Antigenic meningococcal peptides
View Patent ↗WO99/36544 discloses a large number of proteins from Neisseria Meningitidis . The present invention relates to fragments of those proteins which comprise at least one antigenic determinant. Homologous sequences and proteins comprising these fragments are also disclosed.
1. A purified polypeptide having a length of 100 amino acids or less comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1331.
2. A composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
3. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide has a length of 50 amino acids or less.
4. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide has a length of 25 amino acids or less.
5. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide has a length of 20 amino acids or less.
6. A composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 3 and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
7. A composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 4 and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
8. A composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 5 and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.