Patent ID: 6455496
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A61K,C07K,G01N

Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid hybridizing under stringent conditions to the complement of nucleotides 164 to 1381 of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1(NL2) and having the ability to induce vascularization, wherein stringent conditions are hybridization in 5Ã—SSPE, 2Ã—Denhardt's solution, 100 mg/mL denatured sheared salmon sperm DNA, 50% formamide and 2% SDS at 42Â° C., followed by washes in 2Ã—SSC, 0.05% SDS at room temperature, and 0.1Ã—SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50Â° C.