Isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide that decreases bone mineral content

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An Isolated Nucleic Acid Molecule Encoding a Polypeptide that Decreases Bone Mineral Content

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates generally to pharmaceutical products and methods and, more specifically, to methods and compositions suitable for increasing the mineral content of bone. Such compositions and methods may be utilized to treat a wide variety of conditions, including for example, osteopenia, osteoporosis, fractures and other disorders in which low bone mineral density are a hallmark of the disease.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Two or three distinct phases of changes to bone mass occur over the life of an individual (see Riggs, West J. Med 154:63-77, 1991). The first phase occurs in both men and women, and proceeds to attainment of a peak bone mass. This first phase is achieved through linear growth of the endochondral growth plates, and radial growth due to a rate of periosteal apposition. The second phase begins around age 30 for trabecular bone (flat bones such as the vertebrae and pelvis) and about age 40 for cortical bone (e.g., long bones found in the limbs) and continues to old age. This phase is characterized by slow bone loss, and occurs in both men and women. In women, a third phase of bone loss also occurs, most likely due to postmenopausal estrogen deficiencies. During this phase alone, women may lose an additional 10% of bone mass from the cortical bone and 25% from the trabecular compartment (see Riggs, supra}.

Loss of bone mineral content can be caused by a wide variety of conditions, and may result in significant medical problems. For example, osteoporosis is a debilitating disease in humans characterized by marked decreases in skeletal bone mass and mineral density, structural deterioration of bone including degradation of bone microarchitecture and corresponding increases in bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture in afflicted individuals. Osteoporosis in humans is preceded by clinical osteopenia (bone mineral density that is greater than one standard deviation but less than 2.5 standard deviations below the mean value for young adult bone), a condition found in approximately 25 million people in the United States. Another 7-8 million patients in the United States have been diagnosed with clinical osteoporosis (defined as bone mineral content greater than 2.5 standard deviations below that of mature young adult bone). Osteoporosis is one of the most expensive diseases for the health care I- WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 system, costing tens of billions of dollars annually in the United States. In addition to health care-related costs, long-term residential care and lost working days add to the financial and social costs of this disease. Worldwide approximately 75 million people are at risk for osteoporosis. 5 The frequency of osteoporosis in the human population increases with age, and among Caucasians is predominant in women (who comprise 80% of the osteoporosis patient pool in the United States). The increased fragility and susceptibility to fracture of skeletal bone in the aged is aggravated by the greater risk of accidental falls in this population. More than 1.5 million osteoporosis-related bone 10 fractures are reported in the United States each year. Fractured hips, wrists, and vertebrae are among the most common injuries associated with osteoporosis. Hip fractures in particular are extremely uncomfortable and expensive for the patient, and for women correlate with high rates of mortality and morbidity.

Although osteoporosis has been defined as an increase in the risk of 15 fracture due to decreased bone mass, none of the presently available treatments for skeletal disorders can substantially increase the bone density of adults. There is a strong perception among all physicians that drugs are needed which could increase bone density in adults, particularly in the bones of the wrist, spinal column and hip that are at risk in osteopenia and osteoporosis. 20 Current strategies for the prevention of osteoporosis may offer some benefit to individuals but cannot ensure resolution of the disease. These strategies include moderating physical activity (particularly in weight-bearing activities) with the onset of advanced age, including adequate calcium in the diet, and avoiding consumption of products containing alcohol or tobacco. For patients presenting with 25 clinical osteopenia or osteoporosis, all current therapeutic drugs and strategies are directed to reducing further loss of bone mass by inhibiting the process of bone absorption, a natural component of the bone remodeling process that occurs constitutively.

For example, estrogen is now being prescribed to retard bone loss. 30 There is, however, some controversy over whether there is any long term benefit to patients and whether there is any effect at all on patients over 75 years old. Moreover, use of estrogen is believed to increase the risk of breast and endometrial cancer.

High doses of dietary calcium, with or without vitamin D has also been suggested for postmenopausal women. However, high doses of calcium can often have 35 unpleasant gastrointestinal side effects, and serum and urinary calcium levels must be continuously monitored (see Khosla and Rigss, Mayo Clin. Proc. 70:978-982, 1995). 210,392/2

Other therapeutics which have been suggested include calcitonin, bisphosphonates, anabolic steroids and sodium fluoride. Such therapeutics however, have undesirable side effects (e.g., calcitonin and steroids may cause nausea and provoke an immune reaction, bisphosphonates and sodium fluoride may inhibit repair of fractures, even though bone density increases modestly) that may prevent their usage (see Khosla and Rigss, supra).

No currently practiced therapeutic strategy involves a drug that stimulates or enhances the growth of new bone mass. The present invention provides compositions and methods which can be utilized to increase bone mineralization, and thus may be utilized to treat a wide variety of conditions where it is desired to increase bone mass. Further, the present invention provides other, related advantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide that modulates bone density. More specifically the present invention provides for an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide sequence selected from one of the following: (a) SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) polynucleotide sequences at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1; (c) polynucleotide sequences that encode a polypeptide at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2; (d) polynucleotide sequences that encode a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2; (e) nucleotides 119-686 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (f) polynucleotide sequences at least 85% identical to nucleotides 119-686 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (g) polynucleotide sequences that encode amino acids 25-213 of SEQ ID NO: 2; or (h) polynucleotide sequences that encode a polypeptide at least 85% identical to amino acids 25-213 of SEQ ID NO: 2; wherein the isolated nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide that decreases bone mineral content.

The present invention also provides for an isolated polypeptide that decreases bone mineral content, wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence selected from one of the following: (a) SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) amino acid sequences at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) amino acid sequences encoded by a polynucleotide sequence at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1; (d) amino acids 25-213 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (e) amino acid sequences at least 85% identical to amino acids 25-213 of SEQ ID NO: 2; or (f) amino acid sequences encoded by a polynucleotide sequence at least 85% identical to nucleotides 119-686 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

The present invention also provides for a vector comprising a nucleic a nucleic acid of the invention. The nucleic acid molecule may be operably linked to a regulatory 210,392/2 3a sequence that controls transcriptional expression. The regulatory sequence may be a tissue-specific promoter. Also provided for is a vector of the invention wherein the vector is a viral vector and may be selected from one of the following: a herpes simplex viral vector, an adenoviral vector, an adeno-associated viral vector or a retroviral vector.

The present invention also provides for a host cell transformed or transfected with a vector of the invention or a nucleic acid of the invention. The nucleic acid molecule may be operably linked to a heterologous regulatory sequence that controls transcriptional expression, wherein said nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide comprising amino acids 25-213 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

The present invention also provides for a composition comprising a nucleic acid molecule of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The present invention also provides for a method of making a polypeptide that decreases bone mineral content comprising (a) culturing the host cell of the invention under conditions and for a time sufficient to produce said polypeptide, and (b) isolating said polypeptide

OTHER RELATED ASPECTS OF THE INVENTION

As noted above, the present invention provides a novel class or family of TGF-beta binding-proteins, as well as assays for selecting compounds which increase bone mineral content and bone mineral density, compounds which increase bone mineral content and bone mineral density and methods for utilizing such compounds in the treatment or prevention of a wide variety of conditions.

Within one aspect of the present invention, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided, wherein said nucleic acid molecules are selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising sequence ID Nos. 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, or, 15, or complementary sequence thereof; (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that specifically hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) under conditions of high stringency; and (c) an isolated nucleic acid that encodes a TGF-beta binding-protein according to (a) or (b). Within related aspects of the present invention, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided based upon hybridization to only a portion of one of the above-identified sequences (e.g., for (a) hybridization may be to a probe of at least 20, 25, 50, or 100 nucleotides selected from nucleotides 156 to 539 or 555 to 687 of Sequence ID No. 1). As should be readily evident, the necessary stringency to be utilized for hybridization may vary based upon the size of the probe. For example, for a 25-mer probe high stringency conditions could include: 60 mM 210,392/2 3b

Tris pH 8.0, 2 mM EDTA, 5x Denhardt's, 6x SSC, 0.1% (w/v) N-laurylsarcosine, 0.5% (w/v) NP-40 (nonidet P-40) overnight at 45 degrees C, followed by two washes with 0.2x SSC I 0.1% SDS at 45-50 degrees. For a 100-mer probe under low stringency conditions, suitable conditions might include the following: 5x SSPE, 5x Denhardt's, and 0.5% SDS 5 overnight at 42-50 degrees, followed by two washes with 2x SSPE (or 2x SSC) |-1

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Within related aspects of the present invention, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided which have homology to Sequence ID Nos. 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15, at a 50%, 60%, 75%, 80%, 90%, 95%, or 98% level of homology utilizing a Wilbur-Lipman algorithm. Representative examples of such isolated molecules include, for example, nucleic acid molecules which encode a protein comprising Sequence ID NOs. 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, or 16, or have homology to these sequences at a level of 50%, 60%, 75%, 80%, 90%, 95%, or 98% level of homology utilizing a Lipman-Pearson algorithm.

Isolated nucleic acid molecules are typically less than lOOkb in size, and, within certain embodiments, less than 50kb, 25kb, lOkb, or even 5kb in size. Further, isolated nucleic acid molecules, within other embodiments, do not exist in a “library” of other unrelated nucleic acid molecules (e.g., a subclone BAC such as described in GenBank Accession No. AC003098 and EMB No. AQ171546). However, isolated nucleic acid molecules can be found in libraries of related molecules (e.g., for shuffling, such as is described in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,837,458; 5,830,721; and 5,811,238). Finally, isolated nucleic acid molecules as described herein do not include nucleic acid molecules which encode Dan, Cerberus, Gremlin, or SCGF (U.S. Patent No. 5,780,263).

Also provided by the present invention are cloning vectors which contain the above-noted nucleic acid molecules, and expression vectors which comprise a promoter (e.g., a regulatory sequence) operably linked to one of the above-noted nucleic acid molecules. Representative examples of suitable promoters include tissue-specific promoters, and viral - based promoters (e.g., CMV-based promoters such as CMV I-E, SV40 early promoter, and MuLV LTR). Expression vectors may also be based upon, or derived from viruses (e.g., a “viral vector”). Representative examples of viral vectors include herpes simplex viral vectors, adenoviral vectors, adenovirus-associated viral vectors and retroviral vectors. Also provided are host cells containing or comprising any of above-noted vectors (including for example, host cells of human, monkey, dog, rat, or mouse origin).

Within other aspects of the present invention, methods of producing TGF-beta binding-proteins are provided, comprising the step of culturing the aforementioned host cell containing vector under conditions and for a time sufficient to produce the TGF-beta binding protein. Within further embodiments, the protein produced by this method may be further purified (e.g., by column chromatography, affinity purification, and the like). Hence, isolated proteins which are encoded by the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 above-noted nucleic acid molecules (e.g., Sequence ID NOs. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, or 16) may be readily produced given the disclosure of the subject application.

