Patents Assigned to The Texas A&M University of System
  • Compositions and methods of enhancing immune responses
    Patent number: 8604178
    Abstract: Provided herein are Salmonella enteritidis 13A strains and compositions comprising these strains. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Influenza A and methods of reducing morbidity associated with an Influenza A infection. Methods of enhancing an immune response to a vaccine vector by expressing a polypeptide of CD 154 capable of binding CD40 are also disclosed. Methods of developing a bacterial vaccine vector are disclosed. Methods of generating scarless site-specific mutations in a bacterium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, The Texas A&M University of System
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton