TADG-15: an extracellular serine protease overexpressed in breast and ovarian carcinomas

摘要

The present invention provides a DNA encoding a TADG-15 protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) isolated DNA which encodes a TADG-15 protein; (b) isolated DNA which hybridizes to isolated DNA of (a) above and which encodes a TADG-15 protein; and (c) isolated DNA differing from the isolated DNAs of (a) and (b) above in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a TADG-15 protein. Also provided is a vector capable of expressing the DNA of the present invention adapted for expression in a recombinant cell and regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the cell.