It should also be noted that the aforementioned proteins, or fragments thereof, may be produced as fusion proteins. For example, within one aspect fusion proteins are provided comprising a first polypeptide segment comprising a TGF-beta binding-protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule as described above, or a portion thereof of at least 10, 20, 30, 50, or 100 amino acids in length, and a second polypeptide segment comprising a non-TGF-beta binding-protein. Within certain embodiments, the second polypeptide may be a tag suitable for purification or recognition (e.g., a polypeptide comprising multiple anionic amino acid residues - see U.S. Patent No. 4,851,341), a marker (e.g., green fluorescent protein, or alkaline phosphatase), or a toxic molecule (e.g., ricin).

Within another aspect of the present invention, antibodies are provided which are capable of specifically binding the above-described class of TGF-beta binding proteins (e.g., human BEER). Within various embodiments, the antibody may be a polyclonal antibody, or a monoclonal antibody (e.g., of human or murine origin). Within further embodiments, the antibody is a fragment of an antibody which retains the binding characteristics of a whole antibody (e.g., an F(ab’)2, F(ab)2, Fab’, Fab, or Fv fragment, or even a CDR). Also provided are hybridomas and other cells which are capable of producing or expressing the aforementioned antibodies.

Within related aspects of the invention, methods are provided detecting a TGF-beta binding protein, comprising the steps of incubating an antibody as described above under conditions and for a time sufficient to permit said antibody to bind to a TGF-beta binding protein, and detecting the binding. Within various embodiments the antibody may be bound to a solid support to facilitate washing or separation, and/or labeled, (e.g., with a marker selected from the group consisting of enzymes, fluorescent proteins, and radioisotopes).

Within other aspects of the present invention, isolated oligonucleotides are provided which hybridize to a nucleic acid molecule according to Sequence ID NOs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, or 18 or the complement thereto, under conditions of high stringency. Within further embodiments, the oligonucleotide may be found in the sequence which encodes Sequence ID Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, or 16. Within certain embodiments, the oligonucleotide is at least 15, 20, 30, 50, or 100 nucleotides in length. Within further embodiments, the oligonucleotide is labeled with another molecule (e.g., an enzyme, fluorescent molecule, or radioisotope). Also provided are primers which are capable of specifically amplifying all or a portion of the above- WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 mentioned nucleic acid molecules which encode TGF-beta binding-proteins. As utilized herein, the term “specifically amplifying” should be understood to refer to primers which amplify the aforementioned TGF-beta binding-proteins, and not other TGF-beta binding proteins such as Dan, Cerberus, Gremlin, or SCGF (U.S. Patent No. 5 5,780,263).

Within related aspects of the present invention, methods are provided for detecting a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a TGF-beta binding protein, comprising the steps of incubating an oligonucleotide as described above under conditions of high stringency, and detecting hybridization of said oligonucleotide. 10 Within certain embodiments, the oligonucleotide may be labeled and/or bound to a solid support.

Within other aspects of the present invention, ribozymes are provided which are capable of cleaving RNA which encodes one of the above-mentioned TGF-beta binding-proteins (e.g., Sequence ID NOs. 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, or 16). Such 15 ribozymes may be composed of DNA, RNA (including 2’-O-methyl ribonucleic acids), nucleic acid analogs (e.g., nucleic acids having phosphorothioate linkages) or mixtures thereof. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules (e.g., DNA or cDNA) which encode these ribozymes, and vectors which are capable of expressing or producing the ribozymes. Representative examples of vectors include plasmids, retrotransposons, 20 cosmids, and viral-based vectors (e.g, viral vectors generated at least in part from a retrovirus, adenovirus, or, adeno-associated virus). Also provided are host cells (e.g, human, dog, rat, or mouse cells) which contain these vectors. In certain embodiments, the host cell may be stably transformed with the vector.

Within further aspects of the invention, methods are provided for 25 producing ribozymes either synthetically, or by in vitro or in vivo transcription. Within further embodiments, the ribozymes so produced may be further purified and / or formulated into pharmaceutical compositions (e.g., the ribozyme or nucleic acid molecule encoding the ribozyme along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent). Similarly, the antisense oligonucleotides and antibodies or other selected 30 molecules described herein may be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions.

Within other aspects of the present invention, antisense oligonucleotides are provided comprising a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule according to Sequence ID NOs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15, or the complement thereto, and wherein said oligonucleotide inhibits the expression of TGF-beta binding 35 protein as described herein (e.g., human BEER). Within various embodiments, the oligonucleotide is 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, or 50 nucleotides in length. Preferably, the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 oligonucleotide is less than 100, 75, or 60 nucleotides in length. As should be readily evident, the oligonucleotide may be comprised of one or more nucleic acid analogs, ribonucleic acids, or deoxyribonucleic acids. Further, the oligonucleotide may be modified by one or more linkages, including for example, covalent linkage such as a phosphorothioate linkage, a phosphotriester linkage, a methyl phosphonate linkage, a methylene(methylimino) linkage, a morpholino linkage, an amide linkage, a polyamide linkage, a short chain alkyl intersugar linkage, a cycloalkyl intersugar linkage, a short chain heteroatomic intersugar linkage and a heterocyclic intersugar linkage. One representative example of a chimeric oligonucleotide is provied in U.S. Patent No. 5,989,912.

Within yet another aspect of the present invention, methods are provided for increasing bone mineralization, comprising introducing into a warm-blooded animal an effective amount of the ribozyme as described above. Within related aspects, such methods comprise the step of introducing into a patient an effective amount of the nucleic acid molecule or vector as described herein which is capable of producing the desired ribozyme, under conditions favoring transcription of the nucleic acid molecule to produce the ribozyme.

Within other aspects of the invention transgenic, non-human animals are provided. Within one embodiment a transgenic animal is provided whose germ cells and somatic cells contain a nucleic acid molecule encoding a TGF-beta binding-protein as described above which is operably linked to a promoter effective for the expression of the gene, the gene being introduced into the animal, or an ancestor of the animal, at an embryonic stage, with the proviso that said animal is not a human. Within other embodiments, transgenic knockout animals are provided, comprising an animal whose germ cells and somatic cells comprise a disruption of at least one allele of an endogenous nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a TGF-binding protein as described herein, wherein the disruption prevents transcription of messenger RNA from said allele as compared to an animal without the disruption, with the proviso that the animal is not a human. Within various embodiments, the disruption is a nucleic acid deletion, substitution, or, insertion. Within other embodiments the transgenic animal is a mouse, rat, sheep, pig, or dog.

Within further aspects of the invention, kits are provided for the detection of TGF-beta binding-protein gene expression, comprising a container that comprises a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is selected from the group consisting of (a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 complement of the nucleotide sequence of (a); (c) a nucleic acid molecule that is a fragment of (a) or (b) of at least 15, 20 30, 50, 75, or, 100 nucleotides in length. Also provided are kits for the detection of a TGF-beta binding-protein which comprise a container that comprise one of the TGF-beta binding protein antibodies described herein.

For example, within one aspect of the present invention methods are provided for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the steps of (a) mixing one or more candidate molecules with TGF-beta-binding-protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1 and a selected member of the TGF-beta family of proteins (e.g., BMP 5 or 6), (b) determining whether the candidate molecule alters the signaling of the TGF-beta family member, or alters the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta family member. Within certain embodiments, the molecule alters the ability of TGF-beta to function as a positive regulator of mesenchymal cell differentiation. Within this aspect of the present invention, the candidate molecule(s) may alter signaling or binding by, for example, either decreasing (e.g., inhibiting), or increasing (e.g., enhancing) signaling or binding.

Within yet another aspect, methods are provided for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the step of determining whether a selected molecule inhibits the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to bone, or an analogue thereof. Representative examples of bone or analogues thereof include hydroxyapatite and primary human bone samples obtained via biopsy.

Within certain embodiments of the above-recited methods, the selected molecule is contained within a mixture of molecules and the methods may further comprise the step of isolating one or more molecules which are functional within the assay. Within yet other embodiments, TGF-beta family of proteins is bound to a solid support and the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein is measured or TGF-beta binding-protein are bound to a solid support and the binding of TGF-beta proteins are measured.

Utilizing methods such as those described above, a wide variety of molecules may be assayed for their ability to increase bone mineral content by inhibiting the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta family of proteins. Representative examples of such molecules include proteins or peptides, organic molecules, and nucleic acid molecules.

Within other related aspects of the invention, methods are provided for increasing bone mineral content in a warm-blooded animal, comprising the step of WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 administering to a warm-blooded animal a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule identified from the assays recited herein. Within another aspect, methods are provided for increasing bone mineral content in a warm-blooded animal, comprising the step of administering to a warm-blooded animal a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule which inhibits the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta super-family of proteins, including bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs). Representative examples of suitable molecules include antisense molecules, ribozymes, ribozyme genes, and antibodies (e.g., a humanized antibody) which specifically recognize and alter the activity of the TGF-beta binding-protein.

Within another aspect of the present invention, methods are provided for increasing bone mineral content in a warm-blooded animal, comprising the steps of (a) introducing into cells which home to the bone a vector which directs the expression of a molecule which inhibits the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta family of proteins and bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs), and (b) administering the vector-containing cells to a warm-blooded animal. As utilized herein, it should be understood that cells “home to bone” if they localize within the bone matrix after peripheral administration. Within one embodiment, such methods further comprise, prior to the step of introducing, isolating cells from the marrow of bone which home to the bone. Within a further embodiment, the cells which home to bone are selected from the group consisting of CD34+ cells and osteoblasts.

Within other aspects of the present invention, molecules are provided (preferably isolated) which inhibit the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta super-family of proteins.

Within further embodiments, the molecules may be provided as a composition, and can further comprise an inhibitor of bone resorption. Representative examples of such inhibitors include calcitonin, estrogen, a bisphosphonate, a growth factor having anti-resorptive activity and tamoxifen.

Representative examples of molecules which may be utilized in the afore-mentioned therapeutic contexts include, e.g., ribozymes, ribozyme genes, antisense molecules, and/or antibodies (e.g., humanized antibodies). Such molecules may depending upon their selection, used to alter, antagonize, or agonize the signalling or binding of a TGF-beta binding-protein family member as described herein

Within various embodiments of the invention, the above-described molecules and methods of treatment or prevention may be utilized on conditions such as osteoporosis, osteomalasia, periodontal disease, scurvy, Cushing’s Disease, bone fracture and conditions due to limb immobilization and steroid usage. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 10

These and other aspects of the present invention will become evident upon reference to the following detailed description and attached drawings. In addition, various references are set forth herein which describe in more detail certain procedures or compositions (e.g., plasmids, etc.), and are therefore incorporated by reference in their entirety.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a schematic, illustration comparing the amino acid sequence of Human Dan; Human Gremlin; Human Cerberus and Human Beer. Arrows indicate the Cysteine backbone.

