USE OF PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES ENCODED BY THE GENOME OF A NOVEL SARS-ASSOCIATED CORONAVIRUS STRAIN

摘要

The invention relates to the use of proteins and peptides coded by the genome of the isolated or purified strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus, resulting from sample reference number 031589 and, in particular, to the use of protein S and the derivative antibodies thereof as diagnostic reagents and as a vaccine.