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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
May. 31, 1991
Carol A Toth, Sharon, MA (US);
Peter Thomas, Pembroke, MA (US);
Sibusisiwe M Maswoswe, Ashland, MA (US);
Joseph V Briggman, Westford, MA (US);
Applied Biotechnology, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
New England Deacons Hospital Corp., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a protein that specifically binds carcinoembryonic actigen (CEA) in the presence of divalent cation in vitro. This protein has a molecular weight of about 20 kD as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, is glycosylated, and includes the amino acid sequence set forth in the Sequence Listing as SEQ ID NO:4. Also disclosed are antibodies that recognize the CEA binding protein, methods of detecting carcinoma, methods of treating carcinoma, and a kit for screening a patient for carcinoma.