Epitopic regions of pneumococcal surface protein A
US5997882A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S530/825
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Regions of the PspA protein of the R.times.1 strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae have been identified as containing protection-eliciting epitopes which are cross-reactive with PspAs of other S. pneumoniae strains and which is cross-protective. One region comprises the 68-amino acid sequence extending from amino acid residues 192 to 260 of the R.times.1 PspA strain while another region comprises the C-terminal amino acid sequence extending from amino acid residues 293 to 588 of the R.times.1 PspA strain.
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