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US 6,713,617 B2Granted
Cloning, sequencing and expression of a gene encoding an eukaryotic amino acid racemase, and diagnostic, therapeutic, and vaccination applications of parasite and viral mitogens
AssigneeInstitut Pasteur
InventorsPaola Minoprio, Mario Arala-Chaves, Antonio Coutinho, Bernardo Reina San Martin, Catherine Rougeot, Wim DeGrave, Alain Cosson
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Abstract
A method of preventing or inhibiting infection by a parasite or virus in vivo comprises administering to a human in need thereof a parasite or virus mitogen in a sub-mitogenic amount sufficient to induce a protective immune response against the parasite or virus in the human.
Claims5
A purified nucleic acid molecule comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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A recombinant vector, which is a plasmid deposited at Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes under the Accession Number I-2221 or I-2344.
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