Patent Application: US-76003191-A

Abstract:
a nucleic acid comprising a base sequence which codes for a cea family member peptide sequence or nucleic acids having a base sequence hybridizable therewith , replicable recombinant cloning vehicles having an insert comprising such nucleic acid , cells transfected , infected or injected with such cloning vehicles , polypeptides expressed by such cells , synthetic peptides derived from the coding sequence of cea family member nucleic acids , antibody preparations specific for such polypeptides , immunoassays for detecting cea family members using such antibody preparations and nucleic acid hybridization methods for detecting cea family member nucleic acid sequences using a nucleic acid probe comprising the above described nucleic acid .

Description:
______________________________________ atcc no . ______________________________________cea -( a ) partial cea ( pclv7 ) cea -( b ) full coding cea ( pc 15lv7 ) 67709cea -( c ) tm - 1 ( fl - cea ; pc 19 - 22 ) 67710cea -( d ) nca ( pcbt 20 ) 67711______________________________________ ______________________________________ atcc no . ______________________________________cea -( e ) tm - 2 ( pc e22 ) 67712cea -( f ) tm - 3 ( pc ht - 6 ) 67708cea -( g ) tm - 4 . ______________________________________ atcc nos . 67708 , 67709 , 67710 , 67711 and 67712 were all deposited with the america type culture collection on may 25 , 1988 . the sequences for cea -( a ), cea -( b ), cea -( c ) and cea -( d ) are given hereinbelow : cea -( a ): __________________________________________________________________________gg ggt tta cac aac cac cac ccc atc aaa ccc ttc atc acc agc aac aac tccaac ccc gtggag gat gag gat gct gta gcc tta acc tgt gaa cct gag att cag aac acaacc tac ctgtgg tgg gta aat aat cag agc ctc ccg gtc agt ccc agg ctg cag ctg tccaat gac aacagg acc ctc act cta ctc agt gtc aca agg aat gat gta gga ccc tat gagtgt gga atccag aac gaa tta agt gtt gac cac agc gac cca gtc acc cag cga ttc ctctat ggc ccagac gac ccc acc att tcc ccc tca tac acc tat tac cgt cca ggg gtg gaaoct cag cctctc tgc cat gca gcc tct aac cca cct gca cag tat tct tgg ctg att gatggg acc gtccag caa cac aca caa gag ctc ttt atc tcc aac atc act gag aag aac agcgga ctc tatacc tgc cag gcc aat aac tca gcc agt ggc aca gca gga cta cag tca agacaa tca cagtct ctg cgg atg ccc aag ccc tcc atc tcc agc aac aac tcc aaa ccc gtggag gac aaggat cgc tgt ggc ctt cac tgt gaa cct gag gct cag aac aca acc tac ctgtgg tgg gtaaat ggt cag agc ctc cca gtc agt ccc agg ctg cag ctg tcc aat ggc aacagg acc ctcact cta ttc aat gtc aca aga aat gac gca aga gcc tat gta tgt gga atccag aac tcagtg agt gca aac cgc agt gac cca gtc acc ctg gat gtc ctc tat ggg ccggac acc cccatc att tcc ccc ccc cc__________________________________________________________________________ which has been designated seq id no : 1 . ## str5 ## which has been designated seq id no . 2 and seq id no : 10 for the translated polypeptide . ## str6 ## which has been designated seq id no . 3 and seq id no : 11 for the translated polypeptide . ## str7 ## which has been designated seq id no . 4 and seq id no : 12 for the translated polypeptide . a schematic relationship of th transmembrane cea &# 39 ; s , namely tm - 1 ( cea -( c )), tm - 2 ( cea -( e )), tm - 3 ( cea -( f )) and tm - 4 ( cea -( g )) is depicted in fig1 : assuming tm - 1 is composed of five sections as depicted in fig1 namely 10 , 12 , 14 , 16 and 18 , tm - 2 differs from tm - 1 in that the 100 amino acid ( 100 aa ) section 14 is deleted and at splice point 20 between sections 12 and 16 , surprisingly an extra amino acid , namely asp occurs . tm - 3 is the same as tm - 1 except that section 18 is truncated at splice point 22 , i . e ., a section of 70 amino acids is deleted and results in a new section made up of subsections 24 + 26 . surprisingly , however , six new amino acids ( section 26 ) occur . another example of formation of a novel amino acid sequence resulting from a deletion of nucleic acid sequence is for platelet derived growth factor - a . tm - 4 is the same as tm - 2 up until the end of subsection 24 . subsection 24 is contained in section 18 of tm - 1 and tm - 2 , but is not depicted in fig1 for tm - 1 and tm - 2 . some cea epitopes are unique . these are the epitopes which have been useful for distinguishing the various cea - like antigens immunologically . peptide epitopes are defined by the linear amino acid sequence of the antigen and / or features resulting from protein folding . the information required for protein folding is encoded in the primary amino acid sequence . therefore , antigenic differences ultimately result from differences in the primary structure of the different cea molecules . the differences residing in the cea protein in the cea species can thus be determined by determining the primary amino acid sequences . this can be most readily accomplished by cloning and sequencing each of the genes for cea . to determine which gene products will be most useful for cancer diagnosis , unique probes can be selected from each gene and expression of each gene can be determined in different tumor types by nucleic acid hybridization techniques . the present invention provides a tool with which to identify potential genes coding for different members of the cea family and to determine the theoretical primary amino acid sequences for them . using the method of automated peptide synthesis , peptides can then be synthesized corresponding to unique sequences in these antigens . with these peptides , antibodies to these sequences can be produced which , in the intact cea molecule , might not be recognized by the animal being immunized . having accomplished this , advantage can then be taken of the differences in these antigens to generate specific immunoassays for the measurement of each antigen . a wide variety of host / cloning vehicle combinations may be employed in cloning the double - stranded nucleic acid prepared in accordance with this invention . for example , useful cloning vehicles may consist of segments of chromosomal , non - chromosomal and synthetic dna sequences , such as various known derivatives of sv40 and known bacterial plasmids , e . g ., plasmids from e . coli including col e1 , pcr1 , pbr322 , pmb89 and their derivatives , wider host range plasmids , e . g ., rp4 , and phage dnas , e . g ., the numerous derivatives of phage , e . g ., nm989 , and other dna phages , e . g ., m13 and filamenteous single - stranded dna phages and vectors derived from combinations of plasmids and phage dnas such as plasmids which have been modified to employ phage dna or other expression control sequences or yeast plasmids such as the 2 μplasmid or derivatives thereof . useful hosts may include bacterial hosts such as strains of e . coli , such as e . coli hb 101 , e . coli x1776 , e . coli x2282 , e . coli mrc1 and strains of pseudomonas , bacillus subtilis , bacillus stearothermophilus and other e . coli , bacilli , yeasts and other fungi , animal or plant hosts such as animal ( including human ) or plant cells in culture or other hosts . of course , not all host / vector combinations may be equally efficient . the particular selection of host / cloning vehicle combination may be made by those of skill in the art after due consideration of the principles set forth without departing from the scope of this invention . furthermore , within each specific cloning vehicle , various sites may be selected for insertion of the nucleic acid according to the present invention . these sites are usually designated by the restriction endonuclease which cuts them . for example , in pbr322 the pstl site is located in the gene for beta - lactamase , between the