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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Annaliesa S. Anderson, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Tessie Mcneely, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
James C. Cook, Iii, North Wales, PA (US);
William L. Mcclements, Doylestown, PA (US);
Donna L. Montgomery, Chalfont, PA (US);
Annaliesa S. Anderson, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Tessie McNeely, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
James C. Cook, III, North Wales, PA (US);
William L. McClements, Doylestown, PA (US);
Donna L. Montgomery, Chalfont, PA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention features polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence structurally related to SEQ ID NO: 1 and uses of such polypeptides. SEQ ID NO: 1 is a truncated derivative of a full-lengthpolypeptide. The full-length naturally occurring polypeptide is referred to herein as full-length ORF1319e. A His-tagged derivative of SEQ ID NO: 1 was found to produce a protective immune response against