Figure 2 summarizes the results obtained from surveying a variety of human tissues for the expression of a TGF-beta binding-protein gene, specifically, the Human Beer gene. A semi-quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) procedure was used to amplify a portion of the gene from first-strand cDNA synthesized from total RNA (described in more detail in EXAMPLE 2A).

Figure 3 summarizes the results obtained from RNA in situ hybridization of mouse embryo sections, using a cRNA probe that is complementary to the mouse Beer transcript (described in more detail in EXAMPLE 2B). Panel A is a transverse section of 10.5 dpc embryo. Panel B is a sagittal section of 12.5 dpc embryo and panels C and D are sagittal sections of 15.5 dpc embryos.

Figure 4 illustrates, by western blot analysis, the specificity of three different polyclonal antibodies for their respective antigens (described in more detail in EXAMPLE 4). Figure 4A shows specific reactivity of an anti-H. Beer antibody for H. Beer antigen, but not H. Dan or H. Gremlin. Figure 4B shows reactivity of an anti-H. Gremlin antibody for H. Gremlin antigen, but not H. Beer or H. Dan. Figure 4C shows reactivity of an anti-H. Dan antibody for H. Dan, but not H. Beer or H. Gremlin.

Figure 5 illustrates, by western blot analysis, the selectivity of the TGF-beta binding-protein, Beer, for BMP-5 and BMP-6, but not BMP-4 (described in more detail in EXAMPLE 5).

Figure 6 demonstrates that the ionic interaction between the TGF-beta binding-protein, Beer, and BMP-5 has a dissociation constant in the 15-30 nM range. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 11

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Definitions

Prior to setting forth the invention in detail, it may be helpful to an understanding thereof to set forth definitions of certain terms and to list and to define the abbreviations that will be used hereinafter. “Molecule" should be understood to include proteins or peptides (e.g., antibodies, recombinant binding partners, peptides with a desired binding affinity), nucleic acids (e.g., DNA, RNA, chimeric nucleic acid molecules, and nucleic acid analogues such as PNA); and organic or inorganic compounds. “TGF-beta" should be understood to include any known or novel member of the TGF-beta super-family, which also includes bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs). “TGF-beta receptor” should be understood to refer to the receptor specific for a particular member of the TGF-beta super-family (including bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs)). “TGF-beta binding-protein” should be understood to refer to a protein with specific binding affinity for a particular member or subset of members of the TGF-beta super-family (including bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs)). Specific examples of TGF-beta binding-proteins include proteins encoded by Sequence ID Nos. 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15.

Inhibiting the “binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta family of proteins and bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs)” should be understood to refer to molecules which allow the activation of TGF-beta or bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs), or allow the binding of TGF-beta family members including bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) to their respective receptors, by removing or preventing TGF-beta from binding to TGF-binding-protein. Such inhibition may be accomplished, for example, by molecules which inhibit the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to specific members of theTGF-beta super-family. “Vector” refers to an assembly which is capable of directing the expression of desired protein. The vector must include transcriptional promoter elements which are operably linked to the gene(s) of interest. The vector may be composed of either deoxyribonucleic acids (“DNA”), ribonucleic acids (“RNA”), or a combination of the two (e.g., a DNA-RNA chimeric). Optionally, the vector may include a polyadenylation sequence, one or more restriction sites, as well as one or more selectable markers such as neomycin phosphotransferase or hygromycin phosphotransferase. Additionally, depending on the host cell chosen and the vector WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 12 employed, other genetic elements such as an origin of replication, additional nucleic acid restriction sites, enhancers, sequences conferring inducibility of transcription, and selectable markers, may also be incorporated into the vectors described herein.

An “isolated nucleic acid molecule” is a nucleic acid molecule that is not integrated in the genomic DNA of an organism. For example, a DNA molecule that encodes a TGF-binding protein that has been separated from the genomic DNA of a eukaryotic cell is an isolated DNA molecule. Another example of an isolated nucleic acid molecule is a chemically-synthesized nucleic acid molecule that is not integrated in the genome of an organism. The isolated nucleic acid molecule may be genomic DNA, cDNA, RNA, or composed at least in part of nucleic acid analogs.

An “isolated polypeptide” is a polypeptide that is essentially free from contaminating cellular components, such as carbohydrate, lipid, or other proteinaceous impurities associated with the polypeptide in nature. Within certain embodiments, a particular protein preparation contains an isolated polypeptide if it appears nominally as a single band on SDS-PAGE gel with Coomassie Blue staining. “Isolated” when referring to organic molecules means that the compounds are greater than 90 percent pure utilizing methods which are well known in the art (e.g., NMR, melting point). “Sclerosteosis” Sclerosteosis is a term that was applied by Hansen (1967) (Hansen, H. G., Sklerosteose.ln: Opitz, H.; Schmid, F., Handbuch der Kinderheilkunde. Berlin: Springer (pub.) 6 1967. Pp. 351-355) to a disorder similar to van Buchem hyperostosis corticalis generalisata but possibly differing in radiologic appearance of the bone changes and in the presence of asymmetric cutaneous syndactyly of the index and middle fingers in many cases. The jaw has an unusually square appearance in this condition. “Humanized antibodies” are recombinant proteins in which murine complementary determining regions of monoclonal antibodies have been transferred from heavy and light variable chains of the murine immunoglobulin into a human variable domain.

As used herein, an “antibody fragment” is a portion of an antibody such as F(ab’)2, F(ab)2, Fab’, Fab, and the like. Regardless of structure, an antibody fragment binds with the same antigen that is recognized by the intact antibody. For example, an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein monoclonal antibody fragment binds with an epitope of TGF-beta binding-protein.

The term “antibody fragment” also includes any synthetic or genetically engineered protein that acts like an antibody by binding to a specific antigen to form a complex. For example, antibody fragments include isolated fragments consisting of the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 13 light chain variable region, “Fv” fragments consisting of the variable regions of the heavy and light chains, recombinant single chain polypeptide molecules in which light and heavy variable regions are connected by a peptide linker (“sFv proteins”), and minimal recognition units consisting of the amino acid residues that mimic the hypervariable region. A “detectable label” is a molecule or atom which can be conjugated to an antibody moiety to produce a molecule useful for diagnosis. Examples of detectable labels include chelators, photoactive agents, radioisotopes, fluorescent agents, paramagnetic ions, enzymes, and other marker moieties.

As used herein, an “immunoconjugate” is a molecule comprising an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibody, or an antibody fragment, and a detectable label. An immunoconjugate has roughly the same, or only slightly reduced, ability to bind TGF-beta binding-protein after conjugation as before conjugation.

Abbreviations. TGF-beta - “Transforming Growth Factor-beta”; TGF-bBP - “Transforming Growth Factor-beta binding-protein” (one representative TGF-bBP is designated “H. Beer”); BMP - “bone morphogenic protein”; PCR -“polymerase chain reaction”; RT-PCR - PCR process in which RNA is first transcribed into DNA at the first step using reverse transcriptase (RT); cDNA - any DNA made by copying an RNA sequence into DNA form.

As noted above, the present invention provides a novel class of TGF-beta binding-proteins, as well as methods and compositions for increasing bone mineral content in warm-blooded animals. Briefly, the present inventions are based upon the unexpected discovery that a mutation in the gene which encodes a novel member of the TGF-beta binding-protein family results in a rare condition (sclerosteosis) characterized by bone mineral contents which are one- to four-fold higher than in normal individuals. Thus, as discussed in more detail below this discovery has led to the development of assays which may be utilized to select molecules which inhibit the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta family of proteins and bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs), and methods of utilizing such molecules for increasing the bone mineral content of warm-blooded animals (including for example, humans).

Discussion of the Disease Known as Sclerosteosis

Sclerosteosis is a term that was applied by Hansen (1967) (Hansen, H. G., Sklerosteose.In: Opitz, H.; Schmid, F., Handbuch der Kinderheilkunde. Berlin: Springer (pub.) 6 1967. Pp. 351-355) to a disorder similar to van Buchem hyperostosis WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 14 corticalis generalisata but possibly differing in radiologic appearance of the bone changes and in the presence of asymmetric cutaneous syndactyly of the index and middle fingers in many cases.

Sclerosteosis is now known to be an autosomal semi-dominant disorder which is characterized by widely disseminated sclerotic lesions of the bone in the adult. The condition is progressive. Sclerosteosis also has a developmental aspect which is associated with syndactyly (two or more fingers are fused together). The Sclerosteosis Syndrome is associated with large stature and many affected individuals attain a height of six feet or more. The bone mineral content of homozygotes can be 1 to 6 fold over normal individuals and bone mineral density can be 1 to 4 fold above normal values (e.g., from unaffected siblings).

The Sclerosteosis Syndrome occurs primarily in Afrikaaners of Dutch descent in South Africa. Approximately 1/140 individuals in the Afrikaaner population are carriers of the mutated gene (heterozygotes). The mutation shows 100% penetrance. There are anecdotal reports of increased of bone mineral density in heterozygotes with no associated pathologies (syndactyly or skull overgrowth).

It appears at the present time that there is no abnormality of the pituitary-hypothalamus axis in Sclerosteosis. In particular, there appears to be no overproduction of growth hormone and cortisone. In addition, sex hormone levels are normal in affected individuals. However, bone turnover markers (osteoblast specific alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, type 1 procollagen C’ propeptide (PICP), and total alkaline phosphatase; (see Cornier, C., Curr. Opin. in Rheu. 7:243, 1995) indicate that there is hyperosteoblastic activity associated with the disease but that there is normal to slightly decreased osteoclast activity as measured by markers of bone resorption (pyridinoline, deoxypryridinoline, N-telopeptide, urinary hydroxyproline, plasma tartrate-resistant acid phosphatases and galactosyl hydroxylysine (see Cornier, supra)}.

Sclerosteosis is characterized by the continual deposition of bone throughout the skeleton during the lifetime of the affected individuals. In homozygotes the continual deposition of bone mineral leads to an overgrowth of bone in areas of the skeleton where there is an absence of mechanoreceptors (skull, jaw, cranium). In homozygotes with Sclerosteosis, the overgrowth of the bones of the skull leads to cranial compression and eventually to death due to excessive hydrostatic pressure on the brain stem. In all other parts of the skeleton there is a generalized and diffuse sclerosis. Cortical areas of the long bones are greatly thickened resulting in a substantial increase in bone strength. Trabecular connections are increased in thickness WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 15 which in turn increases the strength of the trabecular bone. Sclerotic bones appear unusually opaque to x-rays.

