US 7,517,976 B2
Polynucleic acids isolated from a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)
Prem S. Paul, Ames, Iowa (US); Xiang-Jin Meng, Ames, Iowa (US); Patrick Halbur, Ames, Iowa (US); Igor Morozov, Ames, Iowa (US); and Melissa A. Lum, Mendota Heights, Minn. (US)
Assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, Iowa (US); and Wyeth Holding Corporation, Madison, N.J. (US)
Filed on Mar. 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/369,944.
Application 11/369944 is a division of application No. 09/810501, filed on Mar. 19, 2001, granted, now 7,223,854.
Application 09/810501 is a division of application No. 08/301435, filed on Sep. 01, 1994, granted, now 6,592,873.
Application 08/301435 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/131625, filed on Oct. 05, 1993, granted, now 5,965,766.
Application 08/131625 is a continuation in part of application No. 07/969071, filed on Oct. 30, 1992, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2007/0269445 A1, Nov. 22, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07H 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12P 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/40 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 536—23.72  [435/41; 435/69.3; 435/254.1; 435/320.1; 435/325] 16 Claims
 
1. A purified preparation comprising a polynucleic acid encoding ORF5 of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), wherein said PRRSV is selected from the group consisting of:
(i) the virus deposited with the American Type Culture Collection under accession number VR-2385; and
(ii) the virus deposited with the American Type Culture Collection under accession number VR-2386.