Patent ID: 6939677

Claim:
A monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment, having specificity for a pure polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence Asp Phe Ile His Asp Val Asn Lys Lys His Lys Glu Phe Val Gly Asn Trp Asn Lys Asn Ala Val His Val Asn Leu Phe Glu Thr Pro Val Glu Ala Gln Tyr Val Arg Leu Tyr Pro Thr Ser Cys His Thr Ala Cys Thr Leu Arg Phe Glu Leu Leu Gly Cys Glu Leu Asn Gly Cys Ala Asn Pro Leu Gly Leu Lys Asn Asn Ser Ile Pro Asp Lys Gln Be Thr Ala Ser Ser Ser Tyr Lys Thr Trp Gly Leu His Leu Phe Ser Trp Asn Pro Ser Tyr Ala Arg Leu Asp Lys Gln Gly Asn Phe Asn Ala Trp Val Ala Gly Ser Tyr Gly Asn Asp Gln Trp Leu Gln Val Asp Leu Gly Ser Ser Lys Glu Val Thr Gly Ile Ile Thr Gin Gly Ala Arg Asn Phe Gly Ser Val Gln Phe Val Ala Ser Tyr Lys Val Ala Tyr Ser Asn Asp Ser Ala As Trp Thr Glu Tyr Gln Asp Pro Arg Thr Gly Ser Ser Lys Ile Phe Pro Gly Asn Trp Asp Asn His Ser His Lys Lys Asn Leu Phe Glu Thr Pro Ile Leu Ala Arg Tyr Val Arg Ile Leu Pro Val Ala Trp His Asn Arg Ile Ala Leu Arg Leu Glu Leu Leu Gly Cys (SEQ. ID NO:2), a single chain of the antibody or a single chain of the antibody fragment.