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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Hira L. Nakhasi, Potomac, MD (US);
Angamuthu Selvapandiyan, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Alain Debrabant, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert C. Duncan, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Poonam Salotra, New Delhi, IN;
Gannavaram Sreenivas, Rockville, MD (US);
Hira L. Nakhasi, Potomac, MD (US);
Angamuthu Selvapandiyan, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Alain Debrabant, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Robert C. Duncan, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Poonam Salotra, New Delhi, IN;
Gannavaram Sreenivas, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
Targeted disruption of the centrin gene leads to attenuation of growth in. Preferred embodiments of the invention provide attenuated strains ofuseful for the preparation of immunogenic preparations including vaccines against a disease caused by infection with a virulentstrain and as tools for the generation of immunological and diagnostic reagents. Other preferred embodiments provide related immunogenic compositions, methods of generating an immune response, methods for producing a vaccine, and methods of forming attenuated strains of