M. PARATUBERCULOSIS SPECIFIC ABC-TRANSPORTER OPERON

摘要

The invention relates to a Mycobacterium paratuberculosis specific ABC-transporter operon according to claim 1, to the proteins encoded thereby as well as to a vaccine against paratuberculosis or Crohn's disease and to the development of therapeutic and/or diagnostic peptides as well as antibodies to M. paratuberculosis. The present invention provides a M. paratuberculosis specific ABC-transporter operon which encodes several proteins useful for the induction of an immune response in a living body. The invention furthermore provides antibodies as well as therapeutic and diagnostic peptides specific to M. paratuberculosis.