Inventors:
Joshua Rubin - Webster Groves MO, US
Andrew Kung - Walpole MA, US
Assignee:
National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Gov. - Bethesda MD
International Classification:
G01N 33/574, C07K 16/18, G01N 33/53, G01N 33/566
US Classification:
435 723, 5303879, 5303873, 5303877, 5303913, 435 721, 436501
Abstract:
The present invention provides chemokine receptor antibodies that selectively bind to an activated form of the receptor but not to a non activated form of the receptor. In particular, the current invention provides phospho specific chemokine receptor antibodies. The antibodies can be used in several diagnostic, screening and purification methods.