Nucleotide sequence encoding oligodendrocyte-specific protein

US6150136A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• Research Genetics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeff M. Bronstein · Santa Monica, US
• Robert S. Seitz · Huntsville, US
• Roger L. Lallone · Birmingham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2000
• Expiry date: May 22, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/4713
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A protein consisting essentially of purified oligodendrocyte-specific protein or purified biologically active variants thereof, or a combination of purified oligodendrocyte-specific protein and biologically active variants thereof. A purified and isolated peptide having the sequence Ala-Lys-Tyr-Arg-Arg-Ala-Gln-Leu-Ala-Gly, residues 115-124 of SEQ ID NO:2.