Global Patent Index - EP 1117683 A2

EP 1117683 A2 20010725 - TB VACCINE AND DIAGNOSTIC BASED ON ANTIGENS FROM THE M. TUBERCULOSIS CELL

Title (en)

TB VACCINE AND DIAGNOSTIC BASED ON ANTIGENS FROM THE M. TUBERCULOSIS CELL

Title (de)

TB-IMPFSTOFF UND DIAGNOSTIK BASIEREND AUF ANTIGENEN AUS DER M. TUBERCULOSIS-ZELLE

Title (fr)

VACCIN ET DIAGNOSTIC TB SELON LES ANTIGENES DE LA CELLULE DU BACILLE DE KOCH

Publication

EP 1117683 A2 20010725 (EN)

Application

EP 99947257 A 19991008

Priority

  • DK 9900538 W 19991008
  • DK PA199801281 A 19981008
  • US 11667399 P 19990121

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0021983A2] The present invention relates to substantially pure polypeptides, which has a sequence identity of at least 80 % to an amino acid sequence disclosed, or which is a subsequence of at least 6 amino acids thereof, preferably a B- or T-cell epitope of the polypeptides disclosed. The polypeptide or the subsequence thereof has at least one of nine properties. The use of the disclosed polypeptides in medicine is disclosed, preferably as vaccine or diagnostic agents relating to virulent Mycobacterium. The invention further relates to the nucleotide sequences disclosed and the nucleotide sequences encoding the disclosed polypeptides. Medical and non-medical use of the nucleotide sequences is disclosed.

IPC 1-7

C07K 14/35; C12N 15/31; A61K 39/04; G01N 33/569

IPC 8 full level

C07K 14/35 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C07K 14/35 (2013.01); A61K 39/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0021983 A2 20000420; WO 0021983 A3 20001123; AU 6078499 A 20000501; AU 766093 B2 20031009; CA 2346218 A1 20000420; EP 1117683 A2 20010725

DOCDB simple family (application)

DK 9900538 W 19991008; AU 6078499 A 19991008; CA 2346218 A 19991008; EP 99947257 A 19991008