Nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins which impart the adhesion of neisseria cells to human cells

US6617128B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Thomas F. Meyer · Tübingen, DE
• Thomas Rudel · Berlin, DE
• Ina Scheuerpflug · Berlin, DE
• Jürgen Maier · Weitersweiler, DE
• Sandra Eickernjager · Berlin, DE
• Thomas J. Schwan · Norwich, US
• Eckhard Fischer · Bingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2039/51
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Described are nucleic acid molecules encoding proteins mediating the adhesion of bacteria of the genus Neisseria to human cells. Also described are the proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules and antibodies directed against them. Furthermore, pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines and diagnostic compositions containing the nucleic acid molecules, proteins and/or antibodies are described.