Borna disease viral sequences, diagnostics and therapeutics for nervous system diseases

US6015660A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• W. Ian Lipkin · Laguna Beach, US
• Thomas Briese · White Plains, US
• Stefanie Kliche · Berlin, DE
• Patrick Schneider · Temecula, US
• Lothar Stitz · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
• Anette Schneemann · Santa Ana, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 1995
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2000
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/975
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention presents: genomic nucleotide sequence of Borna disease virus, nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Borna disease virus proteins, recombinant viral proteins, vectors and cells containing the sequences or encoding the proteins, ligand binding to these proteins such as antibodies, and the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the foregoing.