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Title: Anthrax carbohydrates, synthesis and uses thereof

Abstract

The present invention presents the isolation, characterization and synthesis of oligosaccharides of Bacillus anthracis. Also presented are antibodies that bind to such saccharide moieties and various methods of use for such saccharide moieties and antibodies.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, DC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1083636
Patent Number(s):
8420607
Application Number:
12/317,693
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA) ; The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07H - SUGARS
DOE Contract Number:  
FG09-93ER20097
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Carlson, Russell W., Boons, Geert-Jan, Quinn, Conrad, Vasan, Mahalakshmi, Wolfert, Margreet A., Choudhury, Biswa, Kannenberg, Elmar, Leoff, Christine, Mehta, Alok, Saile, Elke, Rauvolfova, Jana, Wilkins, Patricia, and Harvey, Alex J. Anthrax carbohydrates, synthesis and uses thereof. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Carlson, Russell W., Boons, Geert-Jan, Quinn, Conrad, Vasan, Mahalakshmi, Wolfert, Margreet A., Choudhury, Biswa, Kannenberg, Elmar, Leoff, Christine, Mehta, Alok, Saile, Elke, Rauvolfova, Jana, Wilkins, Patricia, & Harvey, Alex J. Anthrax carbohydrates, synthesis and uses thereof. United States.
Carlson, Russell W., Boons, Geert-Jan, Quinn, Conrad, Vasan, Mahalakshmi, Wolfert, Margreet A., Choudhury, Biswa, Kannenberg, Elmar, Leoff, Christine, Mehta, Alok, Saile, Elke, Rauvolfova, Jana, Wilkins, Patricia, and Harvey, Alex J. Tue . "Anthrax carbohydrates, synthesis and uses thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083636.
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