Patent ID: 6500635
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A01K,A61K,C07K

Abstract:
A purified polypeptide capable of binding to an insulin-like growth factor selected from the group consisting of human insulin-like growth factor I and human insulin-like growth factor II, said polypeptide selected from the group consisting of (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence depicted at positions 1-272, of SEQ ID NO:8; (b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence depicted at positions 16-272, of SEQ ID NO:8; (c) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence depicted at positions 21-272, of SEQ ID NO:8; and (d) a polypeptide comprising a fragment of the amino acid sequence depicted at positions 1-272 of SEQ ID NO:8 wherein said fragment comprises at least 10 consecutive amino acids thereof.