As described in more detail in Example 1, the rare genetic mutation that is responsible for the Sclerosteosis syndrome has been localized to the region of human chromosome 17 that encodes a novel member of the TGF-beta binding-protein family (one representative example of which is designated “H. Beer”). As described in more detail below, based upon this discovery, the mechanism of bone mineralization is more fully understood, allowing the development of assays for molecules which increase bone mineralization, and use of such molecules to increase bone mineral content, and in the treatment or prevention of a wide number of diseases. TGF-beta Super-family

The Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-beta) super-family contains a variety of growth factors that share common sequence elements and structural motifs (at both the secondary and tertiary levels). This protein family is known to exert a wide spectrum of biological responses on a large variety of cell types. Many of them have important functions during the embryonal development in pattern formation and tissue specification; in adults they are involved, e.g., in wound healing and bone repair and bone remodeling, and in the modulation of the immune system. In addition to the three TGF-beta’s, the super-family includes the Bone Morphogenic Proteins (BMPs), Activins, Inhibins, Growth and Differentiation Factors (GDFs), and Glial-Derived Neurotrophic Factors (GDNFs). Primary classification is established through general sequence features that bin a specific protein into a general sub-family. Additional stratification within the sub-family is possible due to stricter sequence conservation between members of the smaller group. In certain instances, such as with BMP-5, BMP-6 and BMP-7, this can be as high as 75 percent amino acid homology between members of the smaller group. This level of identity enables a single representative sequence to illustrate the key biochemical elements of the sub-group that separates it from other members of the larger family. TGF-beta signals by inducing the formation of hetero-oligomeric complexes of type I and type II receptors. The crystal structure of TGF-beta2 has been determined. The general fold of the TGF-beta2 monomer contains a stable, compact, cysteine knotlike structure formed by three disulphide bridges. Dimerization, stabilized by one disulphide bridge, is antiparallel. TGF-beta family members initiate their cellular action by binding to receptors with intrinsic serine/threonine kinase activity. This receptor family consists WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 16 of two subfamilies, denoted type 1 and type II receptors. Each member of the TGF-beta family binds to a characteristic combination of type I and type II receptors, both of which are needed for signaling. In the current model for TGF-beta receptor activation, TGF-beta first binds to the type II receptor (TbR-II), which occurs in the cell 5 membrane in an oligomeric form with activated kinase. Thereafter, the type I receptor (TbR-I), which can not bind ligand in the absence of TbR-II, is recruited into the complex. TbR-II then phosphorylates TbR-I predominantly in a domain rich in glycine and serine residues (GS domain) in the juxtamembrane region, and thereby activates TbR-I. 10 Thus far seven type I receptors and five type II receptors have been identified.

Bone Morphogenic Proteins (BMPs) are Key Regulatory Proteins in

Determining Bone Mineral Density in Humans A major advance in the understanding of bone formation was the 15 identification of the bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs), also known as osteogenic proteins (OPs), which regulate cartilage and bone differentiation in vivo. BMPs/OPs induce endochondral bone differentiation through a cascade of events which include formation of cartilage, hypertrophy and calcification of the cartilage, vascular invasion, differentiation of osteoblasts, and formation of bone. As described above, the 20 BMPs/OPs (BMP 2-14, and osteogenic protein 1 and -2, OP-1 and OP-2) are members of the TGF-beta super-family. The striking evolutionary conservation between members the BMP/OP sub-family suggests that they are critical in the normal development and function of animals. Moreover, the presence of multiple forms of BMPs/OPs raises an important question about the biological relevance of this apparent 25 redundancy. In addition to postfetal chondrogenesis and osteogenesis, the BMPs/OPs play multiple roles in skeletogenesis (including the development of craniofacial and dental tissues) and in embryonic development and organogenesis of parenchymatous organs, including the kidney. It is now understood that nature relies on common (and few) molecular mechanisms tailored to provide the emergence of specialized tissues 30 and organs. The BMP/OP super-family is an elegant example of nature parsimony in programming multiple specialized functions deploying molecular isoforms with minor variation in amino acid motifs within highly conserved carboxy-terminal regions. BMP Antagonism

The BMP and Activin sub-families are subject to significant post- WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 17 translational regulation. An intricate extracellular control system exists, whereby a high affinity antagonist is synthesized and exported, and subsequently complexes selectively with BMPs or activins to disrupt their biological activity (W.C. Smith (1999) TIG 75(1) 3-6). A number of these natural antagonists have been identified, and based on sequence divergence appear to have evolved independently due to the lack of primary sequence conservation. There has been no structural work to date on this class of proteins. Studies of these antagonists has highlighted a distinct preference for interacting and neutralizing BMP-2 and BMP-4. Furthermore, the mechanism of inhibition seems to differ for the different antagonists (S. lemura et al. (1998) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95 9337-9342).

Novel TGF-beta Binding-proteins 1. Background re: TGF-beta binding-proteins

As noted above, the present invention provides a novel class of TGF-beta binding-proteins that possess a nearly identical cysteine (disulfide) scaffold when compared to Human DAN, Human Gremlin, and Human Cerberus, and SCGF (U.S. Patent No. 5,780,263) but almost no homology at the nucleotide level (for background information, see generally Hsu, D.R., Economides, A N., Wang, X., Eimon, P.M., Harland, R.M., “The Xenopus Dorsalizing Factor Gremlin Identifies a Novel Family of Secreted Proteins that Antagonize BMP Activities,” Molecular Cell 7:673-683, 1998).

One representative example of the novel class of TGF-beta binding-proteins is disclosed in Sequence ID Nos. 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, and 15. Representative members of this class of binding proteins should also be understood to include variants of the TGF-beta binding-protein (e.g., Sequence ID Nos. 5 and 7). As utilized herein, a “TGF-beta binding-protein variant gene” refers to nucleic acid molecules that encode a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is a modification of SEQ ID Nos: 2, 10, 12, 14 or 16. Such variants include naturally-occurring polymorphisms or allelic variants of TGF-beta binding-protein genes, as well as synthetic genes that contain conservative amino acid substitutions of these amino acid sequences. Additional variant forms of a TGF-beta binding-protein gene are nucleic acid molecules that contain insertions or deletions of the nucleotide sequences described herein. TGF-beta binding-protein variant genes can be identified by determining whether the genes hybridize with a nucleic acid molecule having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID Nos: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, or 15 under stringent conditions. In addition, TGF-beta binding-protein variant genes should encode a protein having a cysteine backbone. WO 00/32773 PCT/LS99/27990

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As an alternative, TGF-beta binding-protein variant genes can be identified by sequence comparison. As used herein, two amino acid sequences have “100% amino acid sequence identity” if the amino acid residues of the two amino acid sequences are the same when aligned for maximal correspondence. Similarly, two nucleotide sequences have “100% nucleotide sequence identity” if the nucleotide residues of the two nucleotide sequences are the same when aligned for maximal correspondence. Sequence comparisons can be performed using standard software programs such as those included in the LASERGENE bioinformatics computing suite, which is produced by DNASTAR (Madison, Wisconsin). Other methods for comparing two nucleotide or amino acid sequences by determining optimal alignment are well-known to those of skill in the art (see, for example, Peruski and Peruski, The Internet and the New Biology: Tools for Genomic and Molecular Research (ASM Press, Inc. 1997), Wu et al. (eds.), “Information Superhighway and Computer Databases of Nucleic Acids and Proteins,” in Methods in Gene Biotechnology, pages 123-151 (CRC Press, Inc. 1997), and Bishop (ed), Guide to Human Genome Computing, 2nd Edition (Academic Press, Inc. 1998)). A variant TGF-beta binding-protein should have at least a 50% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NOs: 2, 6, 10, 12, 14 or 16 and preferably, greater than 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% identity. Alternatively, TGF-beta binding-protein variants can be identified by having at least a 70% nucleotide sequence identity to SEQ ID NOs: 1, 5, 9, 11, 13 or 15. Moreover, the present invention contemplates TGF-beta binding-protein gene variants having greater than 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1. Regardless of the particular method used to identify a TGF-beta binding-protein variant gene or variant TGF-beta binding-protein, a variant TGF-beta binding-protein or a polypeptide encoded by a variant TGF-beta binding-protein gene can be functionally characterized by, for example, its ability to bind to and/or inhibit the signaling of a selected member of the TGF-beta family of proteins, or by its ability to bind specifically to an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibody.

The present invention includes functional fragments of TGF-beta binding-protein genes. Within the context of this invention, a “functional fragment” of a TGF-beta binding-protein gene refers to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a portion of a TGF-beta binding-protein polypeptide which either (1) possesses the above-noted function activity, or (2) specifically binds with an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibody. For example, a functional fragment of a TGF-beta binding-protein gene described herein comprises a portion of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID Nos: WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 19 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, or 15. 2. Isolation of the TGF-beta binding-protein gene DNA molecules encoding a binding-protein gene can be obtained by screening a human cDNA or genomic library using polynucleotide probes based upon, for example, SEQ ID NO: 1.

For example, the first step in the preparation of a cDNA library is to isolate RNA using methods well-known to those of skill in the art. In general, RNA isolation techniques must provide a method for breaking cells, a means of inhibiting RNase-directed degradation of RNA, and a method of separating RNA from DNA, protein, and polysaccharide contaminants. For example, total RNA can be isolated by freezing tissue in liquid nitrogen, grinding the frozen tissue with a mortar and pestle to lyse the cells, extracting the ground tissue with a solution of phenol/chloroform to remove proteins, and separating RNA from the remaining impurities by selective precipitation with lithium chloride (see, for example, Ausubel et al. (eds.), Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 3rd Edition, pages 4-1 to 4-6 (John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons 1995) [“Ausubel (1995)”]; Wu et al., Methods in Gene Biotechnology, pages 33-41 (CRC Press, Inc. 1997) [“Wu (1997)”]).

Alternatively, total RNA can be isolated by extracting ground tissue with guanidinium isothiocyanate, extracting with organic solvents, and separating RNA from contaminants using differential centrifugation (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 4-1 to 4-6; Wu (1997) at pages 33-41).

In order to construct a cDNA library, poly(A)+ RNA must be isolated from a total RNA preparation. Poly(A)+ RNA can be isolated from total RNA by using the standard technique of oligo(dT)-cellulose chromatography (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 4-11 to 4-12).

Double-stranded cDNA molecules are synthesized from poly(A)T RNA using techniques well-known to those in the art. (see, for example, Wu (1997) at pages 41-46). Moreover, commercially available kits can be used to synthesize double-stranded cDNA molecules. For example, such kits are available from Life Technologies, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland), CLONTECH Laboratories, Inc. (Palo Alto, California), Promega Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) and Stratagene Cloning Systems (La Jolla, California).

The basic approach for obtaining TGF-beta binding-protein cDNA clones can be modified by constructing a subtracted cDNA library which is enriched in TGF-binding-protein-specific cDNA molecules. Techniques for constructing subtracted libraries are well-known to those of skill in the art (see, for example, Sargent, “Isolation of WO 00/32773 PCT/VS99/27990 20

Differentially Expressed Genes,” in Meth. Enzymol. J52A23, 1987, and Wu et al. (eds.), “Construction and Screening of Subtracted and Complete Expression cDNA Libraries,” in Methods in Gene Biotechnology, pages 29-65 (CRC Press, Inc. 1997)).

