Patent ID: 7368556
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12Q,Y02A,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A DNA vector, comprising an isolated DNA which is specific to Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng), or the complement of said DNA which is specific to Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng), wherein said DNA or the complement of said DNA hybridizes on a Southern blot to SEQ ID NO:95 and does not hybridize on a Southern blot to a DNA sequence of 16 h at 65°C., with a solution comprising 0.5 M NaPO provided that said DNA or the complement of said DNA is not pilC, or a gene involved in the biosynthesis of any one of a polysaccharide capsule, an IgA protease, pilin, a protein which binds transferrin, a protein which binds lactoferrin, and an opacity protein wherein said DNA is located in Nm within an islet involved in the colonization of the nasopharynx or invasion of the submucousal space or systemic dissemination of Nm.