Patent ID: 7112663

Claim:
A purified polynucleotide, comprising an Open Reading Frame contained within SEQ ID NO:1, wherein SEQ ID NO: 1 consists of nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,708,746 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome, and wherein the polynucleotide is selected from: (a) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,697,420 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (b) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,699,892 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (c) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,701,088 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (d) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,702,588 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (e) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,704,091 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (f) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,705,056 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (g) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,705,784 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (h) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,706,593 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; (i) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,707,524 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome; or (j) nucleotide 1,696,015 through nucleotide 1,708,648 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome.