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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1994
Richard J Epstein, Brookline, MA (US);
Charles D Stiles, Newton, MA (US);
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Activation-state-specific and protein-specific antiphosphoprotein antibodies and methods for their production are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for evaluating the prognosis and therapeutic outcome for patients using the antiphosphoprotein antibodies and methods for characterizing the activation state of a reversibly phosphorylated protein, kits including the antibodies for use in characterizing the activation state of a protein, and methods for evaluating the agonist or antagonist activity of pharmaceutically useful compounds towards the conversion of a specific protein from its inactive to its active state.