Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Micro-organism – per se ; compositions thereof; proces of... – Bacteria or actinomycetales; media therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2006-04-11
Navarro, Mark (Department: 1645)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Micro-organism, per se ; compositions thereof; proces of...
Bacteria or actinomycetales; media therefor
C435S320100, C435S325000, C514S04400A, C536S023100, C536S023500
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active
07026156
ABSTRACT:
A novel i-antigen protein fromIchthyophthirius multifiliisis effective to induce a protective immune response in fish. The invention includes antigenic and membrane-targeting sequences of i-antigen proteins, nucleic acid molecules that encode antigenic or membrane-targeting portions of i-antigen proteins, DNA and protein subunit vaccines, methods of inducing an immune response in fish and methods for detection and characterization ofI. multifiliis.
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Clark Theodore G.
Dickerson, Jr. Harry W.
Lin Tian-Long
Cornell Research Foundation Inc.
Mueting Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.
Navarro Mark
The University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc.
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