Patent ID: 7014993

Claim:
DNA encoding a Tumor Antigen Derived Gene-14 (TADG-14) protein, wherein said protein has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 7, and wherein said DNA is selected from the group consisting of: (a) isolated and purified DNA consisting of the sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 6; (b) isolated and purified DNA which hybridizes at high stringency conditions to the antisense complement of the isolated DNA of (a) above, wherein high stringency conditions are characterized as membrane washing at high temperature and low salt concentration functionally equivalent to 0.1×SSC at 65° C., and wherein said DNA encodes a TADG-14 protein; and (c) isolated and purified DNA differing from the isolated DNAs of (a) and (b) above in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a TADG-14 protein.