摘要:
New pertussis toxin (PT) mutants are described being immunologically active and having reduced or no toxicity, characterized in that at least one of the aminoacid residues Glu129, Asp11, Trp26, Arg9, Phe50, Asp1, Arg13, Tyr130, Gly86, Ile88, Tyr89, Tyr8, Gly 44, Thr53 and Gly80 of subunit's 1 aminoacid sequence is deleted and substituted by a different aminoacid residue selected in the group of natural aminoacids; Bordetella strains capable of providing and secreting said PT mutants and means and methods for obtaining them are also described. The Bordetella strains and the PT mutants produced by them are particularly suitable for the preparation of effective cellular and acellular antipertussis vaccines.
摘要:
There are described a protective immunodominant epitope of pertussis toxin which is included in the S1 subunit, and synthetic peptides with an aminoacid sequence similar to that of the epitope or to regions thereof which show an immunochemical reactivity with anti-PT protective monoclonal antibodies equivalent to that of the protein itself. Ihe peptides are particularly useful for the preparation of an antipertussis vaccine.
摘要:
There are described a protective immunodominant epitope of pertussis toxin which is included in the S1 subunit, and synthetic peptides with an aminoacid sequence similar to that of the epitope or to regions thereof which show an immunochemical reactivity with anti-PT protective monoclonal antibodies equivalent to that of the protein itself. Ihe peptides are particularly useful for the preparation of an antipertussis vaccine.
摘要:
Immunologically active polypeptides with no or reduced toxicity useful for the preparation of an antipertussis vaccine. Method for the preparation of said polypeptides which comprises, cultivating a microorganismtransformed with a hybrid plasmid including the gene/s which codes for at least one of said polypeptides in a suitable medium and recovering the desired polypeptide from the cells or from the culture medium.