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Buffer system for increasing seroconversion efficiency

US5633130A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1994
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of increasing efficiency of deantigenation of blood group epitopes on erythrocytes (seroconversion) by exoglycosidases utilizing a step of performing the deantigenation in a zwitterionic buffer. The method provides a buffer system and exoglycosidase that utilizes a twenty to one hundred fold lower total enzyme mass than the prior art methods.

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