Patent ID: 7033810
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: C07K

Abstract:
1. An isolated nucleic acid encoding an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family sterol transporter polypeptide, said polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the full-length of an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, wherein said nucleic acid hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions comprising 50% formamide, 5×SSC, 1% SDS at 65° C. and wash conditions of 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65° C. to a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4, and where said amino acid sequence comprises an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family sterol transporter.