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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wen-Hwa Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Eva Y -H P. Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530358 ; 530350 ; 530352 ; 530395 ;
Abstract
This invention relates in general to a phosphoprotein product of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene. In particular, this invention relates to a phosphoprotein ppRB.sup.110 primarily located in the cell nucleus which has a DNA binding activity. The invention also relates to the amino acid sequence of the phosphoprotein and to the specific purified anti-retinoblastoma phosphoprotein antibody. The invention further relates to a method of diagnosing retinoblastoma and other retinoblastoma gene involved cancers, treating such kind of cancers and regulating the oncogenicity of other genes.