nucleotide triplets that code for amino acids 181 and 182 of that protein . one of the two hindii endonuclease recognition sites is between the triplets coding for amino acids 101 and 102 and one of the several taq sites at the triplet coding for amino acid 45 of beta - lactamase in pbr322 . in similar fashion , the ecori site and the pvuii site in this plasmid lie outside of any coding region , the ecorl site being located between the genes coding for resistance to tetracycline and ampicillin , respectively . these sites are well recognized by those of skill in the art . it is , of course , to be understood that a cloning vehicle useful in this invention need not have a restriction endonuclease site for insertion of the chosen dna fragment . instead , the vehicle could be cut and joined to the fragment by alternative means . the vector or cloning vehicle and in particular the site chosen therein for attachment of a selected nucleic acid fragment to form a recombinant nucleic acid molecule is determined by a variety of factors , e . g ., the number of sites susceptible to a particular restriction enzyme , the size of the protein to be expressed , the susceptibility of the desired protein to proteolytic degradation by host cell enzymes , the contamination of the protein to be expressed by host cell proteins difficult to remove during purification , the expression characteristics , such as the location of start and stop codons relative to the vector sequences , and other factors recognized by those of skill in the art . the choice of a vector and an insertion site for a particular gene is determined by a balance of these factors , not all sections being equally effective for a given case . methods of inserting nucleic acid sequences into cloning vehicles to form recombinant nucleic acid molecules include , for example ; da - dt tailing , direct ligation , synthetic linkers , exonuclease and polymerase - linked repair reactions followed by ligation , or extension of the nucleic acid strand with an appropriate polymerase and an appropriate single - stranded template followed by ligation . it should also be understood that the nucleotide sequences or nucleic acid fragments inserted at the selected site of the cloning vehicle may include nucleotides which are not part of the actual structural gene for the desired polypeptide or mature protein or may include only a fragment of the complete structural gene for the desired protein or mature protein . the cloning vehicle or vector containing the foreign gene is employed to transform an appropriate host so as to permit that host to replicate the foreign gene and to express the protein coded by the foreign gene or portion thereof . the selection of an appropriate host is also controlled by a number of factors recognized by the art . these include , for example , the compatibility with the chosen vector , the toxicity of proteins encoded by the hybrid plasmid , the ease of recovery of the desired protein , the expression characteristics , biosafety and costs . a balance of these factors must be struck with the understanding that not all hosts may be equally effective for expression of a particular recombinant dna molecule . the level of production of a protein is governed by two major factors : the number of copies of its gene within the cell and the efficiency with which these gene copies are transcribed and translated . efficiency of transcription and translation ( which together comprise expression ) is in turn dependent upon nucleotide sequences , normally situated ahead of the desired coding sequence . these nucleotide sequences or expression control sequences define inter alia , the location at which rna polymerase interacts to initiate transcription ( the promoter sequence ) and at which ribosomes bind and interact with the mrna ( the product of transcription ) to initiate translation . not all such expression control sequences function with equal efficiency . it is thus of advantage to separate the specific coding sequences for the desired protein from their adjacent nucleotide sequences and fuse them instead to other known expression control sequences so as to favor higher levels of expression . this having been achieved , the newly engineered nucleic acid , e . g ., dna , fragment may be inserted into a multicopy plasmid or a bacteriophage derivative in order to increase the number of gene copies within the cell and thereby further improve the yield of expressed protein . several expression control sequences may be employed as described above . these include the operator , promoter and ribosome binding and interaction sequences ( including sequences such as the shine - dalgarno sequences ) of the lactose operon of e . coli (&# 34 ; the lac system &# 34 ;), the corresponding sequences of the tryptophan synthetase system of e . coli (&# 34 ; the trp system &# 34 ;), the major operator and promoter regions of phase λ ( o l p l and o r p &# 39 ; r ), the control region of filamenteous singlestranded dna phages , or other sequences which control the expression of genes of prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells and their viruses . therefore , to improve the production of a particular polypeptide in an appropriate host , the gene coding for that polypeptide may be selected and remove from a recombinant nucleic acid molecule containing it and reinserted into a recombinant nucleic acid molecule closer or in a more appropriate relationship to its former expression control sequence or under the control of one of the above described expression control sequences . such methods are known in the art . as used herein &# 34 ; relationship &# 34 ; may encompass many factors , e . g ., the distance separating the expression enhancing and promoting regions of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule and the inserted nucleic acid sequence , the transcription and translation characteristics of the inserted nucleic acid sequence or other sequences in the vector itself , the particular nucleotide sequence of the inserted nucleic acid sequence and other sequences of the vector and the particular characteristics of the expression enhancing and promoting regions of the vector . further increases in the cellular yield of the desired products depend upon an increase in the number of genes that can be utilized in the cell . this is achieved , for illustration purposes , by insertion of recombinant nucleic acid molecules engineered into the temperature bacteriophage λ ( nm989 ), most simply by digestion of the plasmid with a restrictive enzyme , to give a linear molecule which is then mixed with a restricted phage λ cloning vehicle ( e . g ., of the type described by n . e . murray et al , &# 34 ; lambdoid phages that simplify the recovery of in vitro recombinants &# 34 ;, molec . gen . genet ., 150 , pp . 53 - 61 ( 1977 ) and n . e . murray et al . &# 34 ; molecular cloning of the dna ligase gene from bacteriophage t4 &# 34 ;, j . mol . biol ., 132 , pp . 