Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of Actinomycetales, in particular of mycobacteria, to oligonucleotides contained within said nucleotide sequences, to their uses as primers for the synthesis of Actinomycetales DNA and as probes for the detection of DNA and/or the transcription products of Actinomycetales, in particular of mycobacteria, to the products of expression of said sequences, to their uses and to antibodies directed towards the said products, to a method for detecting and identifying Actinomycetales and its uses, as well as to immunogenic compositions comprising the said expression products.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 1995
Date of Patent:
March 2, 1999
Assignee:
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Mediale-Inserm & Institute Pasteur
Inventors:
Allan Johnson Hance, Bernard Grandchamp-Desraux, Veronique Levy-Frebault, Brigitte Gicquel