococci such as . The invention further relates to methods of alleviating pneumococcal infections in animals, and to methods of identifying both agents capable of modulating pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and agents useful for alleviating pneumococcal infections in animals.