Attenuated uracil auxotroph of an apicomplexan and use thereof
US8673289B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A50/30
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Uracil auxotroph mutants of apicomplexans are provided which lack a functional carbamoyl phosphate synthase II (CPSII) enzyme. Also provided are T. gondii autoxtroph mutants which express exogenous antigens, and methods of protecting an animal against a T. gondii and non-T. gondii disease.
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