Various cloning vectors are appropriate for the construction of a cDNA library. For example, a cDNA library can be prepared in a vector derived from bacteriophage, such as a XgtlO vector (see, for example, Huynh et al., “Constructing and Screening cDNA Libraries in λgtlO and λ§ΐ! 1,” in DNA Cloning: A Practical Approach Vol. I, Glover (ed.), page 49 (IRL Press, 1985); Wu (1997) at pages 47-52).

Alternatively, double-stranded cDNA molecules can be inserted into a plasmid vector, such as a pBluescript vector (Stratagene Cloning Systems; La Jolla, California), a LambdaGEM-4 (Promega Corp.; Madison, Wisconsin) or other commercially available vectors. Suitable cloning vectors also can be obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, Maryland).

In order to amplify the cloned cDNA molecules, the cDNA library is inserted into a prokaryotic host, using standard techniques. For example, a cDNA library can be introduced into competent £. coli DH5 cells, which can be obtained from Life Technologies, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland). A human genomic DNA library can be prepared by means well-known in the art (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 5-1 to 5-6; Wu (1997) at pages 307-327). Genomic DNA can be isolated by lysing tissue with the detergent Sarkosyl, digesting the lysate with proteinase K, clearing insoluble debris from the lysate by centrifugation, precipitating nucleic acid from the lysate using isopropanol, and purifying resuspended DNA on a cesium chloride density gradient. DNA fragments that are suitable for the production of a genomic library can be obtained by the random shearing of genomic DNA or by the partial digestion of genomic DNA with restriction endonucleases. Genomic DNA fragments can be inserted into a vector, such as a bacteriophage or cosmid vector, in accordance with conventional techniques, such as the use of restriction enzyme digestion to provide appropriate termini, the use of alkaline phosphatase treatment to avoid undesirable joining of DNA molecules, and ligation with appropriate ligases. Techniques for such manipulation are well-known in the art (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 5-1 to 5-6; Wu (1997) at pages 307-327).

Nucleic acid molecules that encode a TGF-beta binding-protein gene can also be obtained using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with oligonucleotide primers having nucleotide sequences that are based upon the nucleotide sequences of the human TGF-beta binding-protein gene, as described herein. General methods for screening libraries with PCR are provided by, for example, Yu et al., “Use of the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 21

Polymerase Chain Reaction to Screen Phage Libraries,” in Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 15: PCR Protocols: Current Methods and Applications, White (ed), pages 211-215 (Humana Press, Inc. 1993). Moreover, techniques for using PCR to isolate related genes are described by, for example, Preston, “Use of Degenerate Oligonucleotide Primers and the Polymerase Chain Reaction to Clone Gene Family Members,” in Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 15: PCR Protocols: Current Methods and Applications, White (ed.), pages 317-337 (Humana Press, Inc. 1993).

Alternatively, human genomic libraries can be obtained from commercial sources such as Research Genetics (Huntsville, AL) and the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, Maryland). A library containing cDNA or genomic clones can be screened with one or more polynucleotide probes based upon SEQ ED NO:1, using standard methods (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 6-1 to 6-11).

Anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibodies, produced as described below, can also be used to isolate DNA sequences that encode TGF-beta binding-protein genes from cDNA libraries. For example, the antibodies can be used to screen Xgtll expression libraries, or the antibodies can be used for immunoscreening following hybrid selection and translation (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 6-12 to 6-16; Margolis et al., “Screening λ expression libraries with antibody and protein probes,” in DNA Cloning 2: Expression Systems, 2nd Edition, Glover et al. (eds.), pages 1-14 (Oxford University Press 1995)).

The sequence of a TGF-beta binding-protein cDNA or TGF-beta binding-protein genomic fragment can be determined using standard methods. Moreover, the identification of genomic fragments containing a TGF-beta binding-protein promoter or regulatory element can be achieved using well-established techniques, such as deletion analysis (see, generally, Ausubel (1995)).

As an alternative, a TGF-beta binding-protein gene can be obtained by synthesizing DNA molecules using mutually priming long oligonucleotides and the nucleotide sequences described herein (see, for example, Ausubel (1995) at pages 8-8 to 8-9). Established techniques using the polymerase chain reaction provide the ability to synthesize DNA molecules at least two kilobases in length (Adang et ah, Plant Molec. Biol. 27:1131, 1993; Bambot et ah, PCR Methods and Applications 2:266, 1993; Dillon et ah, “Use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Rapid Construction of Synthetic Genes,” in Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 15: PCR Protocols: Current Methods and Applications, White (ed.), pages 263-268, (Humana Press, Inc. 1993); Holowachuk et ah, PCR Methods Appl. -7:299, 1995). WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 22 3. Production of TGF-beta binding-protein genes

Nucleic acid molecules encoding variant TGF-beta binding-protein genes can be obtained by screening various cDNA or genomic libraries with polynucleotide probes having nucleotide sequences based upon SEQ ID NO:1, 5, 9, 11, 13, or 15, using procedures described above. TGF-beta binding-protein gene variants can also be constructed synthetically. For example, a nucleic acid molecule can be devised that encodes a polypeptide having a conservative amino acid change, compared with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs. 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, or 16. That is, variants can be obtained that contain one or more amino acid substitutions of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16, in which an alkyl amino acid is substituted for an alkyl amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence, an aromatic amino acid is substituted for an aromatic amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence, a sulfur-containing amino acid is substituted for a sulfur-containing amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence, a hydroxy-containing amino acid is substituted for a hydroxy-containing amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence, an acidic amino acid is substituted for an acidic amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence, a basic amino acid is substituted for a basic amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence, or a dibasic monocarboxylic amino acid is substituted for a dibasic monocarboxylic amino acid in a TGF-beta binding-protein amino acid sequence.

Among the common amino acids, for example, a “conservative amino acid substitution” is illustrated by a substitution among amino acids within each of the following groups: (1) glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine, (2) phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan, (3) serine and threonine, (4) aspartate and glutamate, (5) glutamine and asparagine, and (6) lysine, arginine and histidine. In making such substitutions, it is important to, where possible, maintain the cysteine backbone outlined in Figure 1.

Conservative amino acid changes in a TGF-beta binding-protein gene can be introduced by substituting nucleotides for the nucleotides recited in SEQ ID NO:1. Such “conservative amino acid” variants can be obtained, for example, by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, linker-scanning mutagenesis, mutagenesis using the polymerase chain reaction, and the like (see Ausubel (1995) at pages 8-10 to 8-22; and McPherson (ed.), Directed Mutagenesis: A Practical Approach (IRL Press 1991)). The functional ability of such variants can be determined using a standard method, such as the assay described herein. Alternatively, a variant TGF-beta binding-protein polypeptide can be identified by the ability to specifically bind anti-TGF-beta binding- WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 23 protein antibodies.

Routine deletion analyses of nucleic acid molecules can be performed to obtain “functional fragments” of a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a TGF-beta binding-protein polypeptide. As an illustration, DNA molecules having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 can be digested with Ba!2\ nuclease to obtain a series of nested deletions. The fragments are then inserted into expression vectors in proper reading frame, and the expressed polypeptides are isolated and tested for activity, or for the ability to bind anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibodies. One alternative to exonuclease digestion is to use oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis to introduce deletions or stop codons to specify production of a desired fragment. Alternatively, particular fragments of a TGF-beta binding-protein gene can be synthesized using the polymerase chain reaction.

Standard techniques for functional analysis of proteins are described by, for example, Treuter et al., Moiec. Gen. Genet. 240ΛΥ3, 1993; Content et al., “Expression and preliminary deletion analysis of the 42 kDa 2-5A synthetase induced by human interferon,” in Biological Interferon Systems, Proceedings of ISIR-TNO Meeting on Interferon Systems, Cantell (ed.), pages 65-72 (Nijhoff 1987); Herschman, “The EGF Receptor,” in Control of Animal Cell Proliferation, Vol. 1, Boynton et al., (eds.) pages 169-199 (Academic Press 1985); Coumailleau et al., J. Biol. Chem. 2~0:292Ί0, 1995; Fukunaga et al., J. Biol. Chem. 270:25291, 1995; Yamaguchi et al., Biochem. Pharmacol. 50:1295, 1995; and Meisel et al., Plant Moiec. Biol. 30:1, 1996.

The present invention also contemplates functional fragments of a TGF-beta binding-protein gene that have conservative amino acid changes. A TGF-beta binding-protein variant gene can be identified on the basis of structure by determining the level of identity with nucleotide and amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, or, 15 and 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, or 16, as discussed above. An alternative approach to identifying a variant gene on the basis of structure is to determine whether a nucleic acid molecule encoding a potential variant TGF-beta binding-protein gene can hybridize under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid molecule having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID Nos: 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, or, 15, or a portion thereof of at least 15 or 20 nucleotides in length. As an illustration of stringent hybridization conditions, a nucleic acid molecule having a variant TGF-beta binding-protein sequence can bind with a fragment of a nucleic acid molecule having a sequence from SEQ ID NO:1 in a buffer containing, for example, 5xSSPE (IxSSPE = 180 mM sodium chloride, 10 mM sodium phosphate, 1 mM EDTA (pH 7.7), 5xDenhardt’s solution (lOOxDenhardt’s = 2% (w/v) bovine serum albumin, 2% (w/v) WO 00/32773 PCT/LS99/27990 24

Ficoll, 2% (w/v) polyvinylpyrrolidone) and 0.5% SDS incubated overnight at 55-60°C. Post-hybridization washes at high stringency are typically performed in O.SxSSC (lxSSC = 150 mM sodium chloride, 15 mM trisodium citrate) or in 0.5xSSPE at 55-60 °C.

Regardless of the particular nucleotide sequence of a variant TGF-beta binding-protein gene, the gene encodes a polypeptide that can be characterized by its functional activity, or by the ability to bind specifically to an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibody. More specifically, variant TGF-beta binding-protein genes encode polypeptides which exhibit at least 50%, and preferably, greater than 60, 70, 80 or 90%, of the activity of polypeptides encoded by the human TGF-beta binding-protein gene described herein. 4. Production of TGF-beta binding-protein in Cultured Cells

To express a TGF-beta binding-protein gene, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the polypeptide must be operably linked to regulatory sequences that control transcriptional expression in an expression vector and then introduced into a host cell. In addition to transcriptional regulatory sequences, such as promoters and enhancers, expression vectors can include translational regulatory sequences and a marker gene which is suitable for selection of cells that carry the expression vector.