493 - 505 ( 1979 )) and the recombinant dna molecule recircularized by incubation with dna ligase . the desired recombinant phage is then selected as before and used to lysogenize a host strain of e . coli . particularly useful λ cloning vehicles contain a temperature - sensitive mutation in the repression gene cl and suppressible mutations in gene s , the product of which is necessary for lysis of the host cell , and gene e , the product of which is major capsid protein of the virus . with this system , the lysogenic cells are grown at 32 ° c . and then heated to 45 ° c . to induce excision of the prophage . prolonged growth at 37 ° c . leads to high levels of production of the protein , which is retained within the cells , since these are not lysed by phage gene products in the normal way , and since the phage gene insert is not encapsulated it remains available for further transcription . artificial lysis of the cells then releases the desired product in high yield . in addition , it should be understood that the yield of polypeptides prepared in accordance with this invention may also be improved by substituting different codons for some or all of the codons of the present dna sequences , these substituted codons coding for amino acids identical to those coded for the codons replaced . finally , the activity of the polypeptides produced by the recombinant nucleic acid molecules of this invention may be improved by fragmenting , modifying or derivatizing the nucleic acid sequences or polypeptides of this invention by well - known means , without departing from the scope of this invention . ( 3 ) fragments of polypeptides ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above , such fragments produced by synthesis of amino acids or by digestion or cleavage . regarding the synthetic peptides according to the invention , chemical synthesis of peptides is described in the following publications : s . b . h . kent , biomedical polymers , eds . goldberg , e . p . and nakajima , a . ( academic press , new york ), 213 - 242 , ( 1980 ); a . r . mitchell , s . b . h . kent , m . engelhard and r . b . merrifield , j . org . chem ., 43 , 2845 - 2852 , ( 1978 ); j . p . tam , t . - w . wong , m . riemen , f . - s . tjoeng and r . b . merrifield , tet . letters , 4033 - 4036 , ( 1979 ); s . mojsov , a . r . mitchell and r . b . merrifield , j . org . chem ., 45 , 555 - 560 , ( 1980 ); j . p . tam , r . d . dimarchi and r . b . merrifield , tet . letters , 2851 - 2854 , ( 1981 ); and s . b . h . kent , m . riemen , m . le doux and r . b . merrifield , proceedings of the iv international symposium on methods of protein sequence analysis , ( brookhaven press , brookhave , n . y . ), in press , 1981 . in the merrifield phase procedure , the appropriate sequence of l - amino acids ia guilt up from the carboxyl terminal amino acid to the amino terminal amino acid . starting with the appropriate carboxyl terminal amino acid attached to a polystyrene ( or other appropriate ) resin via chemical linkage to a chloromethyl group , benzhydrylamine group , or other reactive group of the resin , amino acids are added by one using the following procedure . the peptide - resin is : ( b ) neutralized by making for 10 minutes at room temperature with 5 % ( v / v ) diisopropylethylamine ( or other hindered base ) in methylene chloride ; ( d ) an amount of amino acid equal to six times the molar amount of the growing peptide chain is activated by combining it with one - half as many moles of a carbodiimide ( e . g ., dicyclohexylcarbodiimide , or diisopropylcarbodiimide ) for ten minutes at 0 ° c ., to form the symmetric anhydride of the amino acid . the amino acid used should be provided originally as the n - alpha - tert .- butyloxycarbonyl derivative , with side chains protected with benzyl esters ( e . g ., aspartic or glutamic acids ), benzyl ethers ( e . g ., serine , threonine , cysteine or tyrosine ), benzyloxycarbonyl groups ( e . g ., lysine ) or other protecting groups commonly used in peptide synthesis ; ( e ) the activated amino acid is reacted with the peptide - resin for two hours at room temperature , resulting in addition of the new amino acid to the end of the growing peptide chain ; ( g ) the n - alpha -( tert .- butyloxycarbonyl ) group is removed from the most recently added amino acid by reacting with 30 to 65 %, preferably 50 % ( v / v ) trifluoroacetic acid in methylene chloride for 10 to 30 minutes at room temperature ; ( i ) steps ( a ) through ( h ) are separated until the required peptide sequence has been constructed . the peptide is then removed from the resin and simultaneously the side - chain protecting groups are removed , by reaction with anhydrous hydrofluoric acid containing 10 % v / v of anisole or other suitable ( aromatic ) scavenger . subsequently , the peptide can be purified by gel filtration , ion exchange , high pressure liquid chromatography , or other suitable means . in some cases , chemical synthesis can be carried out without the solid phase resin , in which case the synthetic reactions are performed entirely in solution . the reactions are similar and well known in the art , and the final product is essentially identical . digestion of the polypeptide can be accomplished by using proteolytic enzymes , especially those enzymes whose substrate specificity results in cleavage of the polypeptide at sites immediately adjacent to the desired sequence of amino acids . cleavage of the polypeptide can be accomplished by chemical means . particular bonds between amino acids can be cleaved by reaction with specific reagents . examples include the following : bonds involving methionine are cleaved by cyanogen bromide ; asparaginyl - glycine bonds are cleaved by hydroxylamine . ( 1 ) the nucleic acids coding for tm - 1 , tm - 2 and tm - 3 can be used as probes to isolate other members of the cea gene family . ( 2 ) the nucleic acids coding for tm - 1 , tm - 2 and tm - 3 can be used to derive oligonucleotide probes to determine the expresssion of tm - 1 , tm - 2 , tm - 3 and other cea genes in various tumor types . ( 3 ) tm - 1 , tm - 2 , tm - 3 and tm - 4 nucleotide sequences can be used to predict the primary amino acid sequence of the protein for production of synthetic peptides . ( 4 ) synthetic peptides derived from the above sequences can be used to produce a sequence - specific antibodies . ( 5 ) immunoassays for each member of the cea antigen family can be produced with these sequence - specific antibodies and synthetic peptides . ( 6 ) the aforementioned immunoassays can be used as diagnostics for different types of cancer if it is determined that different members of the cea family are clinically useful markers for different types of cancer . peptides according to the present invention can be labelled by conventional means using radioactive moieties ( e . g ., 125 i ), enzymes , dyes and fluorescent compounds , just to name a few . several possible configurations for immunoassays according to the present invention can be used . the readout systems capable of being employed in these assays are numerous and non - limiting examples of such systems include fluorescent and colorimetric enzyme systems , radioisotopic labelling and detection and chemiluminescent systems . two examples of immunoassay methods are as follows : ( 1 ) an enzyme linked immunoassay ( elisa ) using an antibody preparation according to the present invention ( including fab or f ( ab )&# 39 ; fragments derived therefrom ) to a solid phase ( such as a microtiter plate or latex beads ) is attached a purified antibody of a specificity other than that which is conjugated to the enzyme . this solid phase antibody is contacted with the sample containing cea antigen family members . after washing , the solid phase antibody - antigen complex is contacted with the conjugated anti - peptide antibody ( or conjugated fragment ). after washing away unbound conjugate , color or fluorescence is developed by adding a chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate for the enzyme . the amount of color or fluorescence developed is proportional to the amount of antigen in the sample . ( 2 ) a competitive fluorometric immunoassay using fluorescently labelled peptide or synthetic peptides of the sequences for tm - 2 , tm - 2 , tm - 3 and tm - 4 . in this example , the purified peptide expressed