cDNA probes and antibodies for human methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase
AssigneeUniversite de Montreal
InventorsJacques Jolivet, Alain Dayan
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cDNA probe for the detection of the mRNA for human methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase, which comprises the nucleic acid sequence as shown in FIG. 6 or any functional analogs thereof wherein the hybridization of the probe and the mRNA for human methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase is substantially preserved. The present invention also relates to a polyclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof for the detection of the mRNA for human methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase, wherein said antibody is raised against a protein segment aa.sup.100-112 H-Phe-Asp-Lys-His-Gly-Asn-Arg-Leu-Gly-Lys-OH of human methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase.
Claims4
A cDNA probe for the detection of a mRNA encoding a for human methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase (MTHFS), which comprises at least one nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:14, and any contiguous sequence of at least twelve nucleotides selected from the MTHFS-encoding region of SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:
- 11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13 and SEQ ID NO:14.
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