Patent ID: 6355777
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A61K,C07K

Abstract:
DNA encoding Ehrlichia canis immunoreactive surface protein P43, said protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 2, wherein said DNA is selected from the group consisting of:(a) isolated DNA which encodes said P43 protein; (b) isolated DNA which hybridizes to isolated DNA of (a) above under high stringency conditions consisting of hybridization at 42Â° C. in the presence of about 50% formamide, a first wash at 65Â° C. with 2Ã—SSC containing 1% SDS and a second wash at 65Â° C. with 0.1Ã—SSC, and which encodes said P43 protein; and (c) isolated DNA differing from the isolated DNAs of (a) and (b) above in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes said P43 protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 2.