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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Thomas Grunwald, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Grunwald, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
PLS-Design GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide capable of binding to IgE from subjects allergic to venom of an insect from the order Hymenoptera having a homology of more than 70% to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, which is the honey bee allergen Api m3 (acid phosphatase). The invention further relates to expression vectors, host cells and polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid, as well as diagnostic and pharmaceutical uses thereof.