Expression vectors that are suitable for production of a foreign protein in eukaryotic cells typically contain (1) prokaryotic DNA elements coding for a bacterial replication origin and an antibiotic resistance marker to provide for the growth and selection of the expression vector in a bacterial host; (2) eukaryotic DNA elements that control initiation of transcription, such as a promoter; and (3) DNA elements that control the processing of transcripts, such as a transcription termination/polyadenylation sequence. TGF-beta binding-proteins of the present invention are preferably expressed in mammalian cells. Examples of mammalian host cells include African green monkey kidney cells (Vero; ATCC CRL 1587), human embryonic kidney cells (293-HEK; ATCC CRL 1573), baby hamster kidney cells (BHK-21; ATCC CRL 8544), canine kidney cells (MDCK; ATCC CCL 34), Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO-K1; ATCC CCL61), rat pituitary cells (GH1; ATCC CCL82), HeLa S3 cells (ATCC CCL2.2), rat hepatoma cells (Η-4-Π-Ε; ATCC CRL 1548) SV40-transformed monkey kidney cells (COS-1; ATCC CRL 1650) and murine embryonic cells (NTH-3T3; ATCC CRL 1658).

For a mammalian host, the transcriptional and translational regulatory signals may be derived from viral sources, such as adenovirus, bovine papilloma virus, simian virus, or the like, in which the regulatory signals are associated with a particular gene WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 25 which has a high level of expression. Suitable transcriptional and translational regulatory sequences also can be obtained from mammalian genes, such as actin, collagen, myosin, and metallothionein genes.

Transcriptional regulatory sequences include a promoter region sufficient to direct the initiation of RNA synthesis. Suitable eukaryotic promoters include the promoter of the mouse metallothionein I gene [Hamer et al.,./. Molec. Appl Genet. /:273, 1982], the TK promoter of Herpes virus [McKnight, Cell 31:355, 1982], the Sl'-IO early promoter [Benoist et al., Nature 290:304, 1981], the Rous sarcoma virus promoter [Gorman et al., Proc. Nat'/ Acad. Sci. USA ~9:0ΊΊΊ, 1982], the cytomegalovirus promoter [Foecking et al., Gene -/5:101, 1980], and the mouse mammary tumor virus promoter (see, generally, Etcheverry, “Expression of Engineered Proteins in Mammalian Cell Culture,” in Protein Engineering: Principles and Practice, Cleland et al. (eds.), pages 163-181 (John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons, Inc. 1996)).

Alternatively, a prokaryotic promoter, such as the bacteriophage T3 RNA polymerase promoter, can be used to control TGF-beta binding-protein gene expression in mammalian cells if the prokaryotic promoter is regulated by a eukaryotic promoter (Zhou et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 10:4529, 1990; Kaufman et al., Nucl. Acids Res. /9:4485, 1991). TGF-beta binding-protein genes may also be expressed in bacterial, yeast, insect, or plant cells. Suitable promoters that can be used to express TGF-beta binding-protein polypeptides in a prokaryotic host are well-known to those of skill in the art and include promoters capable of recognizing the T4, T3, Sp6 and T7 polymerases, the PR and PL promoters of bacteriophage lambda, the trp, recA, heat shock, lacUV5, tac, Ipp-lacSpr, phoA, and lacZ promoters of E. coli, promoters of B. subtilis, the promoters of the bacteriophages of Bacillus, Streptomyces promoters, the int promoter of bacteriophage lambda, the bla promoter of pBR322, and the CAT promoter of the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene. Prokaryotic promoters have been reviewed by Glick, J. Ind. Microbiol. /:277, 1987, Watson et al., Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th Ed. (Benjamin Cummins 1987), and by Ausubel et al. (1995).

Preferred prokaryotic hosts include E. coli and Bacillus subti/us. Suitable strains of E. coli include BL21(DE3), BL21(DE3)pLysS, BL21(DE3)pLysE, DH1, DH41, DH5, DH5I, DH5IF’, DH5IMCR, DH10B, DH10B/p3, DH11S, C600, HB101, JM101, JM105, JM109, JM110, K38, RR1, Y1088, Y1089, CSH18, ER1451, and ER1647 (see, for example, Brown (Ed.), Molecular Biology Labfax (Academic Press 1991)). Suitable strains of Bacillus subtilus include BR151, YB886, Mil 19, MI120, and BI70 (see, for example, Hardy, “Bacillus Cloning Methods,” in DNA Cloning: A Practical Approach, Glover (Ed.) (IRL Press 1985)). WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 26

Methods for expressing proteins in prokaryotic hosts are well-known to those of skill in the art (see, for example, Williams et al., “Expression of foreign proteins in E. coli using plasmid vectors and purification of specific polyclonal antibodies,” in DNA Cloning 2: Expression Systems, 2nd Edition, Glover et al. (eds.), page 15 (Oxford University Press 1995); Ward et al., “Genetic Manipulation and Expression of Antibodies,” in Monoclonal Antibodies: Principles and Applications, page 137 (Wiley-Liss, Inc. 1995); and Georgiou, “Expression of Proteins in Bacteria,” in Protein Engineering: Principles and Practice, Cleland et al. (eds.), page 101 (John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons, Inc. 1996)).

The baculovirus system provides an efficient means to introduce cloned TGF-beta binding-protein genes into insect cells. Suitable expression vectors are based upon the Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV), and contain well-known promoters such as Drosophila heat shock protein (hsp) 70 promoter, Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus immediate-early gene promoter (ie-P) and the delayed early 39K promoter, baculovirus plO promoter, and the Drosophila metallothionein promoter. Suitable insect host cells include cell lines derived from IPLB-5f-21, a Spodoptera frugiperda pupal ovarian cell line, such as Sfi (ATCC CRL 1711), 5/21AE, and 5/21 (Invitrogen Corporation; San Diego, CA), as well as Drosophila Schneider-2 cells. Established techniques for producing recombinant proteins in baculovirus systems are provided by Bailey et al., “Manipulation of Baculovirus Vectors,” in Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume ~: Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols, Murray (ed), pages 147-168 (The Humana Press, Inc. 1991), by Patel et al., “The baculovirus expression system,” in DNA Cloning 2: Expression Systems, 2nd Edition, Glover et al. (eds.), pages 205-244 (Oxford University Press 1995), by Ausubel (1995) at pages 16-37 to 16-57, by Richardson (ed.), Baculovirus Expression Protocols (The Humana Press, Inc. 1995), and by Lucknow, “Insect Cell Expression Technology,” in Protein Engineering: Principles and Practice, Cleland et al. (eds), pages 183-218 (John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons, Inc. 1996).

Promoters for expression in yeast include promoters from GAL1 (galactose), PGK (phosphoglycerate kinase), ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase), A0X1 (alcohol oxidase), HIS4 (histidinol dehydrogenase), and the like. Many yeast cloning vectors have been designed and are readily available. These vectors include Yip-based vectors, such as Ylp5, YRp vectors, such as YRp 17, YEp vectors such as YEpl3 and YCp vectors, such as YCpl9. One skilled in the art will appreciate that there are a wide variety of suitable vectors for expression in yeast cells.

Expression vectors can also be introduced into plant protoplasts, intact plant WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 27 tissues, or isolated plant cells. General methods of culturing plant tissues are provided, for example, by Miki et at, “Procedures for Introducing Foreign DNA into Plants,” in Methods in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Glick et al. (eds.), pages 67-88 (CRC Press, 1993). 5 An expression vector can be introduced into host cells using a variety of standard techniques including calcium phosphate transfection, liposome-mediated transfection, microprojectile-mediated delivery, electroporation, and the like. Preferably, the transfected cells are selected and propagated to provide recombinant host cells that comprise the expression vector stably integrated in the host cell genome. Techniques for 10 introducing vectors into eukaryotic cells and techniques for selecting such stable transformants using a dominant selectable marker are described, for example, by Ausubel (1995) and by Murray (ed.), Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols (Humana Press 1991). Methods for introducing expression vectors into bacterial, yeast, insect, and plant cells are also provided by Ausubel (1995). 15 General methods for expressing and recovering foreign protein produced by a mammalian cell system is provided by, for example, Etcheverry, “Expression of Engineered Proteins in Mammalian Cell Culture,” in Protein Engineering: Principles and Practice, Cleland et al. (eds.), pages 163 (Wiley-Liss, Inc. 1996). Standard techniques for recovering protein produced by a bacterial system is provided by, for example, 20 Grisshammer et al., “Purification of over-produced proteins from E. coli cells,” in DNA Cloning 2: Expression Systems, 2nd Edition, Glover et al. (eds.), pages 59-92 (Oxford University Press 1995). Established methods for isolating recombinant proteins from a baculovirus system are described by Richardson (ed ), Baculovirus Expression Protocols (The Humana Press, Inc., 1995). 25 More generally, TGF-beta binding-protein can be isolated by standard techniques, such as affinity chromatography, size exclusion chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, HPLC and the like. Additional variations in TGF-beta binding-protein isolation and purification can be devised by those of skill in the art. For example, anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibodies, obtained as described below, 30 can be used to isolate large quantities of protein by immunoaffinity purification. 5. Production of Antibodies to TGF-beta binding-proteins

Antibodies to TGF-beta binding-protein can be obtained, for example, using the product of an expression vector as an antigen. Particularly useful anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibodies “bind specifically” with TGF-beta binding-protein of 35 Sequence ID Nos. 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, or 16, but not to other TGF-beta binding-proteisn WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 28 such as Dan, Cerberus, SCGF, or Gremlin. Antibodies of the present invention (including fragments and derivatives thereof) may be a polyclonal or, especially a monoclonal antibody. The antibody may belong to any immunoglobulin class, and may be for example an IgG, for example IgGb IgG2, IgG3, IgG4; IgE; IgM; or IgA antibody. It may be of animal, for example mammalian origin, and may be for example a murine, rat, human or other primate antibody. Where desired the antibody may be an internalising antibody.

Polyclonal antibodies to recombinant TGF-beta binding-protein can be prepared using methods well-known to those of skill in the art (see, for example, Green et al., “Production of Polyclonal Antisera,” in Immunochemical Protocols (Manson, ed.), pages 1-5 (Humana Press 1992); Williams et al., “Expression of foreign proteins in E. coli using plasmid vectors and purification of specific polyclonal antibodies,” in DNA Cloning 2: Expression Systems, 2nd Edition, Glover et al. (eds.), page 15 (Oxford University Press 1995)). Although polyclonal antibodies are typically raised in animals such as rats, mice, rabbits, goats, or sheep, an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibody of the present invention may also be derived from a subhuman primate antibody. General techniques for raising diagnostically and therapeutically useful antibodies in baboons may be found, for example, in Goldenberg et al., international patent publication No. WO 91/11465 (1991), and in Losman et al., Int. J. Cancer 76:310, 1990.

The antibody should comprise at least a variable region domain. The variable region domain may be of any size or amino acid composition and will generally comprise at least one hypervariable amino acid sequence responsible for antigen binding embedded in a framework sequence. In general terms the variable (V) region domain may be any suitable arrangement of immunoglobulin heavy (VH) and/or light (VL) chain variable domains. Thus for example the V region domain may be monomeric and be a VH or VL domain where these are capable of independently binding antigen with acceptable affinity. Alternatively the V region domain may be dimeric and contain VH-VH, VH-VL, or Vf-Vf, dimers in which the VH and VL chains are non-covalently associated (abbreviated hereinafter as Fv). Where desired, however, the chains may be covalently coupled either directly, for example via a disulphide bond between the two variable domains, or through a linker, for example a peptide linker, to form a single chain domain (abbreviated hereinafter as scFv).

