Non-hemolytic LLO fusion proteins and methods of utilizing same
US8771702B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K2319/40
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides recombinant proteins or peptides comprising a mutated listeriolysin O (LLO) protein or fragment thereof, comprising a substitution or internal deletion of the cholesterol-binding domain or a portion thereof, fusion proteins or peptides comprising same, nucleotide molecules encoding same, and vaccine vectors comprising or encoding same. The present invention also provides methods of utilizing recombinant proteins, peptides, nucleotide molecules, and vaccine vectors of the present invention to induce an immune response to a peptide of interest.
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