Patent ID: 7887799

Claim:
An antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds: (a) an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of either SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 5; (b) a fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 of at least 25 amino acid residues; (c) an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 5 having a C- and/or N-terminal truncation, wherein the polypeptide is at least 25 amino acid residues; (d) an amino acid sequence that is encoded by a nucleotide sequence that is at least 95% identical to the nucleotide sequence of either SEQ ID NO: 1 or the DNA insert in ATCC Deposit No. PTA-626; (e) an amino acid sequence that is encoded by a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide that is at least 95% identical to the polypeptide of either SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 5; or (f) an amino acid sequence that is encoded by a region of the nucleotide sequence of either SEQ ID NO: 1 or the DNA insert in ATCC Deposit No. PTA-626, encoding a polypeptide fragment of at least 25 amino acid residues.