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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Shu-mei Liang, Taipei, TW;
Jeng-hwan Wang, Taipei, TW;
Jeng-jer Shieh, Yunlin Hsien, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pure, water-soluble polypeptide containing one or more monomers of a VP1 protein of a foot-and-mouth disease virus; or a pure, water-insoluble polypeptide comprising two or more monomers of a VP1 protein of a foot-and-mouth disease virus. Also disclosed are a vaccine containing the polypeptide, a method of producing the polypeptide, and a method of inducing an immune response in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of the polypeptide.