Antibody with 46 kdalton HMFG antigen binding specificity, immunoassay kit and diagnostic method

摘要

A polypeptide has the antibody binding activity of the 46 Kdalton HMFG differentiation antigen and/or homology to at least one of the light chains of clotting factors V and VIII and is also provided as a fusion protein with a second antigenic polypeptide. An antibody has affinity for the polypeptide of the invention or a functional fragment thereof in vivo and in vitro methods for therapy vaccination and detecting the presence of the polypeptide, the antibody, the DNA and RNA of the invention are provided. DNA and RNA sequences encode the polypeptide of the invention or fragments thereof and immunoassay kits comprise the antibodies and/or polypeptides of the invention.