Cryptosporidium hybrid vector and transformed host cells

US5643772A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Carolyn Petersen · Berkeley, US
• James Leech · South River, US
• Richard C. Nelson · San Francisco, US
• Jiri Gut · Novato, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 1, 1997
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention comprises a Cryptosporidium hybrid vector comprising a regulatory DNA segment operably coupled to a DNA fragment encoding a polypeptide to which anti-Cryptosporidium antibodies specifically bind and transformed host cells comprising the hybrid vectors.