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Specific carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins) of mammalian tumor cells

US5225542A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

Friedrich Cramer · Göttingen, DE
Hans-Joachim Gabius · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 1991
Grant date	Jul 6, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N33/574
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins) of mammalian tumor cells and processes for their preparation. These lectins, the corresponding carbohydrates and the corresponding monoclonal antibodies are suitable for rapid, reliable and precise differential diagnosis of tumors and for the product of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of tumors.

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