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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Victor Nizet, San Diego, CA (US);
George Y. Liu, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Victor Nizet, San Diego, CA (US);
George Y. Liu, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/357 (2006.01); A61K 31/216 (2006.01); A61K 31/135 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure provides a molecular genetic approach of targeted mutagenesis and heterologous expression, coupled with in vitro and in vivo models of bacterial pathogenesis, to demonstrate that thepigment is a virulence factor and potential novel target for antimicrobial therapy.