US Patent:
20050277161, Dec 15, 2005
Inventors:
Victor Engelhard - Crozet VA, US
Angela Zarling - Charlottesville VA, US
Donald Hunt - Charlottesville VA, US
Anne Evans - Chapel Hill NC, US
Jeffrey Shabanowitz - Charlottesville VA, US
Joy Polefrone - Charlottesville VA, US
Leann Hopkins - Troy VA, US
International Classification:
G01N033/574
G01N033/00
C07K014/82
US Classification:
435007230, 436086000, 530352000
Abstract:
The present invention describes novel tumor-specific phosphorylated peptides, nucleic acids encoding those peptides, and antibodies generated against said peptides. The genes, peptides, and antibodies described herein may be used as diagnostic indicators of the presence of cancer and/or used in therapeutics to treat cancer.