Patent ID: 8114971

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a lipoprotein or a biologically active fragment of said lipoprotein that mediates adhesion of Neisseria cells to human cells from a bacteria of the genus Neisseria , selected from the group consisting of (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that is a fragment of SEQ ID NO:1 and encoding a protein comprising SEQ ID NO:5; (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein sharing 95% sequence identity with a fragment of SEQ ID NO:1 encoding SEQ ID NO:5 due to the degeneracy of the genetic code; (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions of 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS and 68° C. to (i) the complement of a nucleotide sequence that is a fragment of SEQ ID NO:1 encoding a protein comprising SEQ ID NO:5, (ii) the complement of a nucleotide sequence which is 95% identical to a nucleotide sequence that is a fragment of SEQ ID NO:1 encoding a protein comprising SEQ ID NO:5.