by cells or synthetic peptides thereof are fluorescently labelled . to a solid phase is attached a purified antibody . this solid phase is then contacted with sample containing cea antigen family members to which has been added fluorescent peptide probe . after binding , excess probe is washed away the amount of bound probe is quantitated . the amount of bound fluorescent probe will be inversely proportional to the amount of antigen in the sample . in the nucleic acid hybridization method according to the present invention , the nucleic acid probe is conjugated with a label , for example , an enzyme , a florophore , a radiostope , a chemiluminescent compound , etc . in the most general case , the probe would be contacted with the sample and the presence of any hybridizable nucleic acid sequence would be detected by developing in the presence of a chromogenic enzyme substrate , detection of the fluorophore by epifluorescence , by autoradiography of the radioisotopically labelled probe or by chemiluminescence . the detection of hybridizable rna sequences can be accomplished by ( 1 ) a dot blot methodology or ( 2 ) an in situ hybridization methodology . methods of these last two techniques are described by d . gillespie and j . bresser , &# 34 ; mrna immobilization in nai : quick blots &# 34 ;, biotechniques , 184 - 192 , november / december 1983 and j . lawrence and r . singer , &# 34 ; intracellular localization of messenger rnas for cytosketal proteins &# 34 ;, cell , 45 , 407 - 415 , may 9 , 1986 , respectively . the readout systems can be the same as described above , e . g ., enzyme labelling , radiolabelling , etc . as stated above , the invention also relates to the use in medicine of the aforementioned complex of the invention . the invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition containing as an active ingredient a complex of the invention in the form of a sterile and / or physiologically isotonic aqueous solution . for parenteral administration , solutions and emulsions containing as an active ingredient the complex of the invention should be sterile and , if appropriate , blood - isotonic . it is envisaged that the active complex will be administered perorally , parenterally ( for example , intramuscularly , intraperitoneally , or intravenously ), rectally or locally . messenger rna was prepared by the proteinase k extraction method of j . favolaro , r . treisman and r . kamen , methods in enzymology , 65 , 718 , academic press , inc . ( 1980 ), followed by olido dt cellulose chromatography to yield poly a + rna ( 3 &# 39 ;- polyadenylated eukaryotic rna containing most mrna sequences that can be translated into polypeptides ). to obtain approximately 100 μg of poly a + rna , approximately × 10 8 cells of transfectant 23 . 411 ( atcc no . crl 9731 , deposited with the atcc on jun . 1 , 1988 ), that expresses tm - 1 , tm - 2 , tm - 3 and tm - 4 , kamarck et al , proc . natl . acad . sci ., usa , 84 , 5350 - 5354 , august 1987 , were harvested from roller bottles after late logarithmic growth . cells were lysed by homogenization in an ice - cold solution of 140 mm nacl , 1 . 5 mm mgcl 2 , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 , 0 . 5 % np40 , 4 mm dithiothreitol and 20 units of placental ribonuclease inhibitor / ml . sodium deoxycholate was then added to 0 . 2 %. cytoplasm and nuclei were separated by centrifugation of the homogenate at 12 , 000 × g for 20 minutes . the cytoplasmic fraction was mixed with an equal volume of 0 . 2 m tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 25 mm edta , 0 . 3 m nacl , 2 % sodium dodecyl sulfate and 400 μg / ml of proteinase k , incubated for 1 hour at 37 ° c ., then extracted once with an equal volume of phenol / chloroform ( 1 : 1 / v : v ) solution . nucleic acids were obtained by ethanol precipitation of the separated aqueous phase . total rna was enriched by passage in 0 . 5 m nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 0 . 1 % sarcosyl through an oligo dt ( 12 - 18 ) cellulose column . after washing , bound rna was eluted in the same solution without sodium chloride . ten micrograms of poly a + rna were primed for reverse transcription with oligo dt ( 12 - 18 ) and pdn 6 primers . one hundred microliter reaction was performed for 4 hours at 42 ° c . with 200 units amv reverse transcriptase ( life science , inc . st . petersburg , fla ., u . s . a .). the rna component of the cdna / mrna hybrids was replaced with the second complementary strand by treatment with rtnase h , e . coli dna polymerase i and e . coli dna ligase at 12 ° c . and 22 ° c . for 1 . 5 hours each . molecular ends were polished by treatment with t4 dna polymerase . cdna was phenol / chloroform extracted and purified over a &# 34 ; sephadex g - 50 &# 34 ; spun column prepared in 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 1 mm edta ( te ). synthetic dna linkers ## str8 ## were attached to the ends of cdna by blunt end ligation with excess t4 dna ligase . excess linkers were removed by chromatography through &# 34 ; sephadex g - 50 &# 34 ; ( medium ) in te , and by fractionation of 0 . 8 % low melting agarose gel . based on northern blot analysis of poly a + rna of the 23 . 411 cell line , the size of the cea - related mrna was estimated at 3 . 6 kb . therefore , cdna fragments between 2 and 4 kb were recovered from gel slices and fragments were ethanol precipitated . after resuspension of cdna in te , ecori - cleaved lambda gt10 arms were added to cdna at an estimated molar ratio of 1 : 1 . ligation proceeded at 7 ° c . for 2 days in the presence of t4 dna ligase . aliquots of the ligation reaction were added to commercially - obtained packaging mix ( stratagene , san diego , calif ., u . s . a .). five million phage particles were obtained ofter in vitro packaging and infection of e . coli host nm514 . five hundred thousand packaged lambda particles were plated on lawns of e . coli nm514 and replicate patterns were lifted onto nitrocellulose sheets as described by w . d . benton and r . w . davis , science 196 , 180 - 182 , ( 1977 ). positive phase were selected by hybridization with 32 p - labeled lv7 cdna insert probe that contained a domain repeated amoung various cea family members . by multiple rounds of screening . phage from individual plaques were amplified and titered , and these were used to prepare small quantities of recombinant phage dna . phage dna was prepared according to t . maniatis , e . fritsch and j . sambrook , molecular cloning , a laboratory manual , cold spring habor , ( 1982 ). dna segments were isolated from low melting agarose gels and inserted for subcloning into bluescript plasmid vectors ( stratagene , san diego , calif ., u . s . a .). dna sequencing was performed by the dideoxy termination method of f . sanger , s . nicklen and a . coulson , proc . natl . acad . sci ., u . s . a ., 74 , 5463 - 5467 , ( 1977 ). the nucleic acid and translated sequence for cdna in pce22 is given hereinabove ( tm - 2 ( cea -( e )). messenger rna was prepared by the proteinase k extraction method of j . favolaro , r . treismand and r . kamen , methods in enzymology , 65 718 , academic press , inc . ( 1980 ), followed by oligo dt cellulose chromatography to yield poly a + rna ( 3 &# 39 ;- polyadenylated eukaryotic rna containing most mrna sequences that can be translated into polypeptides ). to obtain approximately 100 ug of poly a + rna , approximately 3 × 10 8 cells of ht - 29 tumor cells ( atcc htb38 ) were harvested form roller bottles after late logarithmic growth . cells were lysed by homogenization in an ice - cold solution of 140 mm nacl , 1 . 5 mm mgcl 2 , 10 mm tri - hcl , ph 8 . 0 , 0 . 