Patents by Inventor MATTHIAS DURST

MATTHIAS DURST has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DNA SEQUENCE ENCODING A PAPILLOMAVIRUS L1 PROTEIN CAPABLE OF EFFICIENTLY FORMING VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20020168372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding a papillomavirus L1 protein capable of efficiently forming virus-like particles (VLP). In particular, the present invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding an HPV16 L1 protein. Furthermore, the present invention relates to expression plasmids containing said DNA, to host cells transformed by said expression plasmids, to methods for the production of said L1 protein, to the VLP formed by said L1 protein, to antibodies reacting with said protein and said VLP, to diagnostic and pharmaceutical compositions and methods and to a vaccine comprising said VLP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: MATTHIAS DURST, LATZ GISSMANN