Patent 7241613 was granted and assigned to OSCIENT PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION on July, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides for novel polypeptides of Candida species found on the cell wall of the Candida organism. The invention further provides for methods of using these polypeptides, the genes encoding the polypeptides and fragments thereof for preparing antibodies, vaccines, therapeutic and diagnostic compositions.