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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
Ramani S. Wonderling, Ivanhoe, IL (US);
John F. Uher, Kenosha, WI (US);
Ramani S. Wonderling, Ivanhoe, IL (US);
John F. Uher, Kenosha, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
An isolated nucleotide sequence or fragment thereof encoding the porcine intrinsic factor, wherein the porcine intrinsic factor comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 85% amino acid sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 6, and SEQ ID NO: 9. The invention also encompasses an isolated nucleic acid sequence or fragment thereof comprising, or complementary to, a nucleotide sequence having at least 85% nucleotide sequence identity to a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 7. The porcine intrinsic factor can be use is an assay to determine the quantity of vitamin Bin a biological sample.