Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Bacterium or component thereof or substance produced by said...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2007-10-09
Ungar, Susan (Department: 1645)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Bacterium or component thereof or substance produced by said...
C424S184100, C424S185100, C514S002600, C514S04400A, C530S350000, C530S389500, C536S023400, C536S023700, C435S069100, C435S069700
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ABSTRACT:
Vaccine compositions protective againstChlamydia psittaciinfections in animals, including but not limited to humans and avian species, comprising an immunogenic amount of aC. psittacimajor outer membrane protein (MOMP) polypeptide lacking regions VD1 and VD2 are provided. Nucleic acid vectors for the expression of MOMP polypeptides and MOMP polypeptide fusion proteins are disclosed. Nucleic acid vectors encoding aC. psittacimajor outer membrane protein (MOMP) polypeptide lacking regions VD1 and VD2 useful for genetic, or “naked nucleic acid” vaccination are disclosed. Methods for preventing aChlamydia psittaciinfection in a subject using MOMP polypeptides, MOMP polypeptide-fusion proteins, or nucleic acid expression vectors are also provided.
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Chouljenko Vladimir N.
Kousoulas Konstantin G.
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