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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Kenneth Roux, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Shridhar K. Sathe, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Jason M. Robotham, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Suzanne S. Teuber, Davis, CA (US);
Kenneth Roux, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Shridhar K. Sathe, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Jason M. Robotham, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Suzanne S. Teuber, Davis, CA (US);
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention describes an isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a degenerate variant of SEQ ID NO:1. The nucleic acid sequence encodes an Ig-E binding immunogenic polypeptide the amino acid sequence of which comprises at least one sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS:4-25. The invention additionally provides an in vitro diagnostic test for detecting anti-cashew IgE in a patient. The test comprises reacting the patient's serum with a purified polypeptide the amino acid sequence of which comprises at least one sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS:3-25; separating the polypeptide from unreacted patient serum; reacting the polypeptide with a labeled human IgE-reactive agent after separating from unreacted patient serum; separating the polypeptide from unreacted labeled human IgE-reactive agent; and detecting labeled human IgE-reactive agent bound to the polypeptide after separating from unreacted agent to thereby indicate presence in the patient's serum of anti-cashew IgE.