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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Ian Richard Anselm Peak, Upper Coomera, AU;
Michael Paul Jennings, St. Lucia, AU;
Ian Richard Anselm Peak, Upper Coomera, AU;
Michael Paul Jennings, St. Lucia, AU;
The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, AU;
Abstract
Novel proteins that constitute modified forms of asurface antigen and encoding nucleic acids are provided. The modified surface proteins are characterized by having deletions of non-conserved amino acids, and thereby being capable of eliciting cross-protective immune responses against. The invention extends to the use of the modified surface antigens in diagnostics, in therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines and in the design and/or screening of medicaments. The modified surface antigens are particularly useful in vaccines which effectively immunize against a broader spectrum ofstrains than would be expected from a corresponding wild-type surface antigen.