Patents Assigned to Centre of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Patent number: 7888490
    Abstract: Anthrax toxin, comprising of protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF) and edema factor (EF) is a major virulent factor of B. anthracis. Protective antigen, PA is the main component of all the vaccines against anthrax. The protective efficacy of PA is greatly increased if small quantities of LF of EF are incorporated into the vaccines. An ideal vaccine against anthrax should contain PA, LF and EF together, but this combination would be toxic. Therefore, the biologically inactive mutant preparations of PA, LF and EF may be used together for better immunoprotection. The present invention describes the method for generation of recombinant vaccine against anthrax, comprising of non-toxic, mutant anthrax toxin proteins. The procedure involves site-directed mutagenesis of the native genes of the toxin proteins, the expression and purification of the mutant proteins and finally characterization of these proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Centre of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Inventors: Rakesh Bhatnagar, Pankaj Gupta, Smriti Batra, Vibha Chauhan, Aparna Singh, Nidhi Ahuja, Praveen Kumar