Nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells including mycobacterium derived sequences
US5955356A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/975
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to nucleic acids which contain particularly a nucleotide sequence extending from the extremity constituted by the nucleotide at position (1) to the extremity constituted by the nucleotide at position (1211) represented on the figure, to the polypeptides coded by said nucleic acids. The polypeptides of the invention can be used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, and can also be part of the active principle in the preparation of a vaccine against tuberculosis.
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