Polypeptides encoded by DNA sequences derived from the genome of the papillomavirus HPV39, antibodies thereto, and their use in in vitro diagnosis

US5665535A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR
• INSTITUT PASTEUR · FR

Inventors

• Gerard Orth · Sceaux, FR
• Christoph Volpers · Wiesbaden, DE
• Rolf E. Streeck · La Celle-Saint-Cloud, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 9, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2710/20022
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Polypeptides encoded by genes of papillomavirus HPV39 are provided. Also provided are antibodies directed to the polypeptides, and methods for diagnosing genital neoplasias and for detecting infection by HPV39.