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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
W. James Jackson, Marriotsville, MD (US);
Andrea M. Harris, Frederick, MD (US);
Antex Biologics, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention discloses the Neisseria spp. NGSP polypeptide, polypeptides derived therefrom (NGSP-derived polypeptides), nucleotide sequences encoding said polypeptides, and antibodies that specifically bind the NGSP polypeptide and/or NGSP-derived polypeptides. Also disclosed are prophylactic or therapeutic compositions, including antigenic, preferably immunogenic compositions, e.g., vaccines, comprising NGSP polypeptide and/or a NGSP-derived polypeptide or antibodies thereto. The invention additionally discloses methods of inducing an immune response to Neisseria and Neisseria NGSP polypeptide and an NGSP-derived polypeptide in animals.