Patent ID: 7101963

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide selected from: (a) a polynucleotide encoding SEQ ID NO: 280; or (b) a polynucleotide sequence comprising positions 311597 to 311253 of SEQ ID NO: 1 (ORF 280); or (c) a polynucleotide sequence exhibiting at least 80% identity with positions 311597 to 311253 of SEQ ID NO: 1; or (d) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide sequence exhibiting at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO: 280 over its full length; or (e) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide sequence exhibiting at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 280 over its full length; or (f) a polynucleotide which hybridizes to a polynucleotide of (a) or (b) under conditions of high stringency, wherein said conditions of high stringency comprise: i) a hybridization performed at 65° C. in the presence of SSC buffer (1×SSC buffer containing 0.15M NaCl and 0.05 M Na citrate); and ii) wash performed at 37° C. for 1 h in a solution containing 2×SSC, 0.01% PVP, 0.01% Ficoll, and 0.01% BSA followed by a wash in 0.1×SSC at 50° C. for 45 mm or washes performed in a solution containing 2×SSC and 0.1% SDS, or 0.5×SSC and 0.1% SDS, or 0.1×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 68° C. at 15 minute intervals; or (g) a fragment of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of at least 20 nucleotides in length; or (h) any one of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) ligated in frame to a polynucleotide encoding a heterologous polypeptide.