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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Magnus Hook, Houston, TX (US);
Maria Labandeira-rey, Irving, TX (US);
Gabriela M. Bowden, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Magnus Hook, Houston, TX (US);
Maria Labandeira-Rey, Irving, TX (US);
Gabriela M. Bowden, Sugar Land, TX (US);
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides MSCRAMM® proteins fromwhich are putative highly-expressed antigens from methicillin-resistant, including communit-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), and these antigens can thus be utilized in methods of generating antibodies capable of binding these antigens which can be useful in methods of treating or preventing infection from MRSA. The present invention is directed to these proteins, antibodies capable of binding these proteins, methods of generating said antibodies, nucleic acids coding for said proteins, and pharmaceutical compositions or vaccines which include the proteins or antibodies of the present invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier or excipient.