Bacteria over-expressing c-di-AMP and therapeutic methods

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PATENT NO 10130663
APP PUB NO 20180028577A1
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15550434

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The present invention includes the discovery of a strain of Mycobacterium comprising an expression vector encoding a di-adenylate cyclase enzyme. The Mycobacterium is selected from the group consisting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, or a combination thereof and the preferred strain of Mycobacterium is BCG. The preferred expression vector is a mycobacterial expression vector including an hsp60 promoter and a DNA sequence of diadenylate cyclase (disA), or a functional part thereof. The strains of Mycobacterium are used in therapeutic applications including tuberculosis and cancer.

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THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY3400 NORTH CHARLES STREET BALTIMORE MD 21218

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Bishai, William R Baltimore, US 18 47
Cheung, Laurene Baltimore, US 7 15
Dey, Bappaditya Baltimore, US 8 5
Dey, Ruchi Jain Baltimore, US 3 4

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