Patent ID: 6453245
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: C12N,C12Q,G16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A kit comprising:(a) one or more containers having one or more recognition means, each recognition means recognizing a different target amino acid subsequence or a different set of target amino acid subsequences; and (b) instructions packaged in association with said one or more containers for use of said recognition means for identifying, classifying, or quantifying one or more protein molecules in a protein sample, said instructions comprising instructions to: (i) probe said sample with one or more of said recognition means; (ii) generate one or more output signals from said sample probed by said recognition means, each output signal being produced from a protein in said sample by recognition of one or more target amino acid subsequences in said protein by said recognition means and comprising a representation of (1) the length between occurrences of target amino acid subsequences in said protein, and (2) the identities of said target amino acid subsequences in said protein or the identities of said sets of target amino acid subsequences among which are included the target amino acid subsequences in said protein; and (iii) search an amino acid sequence database to determine sequences that are predicted to produce or the absence of any sequences that are predicted to produce said one or more output signals produced by said protein, said database comprising a plurality of known amino acid sequences of proteins that may be present in the sample, a sequence from said database being predicted to produce said one or more output signals when the sequence from said database has both (1) the same length between occurrences of target amino acid subsequences as is represented by said one or more output signals, and (2) the same target amino acid subsequences as are represented by said one or more output signals, or target amino acid subsequences that are members of the same sets of target amino acid subsequences represented by said one or more output signals.