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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Michele Sanicola-Nadel, Winchester, MA (US);
Catherine Hession, Hingham, MA (US);
Richard L. Cate, Cohasset, MA (US);
Dane S. Worley, Somerville, MA (US);
Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Nucleotide and amino acid sequences are provided for compounds which promote tissue growth, as well as methods for modulating tissue growth, for imaging tissues and organs, and for treating patients. Isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for Ret ligands are disclosed. Ret ligands encoded by the isolated nucleic acid sequences of the invention have a hydrophobic N-terminal signal sequence, a hydrophobic C-terminal sequence and a phosphatidylinositol glycan linkage motif. Vectors and host cells that include Ret ligands encoded by the isolated nucleic acid sequences of the invention are also disclosed.