Nucleic acids encoding secreted polypeptides that stimulate release of proteoglycans from cartilage
US7018837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2799/026
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is directed to secreted and transmembrane polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
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