Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the p27 KIP-1 protein

Abstract

The subject invention provides an isolated protein having an apparent molecular weight of about 27 kD and capable of binding to and inhibiting the activation of a cyclin E-Cdk2 complex. The subject invention further provides a recombinant nucleic acid molecule which encodes the p27 protein of the subject invention, and related vectors and host vector systems. The subject invention further provides a method for producing the p27 protein of the subject invention using the host vector system. The subject invention further provides methods of determining whether an agent is capable of specifically inhibiting or enhancing the ability of p27 protein to inhibit the activation of cyclin E-Cdk2 complex. Finally, this subject invention provides different uses of the isolated protein, the recombinant nucleic acid molecule encoding the isolated protein and the agent capable of inhibiting or enchancing the ability of p27 protein to inhibit the activation of cyclin E-Cdk2 complex.

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