Ichimeric papillomavirus-like particles

US5855891A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Douglas R. Lowy · Washington, US
• John T. Schiller · Silver Spring, US
• Heather Greenstone · Silver Spring, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 5, 1999
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/918
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a papillomavirus-like particle having conformational epitopes comprising a papillomavirus L1 fusion product and, optionally, a papillomavirus L2 product; and related DNA molecules, host cells, and methods.