5 % np40 , 4 mm dithiothreitol and 20 units of placental ribonuclease inhibitor / ml . sodium deoxycholate was then added to 0 . 2 %. cytoplasm and nuclei were separated by centrifugation of the homogenate at 12 , 000 × g for 20 minutes . the cytoplasmic fraction was mixed with an equal volume of 0 . 2 m tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 25 mm edta , 0 . 3 m nacl , 2 % sodium dodecyl sulfate and 400 μg / ml of proteinase k , incubated for 1 hour at 37 ° c ., then extracted once with an equal volume of phenol / chloroform ( 1 : 1 / v : v ) solution . nucleic acids were obtained by ethanol precipitation of the separated aqueous phase . total rna was enriched by passage in 0 . 5 m nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 0 . 1 % sarcosyl through an oligo dt ( 12 - 18 ) cellulose column . after washing , bound rna was eluted in the same solution without sodium chloride . ten microgram of ht - 29 poly a + rna were primed for reverse transcription with olido dt ( 12 - 18 ) and pdn 6 primers . one hundred microliter reaction was performed for 4 hours at 42 ° c . with 200 units amv reverse transcriptase ( life science , inc . st . petersburg , fla ., u . s . a .). the rna component of the cdna / mrna hybrids was replaced with the second complementary strand by treatment with rnase h , e . coli dna polymerase i and e . coli dna ligase at 12 ° c . and 22 ° c . for 1 . 5 hours each . molecular ends were polished by treatment with t4 dna polymerase . cdna was phenol / chloroform extracted and purified over a &# 34 ; sephadex g - 50 &# 34 ; spun column prepared in 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 1 mm edta ( te ). synthetic dna linkers ## str9 ## were attached to the ends of cdna by blunt end ligation with excess t4 dna ligase . excess linkers were removed by chromatography through &# 34 ; sephadex g - 50 &# 34 ; ( medium ) in te , and by fractionation on 0 . 8 % low melting agarose gel . based on northern blot analysis of poly a + rna of the ht - 29 cell line , the size of the cea - related mrna was estimated at 2 . 2 kb . therefore , cdna fragments between 2 and 3 kb were recovered from gel slices and fragments were ethanol precipitated . after resuspension of cdna in te , ecori - cleaved lambda gt10 arms were added to cdna at an estimated molar ratio of 1 : 1 . ligation proceeded at 7 ° c . for 2 days in the presence of t4 dna ligase . aliquots of the ligation reaction were added to commercially - obtained packaging mix ( stratagene , san diego , calif ., u . s . a .). five million phage particles were obtained often in vitro packaging and infection of e . coli host nm514 . five hundred thousand packaged lambda particles were plated on lawns of e . coli nm514 and replicate patterns were lifted onto nitrocellulose sheets as described by w . d . benton and r . w . david , science , 196 , 180 - 182 , ( 1977 ). positive phage were selected by hybridization with 32 p - labeled lv7 cdna insert probe that contained a domain repeated amoung various cea family members . by multiple rounds of screening . phage from individual plaques were amplified and titered , and these were used to prepare small quantities of recombinant phage dna . phage dna was prepared according to t . maniatis , e . fritsch and j . sambrook , molecular cloning , a laboratory manual , cold spring habor , ( 1982 ). dna segments were isolated from low melting agarose gels and inserted for subcloning into bluescript plasmid vectors ( stratagene , san diego , calif ., u . s . a .). dna sequencing was performed by the dideoxy termination method of f . sanger , s . nicklen and a . coulson , proc . natl . acad . sci ., u . s . a ., 74 , 5463 - 5467 , ( 1977 ). the nucleic acid and translated sequence for cdna in ht - 6 not complete at the 5 &# 39 ; end of its coding region , but the nucleotide sequence and restriction map of the ht - 6 inset indicates that it is related to nucleic acid sequences of cdna clones coding for cea -( c ) and cea -( e ). the nucleotide sequence of ht - 6 insert differs from these clones at only nucleotide position 1463 to 1515 and 1676 to 2429 of the cea -( c ) cdna . it is inferred from this result that the pcht - 6 insert is a partial coding sequence for cea -( f ) and the presumed nucleic acid and translated sequence of cea -( f ) is given hereinabove ( tm - 3 ( cea -( f )). messenger rna is prepared by the proteinase k extraction method of j . favolaro , r . treisman and r . kamen , methos in enzymology , 65 , 718 , academic press , inc . ( 1980 ), followed by oligo dt cellulose chromatography to yield poly a + rna ( 3 &# 39 ;- polyadenylated eukaryotic rna containing most mrna sequences that can be translated into polypeptides ). to obtain approximately 100 ug of poly a + rna , approximately 3 × 10 8 cells of transfectant 23 . 411 or tumor cell line ht - 29 ( atcc htb 38 ) are harvested from roller bottles after late logarithmic growth . cells are lysed by homogenization in an ice - cold solution of 140 mm nacl , 1 . 5 mm mgcl 2 , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 , 0 . 5 % np40 , 4 mm dithiothreitol and 20 units of placental ribonuclease inhibitor / ml . sodium deoxycholate was then added to 0 . 2 %. cytoplasm and nuclei are separated by centrifugation of the homogenate at 12 , 000 × g for 20 minutes . the cytoplasmic fraction is mixed with an equal volume of 0 . 2 m tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 25 mm edta , 0 . 3 m nacl , 2 % sodium dodecyl sulfate and 400 μg / ml of proteinase k , incubated for 1 hour at 37 ° c ., the extracted once with an equal volume of phenol / chloroform ( 1 : 1 / v : v ) solution . nucleic acids are obtained by ethanol precipitation of the separated aqueous phase . total rna is enriched by passage in 0 . 5 m nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 0 . 1 % sarcosyl through an oligo dt ( 12 - 18 ) cellulose column . after washing , bound rna is eluted in the same solution without sodium chloride . ten micrograms of 23 . 411 or ht 29 poly a + rna are primed for reverse transcription with oligo dt ( 12 - 18 ) and pdn 6 primers . one hundred microliter reaction was performed for 4 hours at 42 ° c . with 200 units amv reverse transcriptase ( life science , inc . st . petersburg , fla ., u . s . a .). the rna component of the cdna / mrna hybrids is replaced with the second complementary strand by treatment with rnase h , e . coli dna polymerase i and e . coli dna ligase at 12 ° c . and 22 ° c . for 1 . 5 hours each . molecular ends are polished by treatment with t4 dna polymerase . cdna is phenol / chloroform extracted and purified over a &# 34 ; sephadex g - 50 &# 34 ; spun column prepared in 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 8 , 1 mm edta ( te ). synthetic dna linkers ## str10 ## are attached to the ends of cdna by blunt and ligation with excess t4 dna ligase . excess linkers are removed by chromatography through &# 34 ; sephadex g - 50 &# 34 ; ( medium ) in te , and by fractionation on 0 . 8 % low melting agarose gel . based on northern blot analysis of poly a + rna of the 23 . 411 and ht - 29 cell lines , the size of the cea - related mrna is estimated at 1 . 