Patent ID: 6605271
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: A61K,C07K,C12N,G01N

Abstract:
A method of stimulating bone marrow cell proliferation, comprising contacting said cell with a protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:(a) amino acids 1 to 168 of SEQ ID NO:2; (b) amino acids 1 to 203 of SEQ ID NO:2; (c) amino acids âˆ’25 to 203 of SEQ ID NO:2; (d) amino acids âˆ’26 to 203 of SEQ ID NO:2; (e) the mature amino acid sequence encoded by the cDNA contained in ATCC Deposit No. 97655; and (f) the complete amino acid sequence encoded by the cDNA contained in ATCC Deposit No. 97655.