Vip54 protein and related materials
CA 2387188 A1 · Owner: Montecucco, Cesare · Inventors: Montecucco, Cesare; De Bernard, Marina; Rappuoli, Rino
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VIP54" protein was identified by yeast two-hybrid screening using H.pylori VacA as bait. VIP54 is not detected in neurons but is detected in , neuroblastoma cells removed from a tumour. Furthermore VIP54 co-distributes , with vimentin and decorates intermediate filaments with a dotted pattern. The invention provides proteins comprising the amino acid sequence of VIP54 as , well as related peptides, nucleic acid and antibodies. These are useful as diagnostic reagents for neuroblastoma, as markers for intermediate filaments and for the inhibition of the VIP54/VacA interaction.
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- Filed October 11, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 11, 2020.
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