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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Elke Faatz, Huglfing, DE;
Christian Scholz, Penzberg, DE;
Werner Stock, Graefelfing, DE;
Peter Schaarschmidt, Uffing, DE;
Inventors:
Elke Faatz, Huglfing, DE;
Christian Scholz, Penzberg, DE;
Werner Stock, Graefelfing, DE;
Peter Schaarschmidt, Uffing, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). It especially teaches the production of a soluble prion protein (PrP)-chaperone complex and the advantageous use of such chaperone-PrP complex, especially in the detection of PrP in an immunoassay, as well as its use as and immunogen.