Neisseria gonorrhoeae lectin useful as a vaccine and diagnostic marker and means for producing this lectin
US4786592A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 12, 1986 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/827
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A bacterial lectin isolatable from Neisseria gonorrhoeae is disclosed. This lectin binds to gonococcal carbohydrates such as gangliotetraosylceramide, has a relative molecular weight of about 22,400 daltons, and an isolectric pH value in the range of about 6.1 to about 6.4. The disclosed lectin is useful as a constituent of a vaccine against gonorrhea and as a diagnostic means for gonorrhea. A method for isolating this lectin is also disclosed, as well as means for producing it.
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