Inventors:
Nihmat A. Morjana - Pembroke Pines FL
Angela M. Puia - Miami FL
Assignee:
Medical Analysis Systems, Inc. - Camarillo CA
International Classification:
C07K 1300
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an isolated fragment of human cardiac troponin I (TnI) comprising the following sequence
X-A-B-Y
wherein
X comprises any of amino acid residues 1-27 of SEQ ID NO: 2;
A comprises amino acid residues 28-69 of SEQ ID NO: 2;
B comprises amino acid residues 70-90 of SEQ ID NO: 2;
and Y comprises any of amino acid residues 91-170 of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention further relates to fragments of TnI wherein the fragment has a greater immunologic reactivity than intact cTnI when the fragment and intact cTnI are reacted with a monoclonal antibody, which has an epitopic site on the fragment.