Inventors:
Mark E. Sobel - Bethesda MD
Lance A. Liotta - Potomac MD
Ulla M. Wewer - Rockville MD
Michael C. Jaye - Arlington VA
William N. Drohan - Springfield VA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health
and Human Services - Washington DC
International Classification:
C12Q 168, C07H 2100, C12N 119, C12N 1185
Abstract:
The invention provides a recombinant cDNA clone encoding cell surface receptor for laminin, as well as a probe and methods of using that probe to diagnose the aggressiveness of a carcinoma or the effectiveness of an agent for treating cancer cells.