Inventors:
David A. Bemis - Maryville TN
Stephen A. Kania - Powell TN
Robert N. Moore - Knoxville TN
Assignee:
University of Tennessee Research Corporation - Knoxville TN
International Classification:
C12P 2106
US Classification:
435 691, 435 697, 435 701, 435 711, 4353201, 435325, 4352523, 43525411, 4352573, 530350, 536 234, 536 237, 536 2432, 536 2433, 935 11, 935 12, 935 22, 935 66
Abstract:
In one aspect, the subject invention concerns the cloning and characterization of a previously unidentified gene, provisionally named fim N, encoding a fimbrial protein that is putatively involved in the attachment of to respiratory epithelium. This gene has been subcloned into a bacterial expression vector, and the recombinant protein has been isolated and partially characterized.