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US 2009/0214537 A1Published application
Serum Resistance Factors of Gram Positive Bacteria
AssigneeNovartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
InventorsMarco Soriani, Isabella Santi
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Abstract
A newly identified serum resistance factor of gram positive bacteria can be used to treat or prevent bacterial infection.
Claims58
A BibA polypeptide comprising a portion of a BibA protein which portion is selected from the group consisting of:
- (1) a coiled-coil domain of the BibA protein;
- (2) a leader sequence and the coiled coil domain of the BibA protein;
- (3) a proline-rich domain of the BibA protein;
- (4) the coiled-coil domain and the proline-rich domain of the BibA protein;
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- (5) the leader sequence, the coiled-coil domain, and the proline-rich domain of the BibA protein;
- wherein the portion of the BibA protein is free of other contiguous amino acid sequences of the BibA protein.
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