Patent ID: 6399764
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A61K,C07K,G01N

Abstract:
An isolated protein or polypeptide encoded by a DNA molecule which confers on Mycobacterium tuberculosis an ability to enter mammalian cells, wherein said protein or polypeptide has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of an amino acid sequence having SEQ. ID. No. 2, an amino acid sequence comprising amino acid 1 to amino acid 167 of SEQ. ID. No. 2, an amino acid sequence comprising amino acid 95 to amino acid 167 of SEQ. ID. No. 2, an amino acid sequence comprising amino acid 95 to amino acid 527 of SEQ. ID. No. 2, and an amino acid sequence comprising amino acid 379 to amino acid 527 of SEQ. ID. No. 2.