The variable region domain may be any naturally occuring variable domain or an engineered version thereof. By engineered version is meant a variable region domain which has been created using recombinant DNA engineering techniques. Such engineered WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 29 versions include those created for example from natural antibody variable regions by insertions, deletions or changes in or to the amino acid sequences of the natural antibodies. Particular examples of this type include those engineered variable region domains containing at least one CDR and optionally one or more framework amino acids from one antibody and the remainder of the variable region domain from a second antibody.

The variable region domain may be covalently attached at a C-terminal amino acid to at least one other antibody domain or a fragment thereof. Thus, for example where a VH domain is present in the variable region domain this may be linked to an immunoglobulin CH1 domain or a fragment thereof. Similarly a VL domain may be linked to a CK domain or a fragment thereof. In this way for example the antibody may be a Fab fragment wherein the antigen binding domain contains associated VH and VL domains covalently linked at their C-termini to a CHI and CK domain respectively. The CHI domain may be extended with further amino acids, for example to provide a hinge region domain as found in a Fab' fragment, or to provide further domains, such as antibody CH2 and CH3 domains.

Another form of an antibody fragment is a peptide coding for a single complementarity-determining region (CDR). CDR peptides (“minimal recognition units”) can be obtained by constructing genes encoding the CDR of an antibody of interest. Such genes are prepared, for example, by using the polymerase chain reaction to synthesize the variable region from RNA of antibody-producing cells (see, for example, Larrick et al., Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology 2:106, 1991; Courtenay-Luck, “Genetic Manipulation of Monoclonal Antibodies,” in Monoclonal Antibodies: Production, Engineering and Clinical Application, Ritter et al. (eds.), page 166 (Cambridge University Press 1995); and Ward et al., “Genetic Manipulation and Expression of Antibodies,” in Monoclonal Antibodies: Principles and Applications, Birch et al., (eds.), page 137 (Wiley-Liss, Inc. 1995)).

Antibodies for use in the invention may in general be monoclonal (prepared by conventional immunisation and cell fusion procedures) or in the case of fragments, derived therefrom using any suitable standard chemical e.g. reduction or enzymatic cleavage and/or digestion techniques, for example by treatment with pepsin.

More specifically, monoclonal anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibodies can be generated utilizing a variety of techniques. Rodent monoclonal antibodies to specific antigens may be obtained by methods known to those skilled in the art (see, for example, Kohler et al., Nature 256Ά95, 1975; and Coligan et al. (eds.), Current Protocols in Immunology, P.2.5A-2.6.1 (John Wiley &amp;amp; Sons 1991) [“Coligan”]; Picksley et al., “Production of monoclonal antibodies against proteins expressed in E. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 30 coli," mDNA Cloning 2: Expression Systems, 2nd Edition, Glover et al. (eds.), page 93 (Oxford University Press 1995)).

Briefly, monoclonal antibodies can be obtained by injecting mice with a composition comprising a TGF-beta binding-protein gene product, verifying the presence of antibody production by removing a serum sample, removing the spleen to obtain B-lymphocytes, fusing the B-lymphocytes with myeloma cells to produce hybridomas, cloning the hybridomas, selecting positive clones which produce antibodies to the antigen, culturing the clones that produce antibodies to the antigen, and isolating the antibodies from the hybridoma cultures.

In addition, an anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibody of the present invention may be derived from a human monoclonal antibody. Human monoclonal antibodies are obtained from transgenic mice that have been engineered to produce specific human antibodies in response to antigenic challenge. In this technique, elements of the human heavy and light chain locus are introduced into strains of mice derived from embryonic stem cell lines that contain targeted disruptions of the endogenous heavy chain and light chain loci. The transgenic mice can synthesize human antibodies specific for human antigens, and the mice can be used to produce human antibody-secreting hybridomas. Methods for obtaining human antibodies from transgenic mice are described, for example, by Green et al., Nature Genet. 7:13, 1994; Lonberg et al., Nature 368:856, 1994; and Taylor et al., Int. Immun. 6:579, 1994.

Monoclonal antibodies can be isolated and purified from hybridoma cultures by a variety of well-established techniques. Such isolation techniques include affinity chromatography with Protein-A Sepharose, size-exclusion chromatography, and ion-exchange chromatography (see, for example, Coligan at pages 2.7.1-2.7.12 and pages 2.9.1-2.9,3; Baines et al., “Purification of Immunoglobulin G (IgG),” in Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 10, pages 79-104 (The Humana Press, Inc. 1992)).

For particular uses, it may be desirable to prepare fragments of anti-TGF-beta binding-protein antibodies. Such antibody fragments can be obtained, for example, by proteolytic hydrolysis of the antibody. Antibody fragments can be obtained by pepsin or papain digestion of whole antibodies by conventional methods. As an illustration, antibody fragments can be produced by enzymatic cleavage of antibodies with pepsin to provide a 5S fragment denoted F(ab’)2. This fragment can be further cleaved using a thiol reducing agent to produce 3.5S Fab’ monovalent fragments. Optionally, the cleavage reaction can be performed using a blocking group for the sulfhydryl groups that result from cleavage of disulfide linkages. As an alternative, an enzymatic cleavage using pepsin produces two monovalent Fab WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 31 fragments and an Fc fragment directly. These methods are described, for example, by Goldenberg, U.S. patent No. 4,331,647, Nisonoff et al., Arch Biochem. Biophys. 89:230, 1960, Porter, Biochem. J. 73:119, 1959, Edelman et al., in Methods in Enzymology 7:422 (Academic Press 1967), and by Coligan at pages 2.8.1-2.8.10 and 2.10.-2.10.4.

Other methods of cleaving antibodies, such as separation of heavy chains to form monovalent light-heavy chain fragments, further cleavage of fragments, or other enzymatic, chemical or genetic techniques may also be used, so long as the fragments bind to the antigen that is recognized by the intact antibody.

Alternatively, the antibody may be a recombinant or engineered antibody obtained by the use of recombinant DNA techniques involving the manipulation and reexpression of DNA encoding antibody variable and/or constant regions. Such DNA is known and/or is readily available from DNA libraries including for example phage-antibody libraries (see Chiswell, D J and McCafferty, J. Tibtech. 10 80-84 (1992)) or where desired can be synthesised. Standard molecular biology and/or chemistry procedures may be used to sequence and manipulate the DNA, for example, to introduce codons to create cysteine residues, to modify, add or delete other amino acids or domains as desired.

From here, one or more replicable expression vectors containing the DNA may be prepared and used to transform an appropriate cell line, e.g. a non-producing myeloma cell line, such as a mouse NSO line or a bacterial, e.g. E.coli line, in which production of the antibody will occur. In order to obtain efficient transcription and translation, the DNA sequence in each vector should include appropriate regulatory sequences, particularly a promoter and leader sequence operably linked to the variable domain sequence. Particular methods for producing antibodies in this way are generally well known and routinely used. For example, basic molecular biology procedures are described by Maniatis et al (Molecular Cloning, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1989); DNA sequencing can be performed as described in Sanger et al (PNAS 74, 5463, (1977)) and the Amersham International pic sequencing handbook; and site directed mutagenesis can be carried out according to the method of Kramer et al (Nucl. Acids Res. 12. 9441, (1984)) and the Anglian Biotechnology Ltd handbook. Additionally, there are numerous publications, detailing techniques suitable for the preparation of antibodies by manipulation of DNA, creation of expression vectors and transformation of appropriate cells, for example as reviewed by Mountain A and Adair, J R in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews (ed. Tombs, Μ P, 10, Chapter 1, 1992, Intercept, Andover, UK) and in International Patent Specification No. WO 91/09967.

Where desired, the antibody according to the invention may have one or WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 32 more effector or reporter molecules attached to it and the invention extends to such modified proteins. The effector or reporter molecules may be attached to the antibody through any available amino acid side-chain, terminal amino acid or, where present carbohydrate functional group located in the antibody, always provided of course that this does not adversely affect the binding properties and eventual usefulness of the molecule. Particular functional groups include, for example any free amino, imino, thiol, hydroxyl, carboxyl or aldehyde group. Attachment of the antibody and the effector and/or reporter molecule(s) may be achieved via such groups and an appropriate functional group in the effector or reporter molecules. The linkage may be direct or indirect, through spacing or bridging groups.

Effector molecules include, for example, antineoplastic agents, toxins (such as enzymatically active toxins of bacterial or plant origin and fragments thereof e.g. ricin and fragments thereof) biologically active proteins, for example enzymes, nucleic acids and fragments thereof, e.g. DNA, RNA and fragments thereof, naturally occurring and synthetic polymers e.g. polysaccharides and polyalkylene polymers such as poly(ethylene glycol) and derivatives thereof, radionuclides, particularly radioiodide, and chelated metals. Suitable reporter groups include chelated metals, fluorescent compounds or compounds which may be detected by NMR or ESR spectroscopy.

Particular antineoplastic agents include cytotoxic and cytostatic agents, for example alkylating agents, such as nitrogen mustards (e.g. chlorambucil, melphalan, mechlorethamine, cyclophosphamide, or uracil mustard) and derivatives thereof, triethylenephosphoramide, triethylenethiophosphor-amide, busulphan, or cisplatin; antimetabolites, such as methotrexate, fluorouracil, floxuridine, cytarabine, mercaptopurine, thioguanine, fluoroacetic acid or fluorocitric acid, antibiotics, such as bleomycins (e.g. bleomycin sulphate), doxorubicin, daunorubicin, mitomycins (e.g. mitomycin C), actinomycins (e.g. dactinomycin) plicamycin, calichaemicin and derivatives thereof, or esperamicin and derivatives thereof; mitotic inhibitors, such as etoposide, vincristine or vinblastine and derivatives thereof; alkaloids, such as ellipticine; polyols such as taxicin-I or taxicin-II; hormones, such as androgens (e.g. dromostanolone or testolactone), progestins (e.g. megestrol acetate or medroxyprogesterone acetate), estrogens (e.g. dimethylstilbestrol diphosphate, polyestradiol phosphate or estramustine phosphate) or antiestrogens (e.g. tamoxifen); anthraquinones, such as mitoxantrone, ureas, such as hydroxyurea; hydrazines, such as procarbazine; or imidazoles, such as dacarbazine.

Particularly useful effector groups are calichaemicin and derivatives thereof (see for example South African Patent Specifications Nos. 85/8794, 88/8127 and 90/2839).

