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6146635 System for the expression of heterologous antigens as fusion proteins  
6146634 Proteins with urease activity  
The invention relates more particularly to any nucleotide sequence corresponding, according to the universal genetic code, to at least one part of the following amino acid sequence (VIII) of 61 kDa...
6143872 Borrelia burdorferi Osp A and B proteins and immunogenic peptides  
Disclosed and claimed are isolated polypeptides consisting of amino acid sequences derived form ospA and/or ospB of various B. burgdorferi or portions thereof and methods of making and using the same.
6136323 Bacterial plasmin receptors as fibrinolytic agents  
The subject invention concerns novel methods and compositions for thrombolytic therapy. More specifically, a receptor with high affinity for plasmin has been characterized, purified, cloned, and...
6130059 Helicobacter pylori proteins useful for vaccines and diagnostics  
Helicobacter pylori is known to cause or be a cofactor in type B gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric tumors. In both developed and developing countries, a high percentage of people are infected...
6129917 Immunogenic compositions comprising porphyromonas gingivalis proteins and/or peptides and methods  
Provided herein are methods and immunogenic compositions useful for protecting mammals from infection and pathology of P. gingivalis. Specifically, arginine-specific proteases of Porphyromonas...
6123942 Bacterial hemoglobin receptor gene  
The present invention relates to a novel bacterial hemoglobin receptor protein and genes that encode such a protein. The invention is directed toward the isolation, characterization, diagnostic and...
6117421 Method for promoting cell growth and immunosuppression using chaperonin  
A process for the detection of cpn10 in serum or other biological fluids including the steps of (i) raising antibody to cpn10; (ii) reacting said antibody with a sample of biological fluid...
6110464 Broad-spectrum δ-endotoxins  
Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed...
6096321 ClpG subunit of CS31A protein capsule containing heterologous peptides  
6086895 Fibronectin binding protein  
The present invention relates to new recombinant DNA-molecules comprising nucleotide sequences of S. dygalactiae encoding for at least one protein or polypeptide having fibronectin binding property.
6072032 FtsY polypeptides from Streptococcus pneumoniae  
The invention provides ftsY polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding ftsY polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for...
6060059 Haemophilus adhesion proteins  
The invention relates to novel Haemophilus adhesion proteins, nucleic acids, and antibodies.
6051239 Compositions and methods for systemic delivery of oral vaccines and therapeutic agents  
Compositions and methods of oral delivery of an antigen or therapeutic agent to the general circulation using a modified botulinum toxin which is capable of translocating from the gut to the...
6045798 Membrane-associated immunogens of mycobacteria  
Nucleic acid encoding four novel immunodeterminant protein antigens of M. bovis BCG, which is a vaccine strain for tuberculosis, have been isolated. These genes were isolated as immunoreactive...
6018019 Synthetic Haemophilus influenzae conjugate vaccine  
The present invention provides immunogenic synthetic peptides which are useful alone or in PRP-conjugates in vaccines against Hemophilus influenza infection. Modifications are possible within the...
6001372 Antigenic peptides of Chlamydia trachomatis  
Disclosed herein are short antigenic peptides of MOMP protein from Chlamydia trachomatis. They can be used to stimulate antigenic responses and to diagnose the presence of the bacteria.
6001361 Mycobacterium vaccae antigens  
The present invention provides polypeptides comprising an immunogenic portion of a M. vaccae soluble protein and DNA molecules encoding such polypeptides, together with methods for their use in the...
5989547 Leptospiral outer membrane proteins  
This invention presents antigenic preparations of Leptospira species outer membrane proteins and their immunogenic fragments which are useful for inducing immune response in animals, e.g., for use...
5989553 Expression library immunization  
A general method for vaccinating against any pathogen is presented. The method utilizes expression library immunization, where an animal is inoculated with an expression library constructed from...
5989884 HisS polypeptides from Chlamydia trachomatis  
The invention provides hisS polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding hisS polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing hisS...
5985288 Outer membrane protein P1 and peptides of Haemophilus influenzae type B  
The gene for outer membrane protein P1 of Haemophilus influenzae b is expressed in E. coli. Methods for expression and demonstration of the immunogenicity of recombinant P1 and portions thereof are...
5976543 12-kDa protein derived from M. Tuberculosis useful for treatment of autoimmune diseases  
Disclosed is a 12-kDa PPD protein isolated and purified from the purified protein derivative, the major fraction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that protects mice against the induction of...
5976542 Compositions and methods for treatment of streptococcus pneumoniae infection  
The invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid encoding Streptococcus pneumoniae IgA protease and an isolated polypeptide comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae IgA protease and methods of use...
5976544 Polypeptides and vaccines for Bordetellapertussis and method of use  
A polypeptide for use in a vaccine against Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis or B. bronchiseptica contains an epitope selected from (a) the amino acid sequence coded for by nucleotides 1885 to...
5962636 Peptides capable of modulating inflammatory heart disease  
Disclosed are novel peptides that modulate inflammatory heart disease. Also disclosed are DNA molecules encoding the peptides, and methods of making the peptides.
5958416 Heat shock protein peptides and methods for modulating autoimmune central nervous system disease  
The invention provides for peptides and methods of using peptides to block or inhibit a pathogenic autoimmune response to central nervous system components. One class of peptides are antigens...
