Patent ID: 7122648

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule having a sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) SEQ ID NO:1; (b) a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the complement of the nucleotide sequence of (a) and which encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the stringent conditions are 30% formamide in 5×SSPE (0.18 M NaCl, 0.01 M NaPO 4 , PH 7.7, 0.001 M EDTA) buffer at a temperature of 42° C. and remaining bound when subject to washing at 42° C. with 0.2×SSPE; or (c) a nucleotide sequence which, as a result of the degeneracy of the genetic code, differs from the nucleic acid of (a) or (b) and which encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2.