Patent ID: 7259137

Claim:
A TALL-1-binding composition of matter comprising an amino acid sequence of the formula f 1 f 2 f 3 Kf 5 Kf 7 Lf 9 f 10 Qf 12 f 13 f 14 (SEQ ID NO: 109) wherein: f 1 , f 2 , and f 3 are absent or are amino acid residues; f 5 is W; f 7 is an amino acid residue; f 9 is T or I; f 10 is K, R, or H; f 12 is C, a neutral hydrophobic residue, or a basic residue; f 13 is C, a neutral hydrophobic residue or is absent; and f 14 is any amino acid residue or is absent; provided that only one of f 1 , f 2 , and f 3 may be C, and only one of f 12 , f 13 , and f 14 may be C.