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Nucleic acid fragments encoding portions of the core protein of the human mammary epithelial mucin

US6054438A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1995
Grant dateApr 25, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12Q2600/112
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Nucleic acid fragments are described which can be used as probes for detecting one of the strands of the DNA tandem repeat sequence in the gene encoding the core protein of human polymorphic epithelial mucin, or incorporated into an expression vector to encode a portion of the mucin core protein to be used for immunization purposes.

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