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US 8,524,251 B2Granted
Neisseria meningitidis antigens and compositions
AssigneesJ. Craig Venter Institute, Inc., Novartis AG
InventorsClaire Fraser, Cesira Galeotti, Guido Grandi, Erin Hickey, Vega Masignani, Marirosa Mora, Jeremy Petersen, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, Giulio Ratti, Vincenzo Scarlato, Maria Scarselli, Herve Tettelin, J. Craig Venter
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Abstract
The invention provides proteins from Neisseria meningitidis, including the amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. The proteins are predicted to be useful antigens for vaccines and/or diagnostics.
Claims7
A purified polypeptide comprising:
- (a) a fragment of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 2534, wherein the fragment comprises 18 or more consecutive amino acids from the amino acid sequence, or (b) an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
- 2534.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.