ANTIGENIC PROTEIN LPPQ OF MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDESSUBSP.(MYCOIDES)SC., ITS PREPARATION AND USE

摘要

The invention relates to protein LppQ of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC, DNA encoding said protein, processes for the preparation of the protein and the DNA, a vector comprising the DNA, a host cell comprising the vector, use of the protein in immunological methods for the detection of M. mycoides subsp. Mycoides SC, use of the DNA in genetic methods for the detection of M. mycoides subsp. mycoides SC, use of the protein and DNA for preparing a vaccine against M. mycoides subsp. mycoides, processes for the immunological detection of antibodies directed to M. mycoids subsp. Mycoides SC and PCR process for the detection of M. mycoides subsp. mycoides SC, a monoclonal antibody specific for LppQ or parts thereof and a diagnostic kit for the detection of an infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC.