Patent ID: 6541253
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
A hybridoma cell line which produces a monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes an epitope of one of the following kaposin peptides and binds thereto:(a) APPLVCVLLA (SEQ ID NO:13); (b) QRGPVAFRTRVATG (SEQ ID NO:23); (c) QRGPVAFRTRVA (SEQ ID NO:24); and derivatives of (a), (b), and (c) that contains at least 5 contiguous amino acids and that are formed by deletion, substitution, insertion, addition, and/or chemical modification of an amino acid of peptides (a), (b), or (c) with the proviso that said antibody is able to specifically detect a HHV-8 infection.