Patent ID: 8624010

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising: a) a nucleotide sequence as set forth in FIG. 2A (SEQ ID NO: 6); b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide as set forth in FIG. 2A (SEQ ID NO. 7) from residues 1-322 or from residues 47-322; c) a nucleotide sequence of (b) encoding a polypeptide fragment of at least about 100 amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO: 7, wherein the polypeptide fragment has at least one activity selected from stimulating T-cell proliferation, activating T-cells, or binding to CRP1 of SEQ ID NO: 2; or d) a nucleotide sequence fully complementary to any of (a), (b), or (c).