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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1999
Hongliang Guo, Scarborough, ME (US);
Robert Lawton, Gorham, ME (US);
Brion Mermer, Cumberland, ME (US);
Ashok P. Aiyappa, Falmouth, ME (US);
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of canine IL-5. It also sets forth a recombinant DNA molecule, and conservative variants thereof, comprising the DNA sequence of canine IL-5, and recombinant vectors such as expression vectors, comprising a DNA sequence encoding canine IL-5. Further, the invention sets forth polypeptides produced using a recombinant expression vector containing a canine IL-5 sequence. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a nucleotide sequence that is antisense to a DNA sequence encoding a component of canine IL-5, wherein the component can be the full canine IL-5 protein. Disclosed are a cloning vector comprising a DNA sequence of canine IL-5 cDNA material; a recombinant cell line comprising a DNA sequence of the canine IL-5 cDNA material; a method for producing a polypeptide comprising a step of expressing a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a cloning vector comprising canine IL-5 cDNA material; and a cell that expresses a recombinant polypeptide encoded by a DNA sequence (or conservative variants thereof) that encodes canine IL-5 or components thereof. Furthermore, antibodies that bind to canine IL-5, and mimetopes of IL-5 epitopes are also disclosed.