Patent ID: 7163819

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an oxygen binding protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, 4, and 6; (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes with (a) under the following hybridization conditions: 0.1X SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2X SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1X SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C.; (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, and 6; and (d) An isolated nucleic acid that is fully complementary to the full-length sequence (a), (b), or (c).