Patent ID: 7964713

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence: (a) as set forth in any one of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:10, or SEQ ID NO:11; (b) encoding the polypeptide set forth in either SEQ ID NO:5 or SEQ ID NO:8; (c) that hybridizes to the complement of the nucleotide sequence of either (a) or (b) at (i) 65-68° C. in a hybridization buffer comprising 0.015 M sodium chloride and 0.0015 M sodium citrate with a wash at 65° C. or (ii) 42° C. in a hybridization buffer comprising 0.015 M sodium chloride, 0.0015 M sodium citrate, and 50% formamide with a wash at 65° C.; wherein the encoded polypeptide binds thymic stromal lymphopoietin, or (d) that is complementary to the nucleotide sequence of any one of (a)-(c).