Fish & Richardson P.C.
Mycobacterial diagnostics
The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules unique to M. paratuberculosis. The invention also provides the polypeptides encoded by the M. paratuberculosis-specific nucleic acid molecules of the invention, and antibodies having specific binding affinity for the polypeptides encoded by the M. paratuberculosis-specific nucleic acid molecules. The invention further provides for methods of detecting M. paratuberculosis in a sample using nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, and antibodies of the invention. The invention additionally provides methods of preventing a M. paratuberculosis infection in an animal.
Refents of the University of Minnesota The Unites States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
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John P. Vivek Qing Alongkorn Ling-Ling
Bannantine Kapur Zhang Amonsin Li