Recombinant human rotavirus VP7 serotype 4

US5332658A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The University of Melbourne · AU

Inventors

• Michael Leigh Dyall-Smith · Melbourne, AU
• Chris Hum · Cockatoo, AU
• Ian H. Holmes · Sydney, AU
• Michael A. Johnson · Pirbright, GB
• Peter Richard Reeves · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 1992
• Grant date: Jul 26, 1994
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2720/12322
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A human rotavirus gene encoding the major outer capsid glycoprotein (VP7) of the human rotavirus serotype 4 or a portion or sub-unit thereof. Expression vectors containing such a gene and expressing all or part of VP7 protein of human rotavirus serotype 4. Polyeptides corresponding to all or part of the VP7 protein of human rotavirus serotype 4 and vaccines containing such polypeptides.