Patent ID: 7183397
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: C07K

Abstract:
1. An isolated polypeptide selected from one of the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3; (b) a polypeptide having a sequence with at least 95% identity along its entire length to the polypeptide sequence encode by a polynucleotide comprising the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1; or SEQ ID NO: 3; (c) a polypeptide having at least 95% identity along its entire length to the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4; and which is coded for by a polynucleotide which hybridizes to the full complement of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3 under stringent hybridzation conditions comprising overnight incubation at 42° C. in a solution comprising: 50% formamide 5×SSC (150 mM NaCI, 15 mM tisodium citrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.6), 5× Denhardt's solution, 10% dextran sulfate, and 20 microgram/ml denatured, sheared salmon sperm DNA; follwed by washing the filters in 0.1×SSC at 65° C.; (d) the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4; and (e) fragments of such polypeptide in (a) and (b) comprising at least 50 contiguous amino acids, wherein the polypeptide of (b), (c) and (e) have homeobox transcriptional activity.