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US 7,491,511 · App. 11/280,416 · Granted Feb 17, 2009

Fungal antigens and process for producing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,491,511
App. No.
11/280,416
Granted
Feb 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

There can be provided a fungal antigen which is an insoluble fraction obtainable from fungal cells of which cell wall has been substantially removed or at least partially removed; a process for producing the same; a nucleic acid encoding the fungal antigen; a biologic product containing the fungal antigen; a method of stimulating immunological responses by using the biologic product; a method of suppressing allergic reaction to fungi in a vertebrate; and a method for diagnosing a disease caused by fungi in a vertebrate.

Claims (2)

1. An isolated nucleic acid encoding a fungal antigen from Candida albicans , comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.

2. The nucleic acid according to claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8.