Patents Assigned to Deakin Research Limited
  • Retro-, inverso- and retro-inverso synthetic peptide analogues
    Patent number: 6261569
    Abstract: Synthetic peptide antigen analogues of native peptide antigens with partial or complete retro, inverso or retro-inverso modifications are provided. When administered as an immunogen to an immunocompetent host the synthetic peptide antigen analogues induce the production of antibodies which recognize the native peptide antigen. Uses of these analogues, vaccines and methods of preparing vaccines comprising these antigen analogues, and antibodies generated using these antigen analogues are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Deakin Research Limited
    Inventors: Alfio Comis, Margaret Isabel Tyler, Peter Fischer