7 kb . therefore , cdna fragments between 1 and 2 kb are recovered from gel slices and fragments are ethanol precipitated . after resuspension of cdna in te , ecori - cleaved lambda gt10 arms are added to cdna at an estimated molar ratio of 1 : 1 . ligation proceeds at 7 ° c . for 2 days in the presence of t4 dna ligase . aliquots of the ligation reaction are added to commercially - obtained packaging mix ( stratagene , san diego , calif ., u . s . a .). pharge particles are obtained after in vitro packaging and infection of e . coli host nm514 . five hundred thousand to one million packaged lambda particles are plated on lawns of e . coli nm514 and replicate patterns are lifted onto nitrocellulose sheets as described by w . d . benton and r . w . davis , science , 196 , 180 - 182 , ( 1977 ). positive phage are selected by hybridization with 32 p - labeled lv7 cdna insert probe that contained a domain repeated amoung various cea family members . by this selection method , positive phage are obtained after multiple rounds of screening . phage from individual plaques are amplified and titered , and these are used to prepare small quantities of recombinant phage dna . phage dna is prepared according to t . maniatis , e . fritsch and j . sambrook , molecular cloning , a laboratory manual , cold spring harbor , ( 1982 ). dna segments are isolated from low melting agarose gels and inserted for subcloning into bluescript plasmid vectors ( stratagene , san diego , calif ., u . s . a .). dna sequencing is performed by the dideoxy termination method of f . sanger , s . nicklen and a . coulson , proc . natl . acad . sci ., u . s . a ., 74 , 5463 - 5467 , ( 1977 ). the nucleotide and translated sequence for a cdna coding for cea -( g ) is given hereinabove ( tm - 4 ( cea -( g )). screening of kg - 1 cdna library with 32 p - labelled cea probe , lv7 ( cea -( a )) a segment of cdna coding for a portion of carcinoembryonic antigen [ lv7 or cea -( a )] was radiolabelled by random priming and used to detect homologous sequences on filter replicas of a commercial cdna library prepared from kg - 1 cells in bacteriophage vector λgt11 ( clontech laboratories , inc ., palo alto , calif ., u . s . a .). hybridizations were performed at 68 ° c . in 2 × ssspe ( 1 × sspe -- 0 . 15 m nacl , 0 . 01 m sodium phosphate and 1 mm edta , ph 7 ), 5 × denhardt &# 39 ; s solution and 100 μg of denatured salmon sperm dna per ml , and post - hybridization washes were in 0 . 2 × ssc , 0 . 25 % sodium dodecyl sulfate . positive phage were picked , rescreened to homogeneity , and amplified for production of dna . cdna inserts were excised from phage dna with ecori enconuclease and subcloned into the ecori site of the plasmid vector pbluescript ks . dna sequencing on double - stranded dna was by the method of sanger et al , supra . the sequences of two different inserts from the kg - 1 cdna library are shown below : ## str11 ## which has been designated seq id no : 8 and seq id no : 16 for the translated polypeptide . ## str12 ## which has been designated seq id no : 9 and seq id no : 17 for the translated polypeptide . it will be appreciated that the instant specification and claims are set forth by way of illustration and not limitation and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 859 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : cea -( a ) [ lv7 ]( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : ggggtttaca caaccaccac cccatcaaac ccttcatcac cagcaacaac tccaaccccg 60tggaggatga ggatgctgta gccttaacct gtgaacctga gattcagaac acaacctacc 120tgtggtgggt aaataatcag agcctcdccg gtcagtccca ggctgcagct gtccaatgac 180aacaggaccc tcactctact cagtgtcaca aggaatgatg taggacccta tgcgtgtgga 240atccagaacg aattaagtgt tgaccacagc gacccagtca cccagcgatt cctctatggc 300ccagacgacc ccaccatttc cccctcatac acctattacc gtccaggggt ggaacctcag 360cctctctgcc atgcagcctc taacccacct gcacagtatt cttggctgat tgatgggacc 420gtccagcaac acacacaaga gctctttatc tccaacatca ctgagaagaa cagcggactc 480tatacctgcc aggccaataa ctcagccagt ggcacagcag gactacagtc aagacaatca 540cagtctctgc ggatgcccag ccctccatct ccagcaacaa ctccaaaccc gtggaggaca 600aggatcgctg tggccttcac tgtgaacctg aggctcagaa cacaacctac ctgtggtggg 660taaatggtca gagcctccca gtcagtccca ggctgcagct gtccaatggc aacaggaccc 720tcactctgtt caatgtcaca agaaatgacg caagagccta tgtatgtgga atccagaact 780cagtgagtgc aaaccgcagt gacccagtca ccctggatgt cctctatggg ccggacaccc 840ccatcatttc ccccccccc 859__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 2839 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : cea -( b ) [ 1lv7 ]( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : caccatggag tctccctcgg cccctcccca cagatggtgc atcccctggc agaggctcct 60gctcacagcc tcacttctaa ccttctggaa cccgcccacc actgccaagc tcactattga 120atccacgccg ttcaatgtcg cagaggggaa ggaggtgctt ctacttgtcc acaatctgcc 180ccagcatctt tttggctaca gctggtacaa aggtgaaaga gtggatggca accgtcaaat 240tataggatat gtaataggaa ctcaacaagc taccccaggg cccgcataca gtggtcgaga 300gataatatac cccaatgcat ccctgctgat ccagaacatc atccagaatg acacaggatt 360ctacacccta cacgtcataa agtcagatct tgtgaatgaa gaagcaactg gccagttccg 420ggtatacccg gagctgccca agccctccat ctccagcaac aactccaaac ccgtggagga 480caaggatgct gtggccttca cctgtgaacc tgagactcag gacgcaacct acctgtggtg 540ggtaaacaat cagagcctcc cggtcagtcc caggctgcag ctgtccaatg gcaacaggac 600cctcactcta ttcaatgtca caagaaatga cacagcaagc tacaaatgtg aaacccagaa 660cccagtgagt gccaggcgca gtgattcagt catcctgaat gtcctctatg gcccggatgc 720ccccaccatt tcccctctaa acacatctta cagatcaggg gaaaatctga acctctcctg 780ccacgcagcc tctaacccac ctgcacagta ctcttggttt gtcaatggga ctttccagca 840atccacccaa gagctcttta tccccaacat cactgtgaat aatagtggat cctatacgtg 900ccaagcccat aactcagaca ctggcctcaa taggaccaca gtcacgacga tcacagtcta 960tgcagagcca cccaaaccct tcatcaccag caacaactcc aaccccgtgg aggatgagga 1020tgctgtagcc ttaacctgtg aacctgagat tcagaacaca acctacctgt ggtgggtaaa 1080taatcagagc ctcccggtca gtcccaggct gcagctgtcc aatgacaaca ggaccctcac 1140tctactcagt gtcacaagga atgatgtagg accctatgag tgtggaatcc agaacgaatt 1200aagtgttgac cacagcgacc cagtcatcct gaatgtcctc tatggcccag acgaccccac 1260catttccccc tcatacacct attaccgtcc aggggtgaac ctcagcctct cctgccatgc 1320agcctctaac ccacctgcac agtattcttg gctgattgat gggaacatcc agcaacacac 1380acaagagctc tttatctcca acatcactga gaagaacagc ggactctata cctgccaggc 1440caataactca gccagtggcc acagcaggac tacagtcaag acaatcacag tctctgcgga 1500gctgcccaag ccctccatct ccagcaacaa ctccaaaccc gtggaggaca aggatgctgt 1560ggccttcacc tgtgaacctg aggctcagaa cacaacctac ctgtggtggg taaatggtca 1620gagcctccca gtcagtccca ggctgcagct gtccaatggc aacaggaccc tcactctatt 1680caatgtcaca agaaatgacg caagagccta tgtatgtgga atccagaact cagtgagtgc 1740aaaccgcagt gacccagtca ccctggatgt cctctatggg ccggacaccc ccatcatttc 1800ccccccagac tcgtcttacc tttcgggagc gaacctcaac ctctcctgcc actcggcctc 1860taacccatcc ccgcagtatt cttggcgtat caatgggata ccgcagcaac acacacaagt 1920tctctttatc gccaaaatca cgccaaataa taacgggacc tatgcctgtt ttgtctctaa 1980cttggctact ggccgcaata attccatagt caagagcatc acagtctctg catctggaac 2040ttctcctggt ctctcagctg gggccactgt cggcatcatg attggagtgc tggttggggt 2100tgctctgata tagcagccct ggtgtagttt cttcatttca ggaagactga cagttgtttt 2160gcttcttcct taaagcattt gcaacagcta cagtctaaaa ttgcttcttt accaaggata 2220tttacagaaa agactctgac cagagatcga gaccatccta gccaacatcg tgaaacccca 2280tctctactaa aaatacaaaa atgagctggg cttggtggcg cgcacctgta gtcccagtta 2340ctcgggaggc tgaggcagga gaatcgcttg aacccgggag gtggagattg cagtgagccc 2400agatcgcacc actgcactcc agtctggcaa cagagcaaga ctccatctca aaaagaaaag 2460aaaagaagac tctgacctgt actcttgaat acaagtttct gataccactg cactgtctga 2520gaatttccaa aactttaatg aactaactga cagcttcatg aaactgtcca ccaagatcaa 2580gcagagaaaa taattaattt catgggacta aatgaactaa tgaggataat attttcataa 2640ttttttattt gaaattttgc tgattcttta aatgtcttgt ttcccagatt tcaggaaact 2700ttttttcttt taagctatcc acagcttaca gcaatttgat aaaatatact tttgtgaaca 2760aaaattgaga catttacatt ttctccctat gtggtcgctc cagacttggg aaactattca 2820tgaatattta tattgtatg 2839__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 3461 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : cea -( c ) [ 16 - 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( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 1964 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : cea -( d ) [ bt - 20 ]( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : ccgggggaca cgcagggcca acagtcacag cagccctgac cagagcattc ctggagctca 60agctctctac aaagaggtgg acagagaaga cagcagagac catgggaccc ccctcagccc 120ctccctgcag attgcatgtc ccctggaagg aggtcctgct cacagcctca cttctaacct 180tctggaaccc acccaccact gccaagctca ctattgaatc cacgccattc aatgtcgcag 240aggggaagga ggttcttcta ctcgcccaca acctgcccca gaatcgtatt ggttacagct 300ggtacaaagg cgaaagagtg gatggcaaca gtctaattgt aggatatgta ataggaactc 360aacaagctac cccagggccc gcatacagtg gtcgagagac aatatacccc aatgcatccc 420tgctgatcca gaacgtcacc cagaatgaca caggattcta caccctacaa gtcataaagt 480cagatcttgt gaatgaagaa gcaaccggac agttccatgt atacccggag ctgcccaagc 540cctccatctc cagcaacaac tccaaccccg tggaggacaa ggatgctgtg gccttcacct 600gtgaacctga ggttcagaac acaacctacc tgtggtgggt aaatggtcag agcctcccgg 660tcagtcccag gctgcagctg tccaatggca acaggaccct cactctactc agcgtcaaaa 720ggaacgatgc aggatcgtat gaatgtgaaa tacagaaccc agcgagtgcc aaccgcagtg 780acccagtcac cctgaatgtc ctctatggcc cagatggccc caccatttcc ccctcaaagg 840ccaattaccg tccaggggaa aatctgaacc tctcctgcca cgcagcctct aacccacctg 900cacagtactc ttggtttatc aatgggacgt tccagcaatc cacacaagag ctctttatcc 960ccaacatcac tgtgaataat agcggatcct atatgtgcca agcccataac tcagccactg 1020gcctcaatag gaccacagtc acgatgatca cagtctctgg aagtgctcct gtcctctcag 1080ctgtggccac cgtcggcatc acgattggag tgctggccag ggtggctctg atatagcagc 1140cctggtgtat tttcgatatt tcaggaagac tggcagattg gaccagaccc tgaattcttc 1200tagctcctcc aatcccattt tatcccatgg aaccactaaa aacaaggtct gctctgctcc 1260tgaagcccta tatgctggag atggacaact caatgaaaat ttaaagggaa aaccctcagg 1320cctgaggtgt gtgccactca gagacttcac ctaactagag acaggcaaac tgcnnnccan 1380ncctctttcg cttggcaggn tgatgctgtc attagtattt cacaagaagt agcttcagag 1440ggtaacttaa cagagtatca gatctatctt gtcaatccca acgttttaca taaaataaga 1500gatcctttag tgcacccagt gactgacatt agcagcatct ttaacacagc cgtgtgttca 1560aatgtacagt ggtccttttc agagttggnn ntactccaac tgaaatgtta aggaagaaga 1620tagatccaat taaaaaaaat taaaaccaat ttaaaaaaaa aaaagaacac aggagattcc 1680agtctacttg agttagcata atacagaagt cccctctact ttaactttta caaaaaagta 1740acctgaacta atctgatgtt aaccaatgta tttatttctg tggttctgtt tccttgttcc 1800aatttgacaa aacccactgt tcttgtattg tattgccagg ggggagctat cactgtactt 1860gtagagtggt gctgctttaa gttcataaat cacaaataaa agccaattag ctctataact 1920aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaa 1964__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 3173 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate 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ttcccaacct ggacttgttt taaacttgcc 1680tgttcagagc actcattcct tcccaccccc agtcctgtcc tatcactcta attcggattt 1740gccatagcct tgaggttatg tccttttcca ttaagtacat gtgccaggaa acagcgagag 1800agagaaagta aacggcagta atgcttctcc tatttctcca aagccttgtg tgaactagca 1860aagagaagaa aatcaaatat ataaccaata gtgaaatgcc acaggtttgt ccactgtcag 1920ggttgtctac ctgtaggatc agggtctaag caccttggtg cttagctaga ataccaccta 1980atccttctgg caagcctgtc ttcagagaac ccactagaag caactaggaa aaatcacttg 2040ccaaaatcca aggcaattcc tgatggaaaa tgcaaaagca catatatgtt ttaatatctt 2100tatgggctct gttcaaggca gtgctgagag ggaggggtta tagcttcagg agggaaccag 2160cttctgataa acacaatctg ctaggaactt gggaaaggaa tcagagagct gcccttcagc 2220gattatttaa attattgtta aagaatacac aatttggggt attgggattt ttctcctttt 2280ctctgagaca ttccaccatt ttaatttttg taactgctta tttatgtgaa aagggttatt 2340tttacttagc ttagctatgt cagccaatcc gattgcctta ggtgaaagaa accaccgaaa 2400tccctcaggt cccttggtca ggagcctctc aagatttttt ttgtcagagg ctccaaatag 2460aaaataagaa aaggttttct tcattcatgg ctagagctag 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listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 1630 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : cea -( f ) [ ht - 6 ]( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : cagccgtgct cgaagcgttc ctggagccca agctctcctc cacaggtgaa gacagggcca 60gcaggagaca ccatggggca cctctcagcc ccacttcaca gagtgcgtgt accctggcag 120gggcttctgc tcacagcctc acttctaacc ttctggaacc cgcccaccac tgcccagctc 180actactgaat ccatgccatt caatgttgca gaggggaagg aggttcttct ccttgtccac 240aatctgcccc agcaactttt tggctacagc tggtacaaag gggaaagagt ggatggcaac 300cgtcaaattg taggatatgc aataggaact caacaagcta ccccagggcc cgcaaacagc 360ggtcgagaga caatataccc caatgcatcc ctgctgatcc agaacgtcac ccagaatgac 420acaggattct acaccctaca agtcataaag tcagatcttg tgaatgaaga agcaactgga 480cagttccatg tatacccgga gctgcccaag ccctccatct ccagcaacaa ctccaaccct 540gtggaggaca aggatgctgt ggccttcacc tgtgaacctg agactcagga cacaacctac 600ctgtggtgga taaacaatca gagcctcccg gtcagtccca ggctgcagct gtccaatggc 660aacaggaccc tcactctact cagtgtcaca aggaatgaca caggacccta tgagtgtgaa 720atacagaacc cagtgagtgc gaaccgcagt gacccagtca ccttgaatgt cacctatggc 780ccggacaccc ccaccatttc cccttcagac acctattacc gtccaggggc aaacctcagc 840ctctcctgct atgcagcctc taacccacct gcacagtact cctggcttat caatggaaca 900ttccagcaaa gcacacaaga gctctttatc cctaacatca ctgtgaataa tagtggatcc 960tatacctgcc acgccaataa ctcagtcact ggctgcaaca ggaccacagt caagacgatc 1020atagtcactg agctaagtcc agtagtagca aagccccaaa tcaaagccag caagaccaca 1080gtcacaggag ataaggactc tgtgaacctg acctgctcca caaatgacac tggaatctcc 1140atccgttggt tcttcaaaaa ccagagtctc ccgtcctcgg agaggatgaa gctgtcccag 1200ggcaacacca ccctcagcat aaaccctgtc aagagggagg atgctgggac gtattggtgt 1260gaggtcttca acccaatcag taagaaccaa agcgacccca tcatgctgaa cgtaaactat 1320aatgctctac cacaagaaaa tggcctctca cctggggcca ttgctggcat tgtgattgga 1380gtagtggccc tggttgctct gatagcagta gccctggcat gttttctgca tttcgggaag 1440accggcagct caggaccact ccaatgaccc acctaacaag atgaatgaag ttacttattc 1500taccctgaac tttgaagccc agcaacccac acaaccaact tcagcctccc catccctaac 1560agccacagaa ataatttatt cagaagtaaa aaagcagtaa tgaaacctga aaaaaaaaaa 1620aaaaaaaaaa 1630__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 1339 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : cea -( g )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : cagccgtgct cgaagcgttc ctggagccca agctctcctc cacaggtgaa gacagggcca 60gcaggagaca ccatggggca cctctcagcc ccacttcaca gagtgcgtgt accctggcag 120gggcttctgc tcacagcctc acttctaacc ttctggaacc cgcccaccac tgcccagctc 180actactgaat ccatgccatt caatgttgca gaggggaagg aggttcttct ccttgtccac 240aatctgcccc agcaactttt tggctacagc tggtacaaag gggaaagagt ggatggcaac 300cgtcaaattg taggatatgc aataggaact caacaagcta ccccagggcc cgcaaacagc 360ggtcgagaga caatataccc caatgcatcc ctgctgatcc agaacgtcac ccagaatgac 420acaggattct acaccctaca agtcataaag tcagatcttg tgaatgaaga agcaactgga 480cagttccatg tatacccgga gctgcccaag ccctccatct ccagcaacaa ctccaaccct 540gtggaggaca aggatgctgt ggccttcacc tgtgaacctg agactcagga cacaacctac 600ctgtggtgga taaacaatca gagcctcccg gtcagtccca ggctgcagct gtccaatggc 660aacaggaccc tcactctact cagtgtcaca aggaatgaca caggacccta tgagtgtgaa 720atacagaacc cagtgagtgc gaaccgcagt gacccagtca ccttgaatgt cacctatggc 780ccggacaccc ccaccatttc cccttcagac acctattacc gtccaggggc aaacctcagc 840ctctcctgct atgcagcctc taacccacct gcacagtact cctggcttat caatggaaca 900ttccagcaaa gcacacaaga gctctttatc cctaacatca ctgtgaataa tagtggatcc 960tatacctgcc acgccaataa ctcagtcact ggctgcaaca ggaccacagt caagacgatc 1020atagtcactg ataatgctct accacaagaa aatggcctct cacctggggc cattgctggc 1080attgtgattg gagtagtggc cctggttgct ctgatagcag tagccctggc atgttttctg 1140catttcggga agaccggcag ctcaggacca ctccaatgac ccacctaaca agatgaatga 1200agttacttat tctaccctga actttgaagc ccagcaaccc acacaaccaa cttcagcctc 1260cccatcccta acagccacag aaataattta ttcagaagta aaaaagcagt aatgaaacct 1320gaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa 1339__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 2010 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : kgcea1 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : acagcacagc tgacagccgt actcaggaag cttctggatc ctaggcttat ctccacagag 60gagaacacac aagcagcaga gaccatgggg cccctctcag cccctccctg cacacacctc 120atcacttgga agggggtcct