Cattle fever tick-infestation vaccines and uses thereof
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsFelicito Guerrero, Kylie G Bendele, Luisa N Domingues
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Abstract
The invention relates to antigenic polypeptides derived from a naturally occurring R. microplus protein, and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. The polypeptides elicit an immune response which, in turn, produces detrimental effects in R. microplus feeding on vaccinated cattle. Thus, the present disclosure provides novel vaccines to protect cattle from R. microplus infestation.
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A synthetic chimera or fusion polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to amino acids 7 to 172 of a sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or amino acids 108 to 273 of a sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 3;
- and flanking amino acids from a different but related species, from a different species, or from a synthetic tag.
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