Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Lipoproteins – e.g. – egg yolk proteins – cylomicrons – etc.
Patent
1995-06-06
2000-11-07
Fredman, Jeffrey
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Lipoproteins, e.g., egg yolk proteins, cylomicrons, etc.
530350, 530806, 4241851, 4241901, 4241931, 42419711, 4242011, 4242021, 4242031, 514 2, C07K 100, C07K 1600, A61K 3900, A61K 3902
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ABSTRACT:
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.
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Nielsen, S.L.,
Barbour Alan George
Bergstrom Sven
Hansson Lennart
Fredman Jeffrey
Frommer William S.
Kowalski Thomas J.
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