5955077 Tuberculosis vaccine  
The invention relates to novel secreted antigens from mycobacteria capable of evoking early (within 4 days) immunological responses from T-helper cells in the form of gamma-interferon release in...
5955078 Fibronectin binding protein polypeptides  
A monoclonal antibody (Mab), or a fragment thereof, that binds to one or more epitopes of a matrix binding protein and an isolated D1-D4 polypeptide (SEQ ID NO. 6, 7, and 8) from a Staphylococcus...
5955596 NucA protein of Haemophilus influenzae and the gene encoding that protein  
A protein from H. influenzae designated NucA is isolated and purified. The NucA protein has the amino acid sequence of amino acids 26-603 of SEQ ID NO:2 or a biologically equivalent amino acid...
5955090 Immunogenic hybrid protein OprF-OprI derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane proteins  
The present invention relates to a hybrid protein comprising the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein I (OprI) which is fused with its amino terminal end to the carboxy-terminal end of a...
5951980 Identification, production and use of new staphylokinase derivatives with reduced immunogenicity  
Methods for the identification, production and use of derivatives of the invention obtained by preparing a DNA fragment comprising at least the part of the coding sequence of staphylokinase that...
5935580 Recombinant mutants for inducing specific immune responses  
This invention relates to a recombinant plasmid comprising the cyaC and the cyaA genes of Bordetella which directs the expression of Bordetella adenylate cyclase in a transformed host cell. This...
5932217 Peptides which inhibit adhesion between leukocytes and endothelial cells  
Peptides which will inhibit the reaction between the RGD tripeptide of FHA and the integrin receptors of endothelial cells and their utility as therapeutic agents are described.
5932483 Synthetic peptide and its uses  
The invention provides a fragment of C1q which is characterized in that a plurality of such fragments selectively binds immune complexes or aggregated immunoglobulins in the presence of monomeric...
5932705 Methods and compositions for the treatment and diagnosis of shipping fever  
Novel compositions are disclosed for use in the treatment or diagnosis of bovine pasteurellosis, commonly referred to as Shipping Fever. Cell-free Pasteurella haemolytica supernatants are employed...
5932220 Diagnostic tests for a new spirochete, Borrelia lonestari sp. nov.  
Bites from Amblyomma americanum, a hard tick, have been associated with a Lyme disease-like illness in the southeastern and south-central United States. Present in 2% of ticks collected in four...
5928644 T-cell epitopes  
T-cell epitopes of or derived from the TraT protein of E. coli have been identified and used in the preparation of complexes with immunogens to enhance or provide immune responses to the...
5922323 Transferrin receptor genes and immunogenic compositions derived therefrom  
Purified and isolated nucleic acid is provided which encodes a transferrin receptor protein of a strain of Haemophilus or a fragment or an analog of the transferrin receptor protein. The nucleic...
5916562 Membrane proteins and peptides of haemophilus influenzae type B  
The nucleotide sequence of the P2 gene and the derived amino acid sequence of the P2 protein of Haemophilus influenzae type b are disclosed and the methods used to determine the same. Also...
5911996 43 Kd protein vaccine and method for the production thereof  
A protein derivable from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) having a molecular size ranging between 43 Kd on SDS PAGE is described. The protein is soluble on sodium lauryl sarcosinate (SLS) and...
5889172 DNA sequences for immunologically active peptides of pertussis toxin  
Immunologically active polypeptides with no or reduced toxicity useful for the preparation of an antipertussis vaccine. Method for the preparation of said polypeptides which comprises, cultivating...
5876725 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae transferrin binding protein vaccines and uses thereof  
Novel vaccines for use against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae are disclosed. The vaccines contain at least one A. pleuropneumoniae transferrin binding protein and/or one A. pleuropneumoniae...
5871742 Recombinant Avipox virus encoding polypeptide of mycoplasma gallisepticum, and utilized a live vaccine  
A polypeptide exhibiting the antigenicity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, a fused polypeptide comprising the above polypeptide and, connected to the N-terminus thereof, a signal membrane anchor of a...
5869058 Peptides used as carriers in immunogenic constructs suitable for development of synthetic vaccines  
The invention relates to conjugates of poorly immunogenic antigens, e.g., peptides, proteins and polysaccharides, with a synthetic peptide carrier constituting a T cell epitope derived from the...
5861157 Diagnosis and treatment of infections due to Streptococci and Enterococci  
The present invention provides a purified bacterial protein expressed during infection due to streptococci or enterococci and isolated from human sera, together with immunogenic fragments, analogs,...
5858965 Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of autoimmune diseases comprising the B-oligomer of pertussis toxin or its subunits  
The invention provides the use of a protein selected from the B-oligomer of pertussis toxin, an individual subunit S2, S3, S4 or S5 thereof, or a combination of the subunits, for the preparation of...
5859207 Superantigen agonist and antagonist peptides  
The subject invention concerns novel peptide agonists and antagonists of staphylococcal enterotoxin A. Specifically exemplified are peptide agonists which stimulate T cell proliferation.
5858367 Methods for screening for antimicrobials utilizing AarC and compositions thereof  
The present invention provides an oligonucleotide (aarC) which encodes a novel bacterial polypeptide (AarC) that is essential for the viability of bacteria. The invention provides recombinant...
5849295 Nucleotide sequences coding for a protein with urease activity  
The invention relates to a sequence of nucleotides, characterized in that it comprises at least a part of a sequence coding for a protein with urease activity such as that expressed by C. pylori....