Isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding cancer associated antigen, the antigen itself, and uses thereof

US6274145A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD · GB

Inventors

• Yao-Tseng Chen · New York, US
• Matthew Scanlan · Princeton Junction, US
• Ali Gure · New York, US
• Lloyd J. Old · New York, US
• Elke Jager · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Knuth Alexander · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Jan Wouter Drijfhout · Leiden, NL
• Ozlem Tureci · Homburg, DE
• Ugur Sahin · Mainz, DE
• Michael Pfreundschuh · Homburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K38/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the isolation of a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a cancer associated antigen. Also a part of the invention is the antigen itself, and the uses of the nucleic acid molecule and the antigen, and peptides derived from it.