gctcacagca tcacttttaa acttctggaa tccgcccaca 180actgcccaag tcacgattga agcccagcca cccaaagttt ctgaggggaa ggatgttctt 240ctacttgtcc acaatttgcc ccagaatctt gctggctaca tttggtacaa agggcaaatg 300acatacgtct accattacat tacatcatat gtagtagacg gtcaaagaat tatatatggg 360cctgcataca gtggaagaga aagagtatat tccaatgcat ccctgctgat ccagaatgtc 420acgcaggagg atgcaggatc ctacacctta cacatcataa agcgacgcga tgggactgga 480ggagtaactg gacatttcac cttcacctta cacctggaga ctcccaagcc ctccatctcc 540agcagcaact taaatcccag ggaggccatg gaggctgtga tcttaacctg tgatcctgcg 600actccagccg caagctacca gtggtggatg aatggtcaga gcctccctat gactcacagg 660ttgcagctgt ccaaaaccaa caggaccctc tttatatttg gtgtcacaaa gtatattgca 720ggaccctatg aatgtgaaat acggaaccca gtgagtgcca gccgcagtga cccagtcacc 780ctgaatctcc tcccaaagct gtccaagccc tacatcacaa tcaacaactt aaaccccaga 840gagaataagg atgtcttaac cttcacctgt gaacctaaga gtgagaacta cacctacatt 900tggtggctaa atggtcagag cctccctgtc agtcccaggg taaagcgacc cattgaaaac 960aggatcctca ttctacccaa tgtcacgaga aatgaaacag gaccttatca atgtgaaata 1020cgggaccgat atggtggcat ccgcagtgac ccagtcaccc tgaatgtcct ctatggtcca 1080gacctcccca gcatttaccc ttcattcacc tattaccgtt caggagaaaa cctctacttt 1140tcctgcttcg gtgagtctaa cccacgggca caatattctt ggacaattaa tgggaagttt 1200cagctatcag gacaaaagct ctctatcccc caaataacta caaagcatag tgggctctat 1260gcttgctctg ttcgtaactc agccactggc aaggaaagct ccaaatccat cacagtcaaa 1320gtctctgact ggatattacc ctgaattcta ctagttcctc caattccatt ttctcccatg 1380gaatcacgaa gagcaagacc cactctgttc cagaagccct ataatctgga ggtggacaac 1440tcgatgtaaa tttcatggga aaacccttgt acctgacatg tgagccactc agaactcacc 1500aaaatgttcg acaccataac aacagctact caaactgtaa accaggataa gaagttgatg 1560acttcacact gtggacagtt tttcaaagat gtcataacaa gactccccat catgacaagg 1620ctccaccctc tactgtctgc tcatgcctgc ctctttcact tggcaggata atgcagtcat 1680tagaatttca catgtagtag cttctgaggg taacaacaca ctgtcagata tgtcatctca 1740acctcaaact tttacgtaac atctcaggga aatgtggctc tctccatctt gcatacaggg 1800ctcccaatag aaatgaacac agagatattg cctgtgtgtt tgcagagaag atggtttcta 1860taaagagtag gaaagctgaa attatagtag agtctccttt aaatgcacat tgtgtggatg 1920gctctcacca tttcctaaga gatacagtgt aaaaacgtga cagtaatact gattctagca 1980gaataaacat gtaccacatt tgcaaaaaaa 2010__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . ( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 1591 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : kgcea2 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : gggtggatcc taggctcatc tccatagggg agaacacaca tacagcagag accatgggac 60ccctctcagc ccctccctgc actcagcaca tcacctggaa ggggctcctg ctcacagcat 120cacttttaaa cttctggaac ctgcccacca ctgcccaagt aataattgaa gcccagccac 180ccaaagtttc tgaggggaag gatgttcttc tacttgtcca caatttgccc cagaatctta 240ctggctacat ctggtacaaa gggcaaatga cggacctcta ccattacatt acatcatatg 300tagtagacgg tcaaattata tatgggcctg cctacagtgg acgagaaaca gtatattcca 360atgcatccct gctgatccag aatgtcacac aggaggatgc aggatcctac accttacaca 420tcataaagcg aggcgatggg actggaggag taactggata tttcactgtc accttatact 480cggagactcc caagcgctcc atctccagca gcaacttaaa ccccagggag gtcatggagg 540ctgtgcgctt aatctgtgat cctgagactc cggatgcaag ctacctgtgg ttgctgaatg 600gtcagaacct ccctatgact cacaggttgc agctgtccaa aaccaacagg accctctatc 660tatttggtgt cacaaagtat attgcagggc cctatgaatg tgaaatacgg aggggagtga 720gtgccagccg cagtgaccca gtcaccctga atctcctccc gaagctgccc atgccttaca 780tcaccatcaa caacttaaac cccagggaga agaaggatgt gttagccttc acctgtgaac 840ctaagagtcg gaactacacc tacatttggt ggctaaatgg tcagagcctc ccggtcagtc 900cgagggtaaa gcgacccatt gaaaacagga tactcattct acccagtgtc acgagaaatg 960aaacaggacc ctatcaatgt gaaatacggg accgatatgg tggcatccgc agtaacccag 1020tcaccctgaa tgtcctctat ggtccagacc tccccagaat ttacccttac ttcacctatt 1080accgttcagg agaaaacctc gacttgtcct gctttgcgga ctctaaccca ccggcagagt 1140atttttggac aattaatggg aagtttcagc tatcaggaca aaagctcttt atcccccaaa 1200ttactacaaa tcatagcggg ctctatgctt gctctgttcg taactcagcc actggcaagg 1260aaatctccaa atccatgata gtcaaagtct ctggtccctg ccatggaaac cagacagagt 1320ctcattaatg gctgccacaa tagagacact gagaaaaaga acaggttgat accttcatga 1380aattcaagac aaagaagaaa aaggctcaat gttattggac taaataatca aaaggataat 1440gttttcataa tttttattgg aaaatgtgct gattcttgga atgttttatt ctccagattt 1500atgaactttt tttcttcagc aattggtaaa gtatactttt gtaaacaaaa attgaaacat 1560ttgcttttgc tctctatctg agtgcccccc c 1591__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . 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woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . 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( f ) zip : 10036 ( v ) computer readable form :( a ) medium type : floppy disk ( b ) computer : ibm pc compatible ( c ) operating system : pc - dos / ms - dos ( d ) software : patentin release # 1 . 0 , version # 1 . 25 ( vi ) current application data :( a ) application number : us 07 / 760 , 031 ( b ) filing date : 13 - nov - 1991 ( c ) classification : unassigned ( viii ) attorney / agent information :( a ) name : vasta jr , vincent j ( b ) registration number : 26 , 655 ( c ) reference / docket number : mdi 242 . 5 - vjv ( ix ) telecommunication information :( a ) telephone : ( 212 ) 391 - 0520 ( b ) telefax : ( 212 ) 382 - 0949 ( c ) telex : 423092 nyp ui ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 368 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : yes ( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : translated polypeptide from cea -( g ) cdna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : met gly his leu ser ala pro leu his arg val arg val pro trp gln1 5 10 15gly leu leu leu thr ala ser leu leu thr phe trp asn pro pro thr 20 25 30thr ala gln leu thr thr glu ser met pro phe asn val ala glu gly 35 40 45lys glu val leu leu leu val his asn leu pro gln gln leu phe gly 50 55 60tyr ser trp tyr lys gly glu arg val asp gly asn arg gln ile val65 70 75 80gly tyr ala ile gly thr gln gln ala thr pro gly pro ala asn ser 85 90 95gly arg glu thr ile tyr pro asn ala ser leu leu ile gln asn val 100 105 110thr gln asn asp thr gly phe tyr thr leu gln val ile lys ser asp 115 120 125leu val asn glu glu ala thr gly gln phe his val tyr pro glu leu 130 135 140pro lys pro ser ile ser ser asn asn ser asn pro val glu asp lys145 150 155 160asp ala val ala phe thr cys glu pro glu thr gln asp thr thr thr 165 170 175leu trp trp ile asn asn gln ser leu pro val ser pro arg leu gln 180 185 190leu ser asn gly asn arg thr leu thr leu leu ser val thr arg asn 195 200 205asp thr gly pro tyr glu cys glu ile gln asn pro val ser ala asn 210 215 220arg ser asp pro val thr leu asn val thr tyr gly pro asp thr pro225 230 235 240thr ile ser pro ser asp thr tyr tyr arg pro gly ala asn leu ser 245 250 255leu ser cys tyr ala ala ser asn pro pro ala gln tyr ser trp leu 260 265 270ile asn gly thr phe gln gln ser thr gln glu leu phe ile pro asn 275 280 285ile thr val asn asn ser gly ser tyr thr cys his ala asn asn ser 290 295 300val thr gly cys asn arg thr thr val lys thr ile ile val thr asp305 310 315 320asn ala leu pro gln glu asn gly leu ser pro gly ala ile ala gly 325 330 335ile val ile gly val val ala leu val ala leu ile ala val ala leu 340 345 350ala cys phe leu his phe gly lys thr gly ser ser gly pro leu gln 355 360 365__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing__________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) general information :( i ) applicant : barnett , thomas r elting , james j kamarck , michael e kretschmer , a w ( ii ) title of invention : cdnas coding for members of thecarcinoembryonic antigen family ( iii ) number of sequences : 1 ( iv ) correspondence address :( a ) addressee : sprung horn kramer & amp ; woods ( b ) street : 1140 avenue of the americas ( c ) city : new york ( d ) state : new york ( e ) country : u . s . a . 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