Patent ID: 6878812

Claim:
An isolated antibody or portion thereof that specifically binds to a protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 1 to 261 of SEQ ID NO:5; (b) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 2 to 261 of SEQ ID NO:5; (c) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 23 to 261 of SEQ ID NO:5; (d) a protein consisting of an epitope bearing fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5; (e) a protein consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:5, wherein said fragment comprises at least 15 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:5; (f) a protein consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:5, wherein said fragment comprises at least 30 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:5; (g) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 24 to 71 of SEQ ID NO:5; (h) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 81 to 125 of SEQ ID NO:5; (i) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 141 to 167 of SEQ ID NO:5; (j) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 178 to 202 of SEQ ID NO:5; and (k) a protein consisting of amino acid residues 212 to 260 of SEQ ID NO:5.