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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L. Vandlen, Millsborough, CA (US);
William E. Holmes, Pacifica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/400 ;
Abstract
Novel polypeptides with binding affinity for the p185 receptor, designated heregulin 2-&agr; and heregulin 2-&bgr;, have been identified and purified from human tissue. The cDNA encoding the novel heregulin 2-&agr; has been isolated from human tissue and sequenced. Provided herein is nucleic acid sequence of the heregulin 2-&agr; useful in the production of heregulin 2-&agr; by recombinant means. Further provided an amino acid sequence of heregulin 2-&agr; and heregulin 2-&bgr;. Heregulins and their antibodies are useful as therapeutic agents and in diagnostic methods.