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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Serhiy Souchelnytokyi, Uppsala, SE;
Kiyoshi Tamaki, Uppsala, SE;
Ulla Engetrom, Uppsala, SE;
Christer Wernstedt, Uppsala, SE;
Ester Piek, Uppsala, SE;
Peter ton Dijke, Uppsala, SE;
Carl-Henrik Heldin, Uppsala, SE;
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention describes amino acid residues of the Smad2 protein which are important for phosphorylation and activity, and Smad2 polypeptide fragments and biologically functional variants thereof. Included and dominant-negative variants of Smad2 and antibodies relating thereto. Also included are nucleic acids which encode such variants. Antibodies which selectively bind pathway-restricted Smad proteins phosphorylated at the C-terminal tail also are provided. Methods and products for using such nucleic acids and polypeptides also are provided.