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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Applicant:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventor:
Michael Donnenberg, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); A61K 39/08 (2006.01); C07K 14/33 (2006.01); C07K 16/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); A61K 39/08 (2013.01); C07K 14/33 (2013.01); C07K 16/1282 (2013.01); G01N 33/6854 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to engineeredtype IV pilin (tfp) genes, type IV pilin proteins which can serve as a diagnostic marker for identification of patients infected with, and vaccines comprising type IV pilin proteins, antigenic fragments and variants thereof for therapeutic interventions.