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US 2002/0172684 A1Published application
Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA sequences encoding immunostimulatory peptides and methods for using same
AssigneeUniversity of Victoria Innovation and Development Corporation
InventorFrancis E. Nano
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Abstract
Nucleotide sequences isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis are disclosed. These sequences encode immunostimulatory peptides. Also disclosed are vaccine preparations formulated using these peptides.
Claims12
An isolated immunostimulatory peptide selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:
- 126-138 and fragments thereof;
- (b) amino acid sequences that differ from those specified in (a) by one or more conservative amino acid substitutions;
- and
- (c) amino acid sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to the sequences specified in (a) or (b).
2 more elements
An isolated immunostimulatory peptide, comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:
- 126-138.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.