Patent ID: 6338948
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: C07K

Abstract:
An isolated antibody or portion thereof that specifically binds to a protein selected from the group consisting of:(a) a protein whose sequence consists of amino acid residues âˆ’21 to 74 of SEQ ID NO:6; (b) a protein whose sequence consists of amino acid residues 1 to 74 of SEQ ID NO:6; (c) a protein whose sequence consists of an antigenic fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6; (d) a protein consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:6, wherein said fragment comprises at least 30 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:6; and (e) a protein consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:6, wherein said fragment comprises at least 50 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:6.