Inventors:
Sean C. Daugherty - Rosedale MD, US
Julie C. Dunning Hotopp - Columbia MD, US
David R. Riley - Rosedale MD, US
Samuel V. Angiuoli - Arlington VA, US
Heather Huot Creasy - Gaithersburg MD, US
Todd H. Creasy - Gaithersburg MD, US
Herve Tettelin - Ellicott City MD, US
Duccio Medini - Perugia, IT
Emilio Siena - Colle Val D'Elsa, IT
Sonia Budroni - Martis, IT
Maria Scarselli - Siena, IT
Assignee:
J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC. - Rockville MD
NOVARTIS AG - Basel
International Classification:
A61K 39/095, A61P 31/04, C07K 16/12, C07H 21/04, C07K 14/22, C07K 7/06
US Classification:
4241901, 530350, 530329, 5303879, 536 237, 536 2353
Abstract:
Polypeptides comprising amino acid sequences. Over 36000 meningococcal polypeptide sequences are disclosed. The invention also provides related polypeptides, nucleic acids, antibodies and methods. These can all be usedin medicine for treating or preventing disease and/or infection caused by such as meningococcal meningitis.