Patent ID: 6054294
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A01K,A61K,C07K

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide which polypeptide has a biological activity of stimulating growth of motor or sympathetic neurons, selected from the group consisting of:(a) the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ ID NO: 1;(b) the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ ID NO: 3;(c) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide consisting of amino acids -27 through 198 or 1 through 198 of SEQ ID NO: 2;(d) a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a polypeptide that is at least 70 percent identical to a polypeptide of (c) above; and(e) a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a fragment of a polypeptide of (c) or (d) above, which polypeptide fragment has said biological activity.