Patent ID: 8268591

Claim:
A nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein consisting of a heterologous polypeptide fused to: (a) PFVEMYSEIPEIIHMTEGRELVIPCRVTSPNITVTLKKFPLDTLIPDGK RIIWDSRKGFIISNATYKEIGLLTCEATVNGHLYKTNYLTHRQTNTIID VQISTPRPVKLLRGHTLVLNCTATTPLNTRVQMTWSYPDEKNKRASVRR RIDQSNSHANIFYSVLTIDKMQNKDKGLYTCRVRSGPSFKSVNTSVHIY DK (amino acids 134 to 331 of SEQ ID NO: 1); or (b) PELSLKGTQHIMQAGQTLHLQCRGEAAHKWSLPEMVSKESERLSITKSA CGRNGKQFCSTLTLNTAQANHTGFYSCKYLAVPTSKKKETESAIYIFIS DTGRPFVEMYSEIPEIIHMTEGRELVIPCRVTSPNITVTLKKFPLDTLI PDGKRIIWDSRKGFIISNATYKEIGLLTCEATVNGHLYKTNYLTHRQTN TIIDVQISTPRPVKLLRGHTLVLNCTATTPLNTRVQMTWSYPDEKNKRA SVRRRIDQSNSHANIFYSVLTIDKMQNKDKGLYTCRVRSGPSFKSVNTS VHIYDK (amino acids 32 to 331 of SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein the protein is capable of binding to VEGF.