Polynucleotides encoding mammaglobin, a mammary-specific breast cancer protein
US5668267A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/112
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A purified and isolated DNA sequence and the encoded mammary-specific protein, mammaglobin, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for the detecting breast cancer based upon the overexpression and secretion of mammaglobin by breast cancer cells. The methods detect and/or quantitate the presence of mammaglobin or the mRNA encoding mammaglobin.
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