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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Edwin W. Ades, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jacquelyn S. Sampson, College Park, GA (US);
Sandra Steiner, Atlanta, GA (US);
George M. Carlone, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Joseph J. Caba, Atlanta, GA (US);
Gowrisankar Rajam, Tucker, GA (US);
Edwin W. Ades, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jacquelyn S. Sampson, College Park, GA (US);
Sandra Steiner, Atlanta, GA (US);
George M. Carlone, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Joseph J. Caba, Atlanta, GA (US);
GowriSankar Rajam, Tucker, GA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a P4 peptide, which contains functional epitopes of the PsaA protein of, and related methods and compositions. P4 peptide mimetics having a conformational structure identical or similar to the conformation of P4 (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO:2) are provided. An antibody that specifically binds to the epitope defined by the disclosed peptides is provided. A P4-specific antibody is PsaA-specific since P4 defines an epitope specific for PsaA. Immunogenic compositions comprising the peptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a pharmaceutical carrier or the peptide of SEQ ID NO:2 and a pharmaceutical carrier are also provided. Methods of using the peptides and antibodies of the invention are provided.