Chelated metals include chelates of di-or tripositive metals having a WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 coordination number from 2 to 8 inclusive. Particular examples of such metals include technetium (Tc), rhenium (Re), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), gold (Au), silver (Ag), lead (Pb), bismuth (Bi), indium (In), gallium (Ga), yttrium (Y), terbium (Tb), gadolinium (Gd), and scandium (Sc). In general the metal is preferably a radionuclide. Particular radionuclides . . . 99m_ 186D 188d 58„ 60„ 67 „ 195. 199. 110. 203™ 206D- 207d; include Tc, Re, Re, Co, Co, Cu, Au, Au, Ag, Pb, Bi, Bi, 111, 67„ 68„ 88«, 90v 160™ 153-,, , 47 „

In, Ga, Ga, Y, Y, Tb, Gd and Sc.

The chelated metal may be for example one of the above types of metal chelated with any suitable polydentate chelating agent, for example acyclic or cyclic polyamines, polyethers, (e.g. crown ethers and derivatives thereof); polyamides; porphyrins; and carbocyclic derivatives.

In general, the type of chelating agent will depend on the metal in use. One particularly useful group of chelating agents in conjugates according to the invention, however, are acyclic and cyclic polyamines, especially polyaminocarboxylic acids, for example diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and derivatives thereof, and macrocyclic amines, e.g. cyclic tri-aza and tetra-aza derivatives (for example as described in International Patent Specification No. WO 92/22583); and polyamides, especially desferrioxamine and derivatives thereof.

Thus for example when it is desired to use a thiol group in the antibody as the point of attachment this may be achieved through reaction with a thiol reactive group present in the effector or reporter molecule. Examples of such groups include an a-halocarboxylic acid or ester, e.g. iodoacetamide, an imide, e.g. maleimide, a vinyl sulphone, or a disulphide. These and other suitable linking procedures are generally and more particularly described in International Patent Specifications Nos. WO 93/06231, WO 92/22583, WO 90/091195 and WO 89/01476.

Assays for Selecting Molecules Which Increase Bone Density

As discussed above, the present invention provides methods for selecting and/or isolating compounds which are capable of increasing bone density. For example, within one aspect of the present invention methods are provided for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the steps of (a) mixing a selected molecule with TGF-beta binding protein and a selected member of the TGF-beta family of proteins, (b) determining whether the selected molecule stimulates signaling by the TGF-beta family of proteins, or inhibits the binding of the TGF-beta binding protein to the TGF-beta family of proteins. Within certain embodiments, the molecule enhances the ability of TGF-beta to function as a positive regulator of mesenchymal cell differentiation. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 34

Within other aspects of the invention, methods are provided for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the steps of (a) exposing a selected molecule to cells which express TGF-beta binding-protein and (b) determining whether the expression (or activity) of TGF-beta binding-protein from said exposed cells decreases, and therefrom determining whether the compound is capable of increasing bone mineral content. Within one embodiment, the cells are selected from the group consisting of the spontaneously transformed or untransformed normal human bone from bone biopsies and rat parietal bone osteoblasts. Such methods may be accomplished in a wide variety of assay formats including, for example, Countercurrent Immuno-Electrophoresis (CIEP), Radioimmunoassays, Radioimmunoprecipitations, Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assays (ELISA), Dot Blot assays, Inhibition or Competition assays, and sandwich assays (see U.S. Patent Nos. 4,376,110 and 4,486,530; see also Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, supra).

Representative embodiments of such assays are provided below in Examples 5 and 6. Briefly, a family member of the TGF-beta super-family or a TGF-beta binding protein is first bound to a solid phase, followed by addition of a candidate molecule. The labeled family member of the TGF-beta super-family or a TGF-beta binding protein is then added to the assay, the solid phase washed, and the quantity of bound or labeled TGF-beta super-family member or TGF-beta binding protein on the solid support determined. Molecules which are suitable for use in increasing bone mineral content as described herein are those molecules which decrease the binding of TGF-beta binding protein to a member or members of the TGF-beta super-family in a statistically significant manner. Obviously, assays suitable for use within the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described within Examples 2 and 3. In particular, numerous parameters may be altered, such as by binding TGF-beta to a solid phase, or by elimination of a solid phase entirely.

Within other aspects of the invention, methods are provided for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the steps of (a) exposing a selected molecule to cells which express TGF-beta and (b) determining whether the activity of TGF-beta from said exposed cells is altered, and therefrom determining whether the compound is capable of increasing bone mineral content. Similar to the above described methods, a wide variety of methods may be utilized to assess the changes of TGF-beta binding-protein expression due to a selected test compound. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 35

For example, within one aspect of the present invention methods are provided for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the steps of (a) mixing a selected molecule with TGF-beta-binding-protein and a selected member of the TGF-beta family of proteins, 5 (b) determining whether the selected molecule up-regulates the signaling of the TGF- beta family of proteins, or inhibits the binding of the TGF-beta binding-protein to the TGF-beta family of proteins. Within certain embodiments, the molecule enhances the ability of TGF-beta to function as a positive regulator of mechemchymal cell differentiation. 10 Similar to the above described methods, a wide variety of methods may be utilized to assess stimulation of TGF-beta due to a selected test compound. One such representative method is provided below in Example 6 (see also Durham et al., Endo. 136A374-13&amp;amp;0.

Within yet other aspects of the present invention, methods are provided 15 for determining whether a selected molecule is capable of increasing bone mineral content, comprising the step of determining whether a selected molecule inhibits the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to bone, or an analogue thereof. As utilized herein, it should be understood that bone or analogues thereof refers to hydroxyapatite, or a surface composed of a powdered form of bone, crushed bone or intact bone. 20 Similar to the above described methods, a wide variety of methods may be utilized to assess the inhibition of TGF-beta binding-protein localization to bone matrix. One such representative method is provided below in Example 7.

It should be noted that while the methods recited herein may refer to the analysis of an individual test molecule, that the present invention should not be so 25 limited. In particular, the selected molecule may be contained within a mixture of compounds. Hence, the recited methods may further comprise the step of isolating a molecule which inhibits the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member.

Candidate Molecules 30 A wide variety of molecules may be assayed for their ability to inhibit the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member. Representative examples which are discussed in more detail below include organic molecules, proteins or peptides, and nucleic acid molecules. Although it should be evident from the discussion below that the candidate molecules described herein may be utilized in the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 36 assays described herein, it should also be readily apparent that such molecules can also be utilized in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic settins. 1. Organic Molecules

Numerous organic molecules may be assayed for their ability to inhibit the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member.

For example, within one embodiment of the invention suitable organic molecules may be selected from either a chemical library, wherein chemicals are assayed individually, or from combinatorial chemical libraries where multiple compounds are assayed at once, then deconvoluted to determine and isolate the most active compounds.

Representative examples of such combinatorial chemical libraries include those described by Agrafiotis etal., “System and method of automatically generating chemical compounds with desired properties,” U.S. Patent No. 5,463,564; Armstrong, R.W., “Synthesis of combinatorial arrays of organic compounds through the use of multiple component combinatorial array syntheses,” WO 95/02566; Baldwin, J.J. et al., “Sulfonamide derivatives and their use,” WO 95/24186; Baldwin, J.J. et al., “Combinatorial dihydrobenzopyran library,” WO 95/30642; Brenner, S., “New kit for preparing combinatorial libraries,” WO 95/16918; Chenera, B. etal., “Preparation of library of resin-bound aromatic carbocyclic compounds,” WO 95/16712; Ellman, J. A., “Solid phase and combinatorial synthesis of benzodiazepine compounds on a solid support,” U.S. Patent No. 5,288,514; Felder, E. et al., “Novel combinatorial compound libraries,” WO 95/16209; Lerner, R. et al., “Encoded combinatorial chemical libraries,” WO 93/20242; Pavia, M.R. et al., “A method for preparing and selecting pharmaceutically useful non-peptide compounds from a structurally diverse universal library,” WO 95/04277; Summerton, J.E. and D.D. Weller, “Morpholino-subunit combinatorial library and method,” U.S. Patent No. 5,506,337; Holmes, C., “Methods for the Solid Phase Synthesis of Thiazolidinones, Metathiazanones, and Derivatives thereof,” WO 96/00148; Phillips, G.B. and G.P. Wei, “Solid-phase Synthesis of Benzimidazoles,” Tet. Letters 37:4887-90, 1996; Ruhland, B. etal., “Solid-supported Combinatorial Synthesis of Structurally Diverse β-Lactams,” ./. Amer. Chem. Soc. ///:253-4, 1996; Look, G.C. etal., “The Indentification of Cyclooxygenase-1 Inhibitors from 4-Thiazolidinone Combinatorial Libraries,” Bioorg and Med. Chem. Letters 6:107-12, 1996. 2. Proteins and Peptides A wide range of proteins and peptides may likewise be utilized as candidate molecules for inhibitors of the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member. · 5 a. Combinatorial Peptide Libraries

Peptide molecules which are putative inhibitors of the binding-of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member may be obtained through the screening of combinatorial peptide libraries. Such libraries may either be prepared by one of skill in the am (see e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 4,528,266 and 4,359,53 5, and Patent ]() Cooperation Treaty Publication Nos. WO 927Ί5679, WO 92/15677, WO 90/07862, WO 90/02809, or purchased from commercially available sources (a.g., New England. Biolabs Ph.D.™ Phage Display Peptide Library Kit). b. Antibodies

Antibodies which inhibit the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a 15 TGF-beta family member may readily be prepared given the disclosure provided: herein. Within the context of the present invention, antibodies are understood to include monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, anti-idiotypic antibodies, antibody fragments (e.g./Fab, and F(ab’)2, Fv variable regions, or complementarity determining regions). As discussed above, antibodies are understood to be" specific. 20 against TGF-beta binding-protein , or against a specific TGF-beta family member, if they bind with a Ka of greater than or equal to 107M_1 , preferably greater than or equal to lC^M'1 and do not bind to other TGF-beta binding proteins, or, bind with a Ka of less than or equal to ΙΟθΜ'1' Furthermore, antibodies of the present invention should block or inhibit the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member. 25 The affinity of a monoclonal antibody or binding partner, as well as inhibition of binding can be readily determined by one of ordinary skill in the an (see Scatchara, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 51:660-672, 1949).

Briefly, polyclonal antibodies may be readily generated by one of ordinary skill in the art from a variety of warm-blooded animals such as horses, cows, 30 various fowl, rabbits, mice, or rats. Typically, the TGF-beta binding-protein or unique . peptide thereof of 13-20 amino acids (preferably conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde) is utilized to immunize the animal through intrap erito'neal, intramuscular, intraocular, or subcutaneous injections, along with an adjuvant such as Freund’s complete or incomplete adjuvant. Following several WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 38 booster immunizations, samples of serum are collected and tested for reactivity to the protein or peptide. Particularly preferred polyclonal antisera will give a signal on one of these assays that is at least three times greater than background. Once the titer of the animal has reached a plateau in terms of its reactivity to the protein, larger quantities of antisera may be readily obtained either by weekly bleedings, or by exsanguinating the animal.

Monoclonal antibodies may also be readily generated using conventional techniques (see U.S. Patent Nos. RE 32,011, 4,902,614, 4,543,439, and 4,411,993 which are incorporated herein by reference; see also Monoclonal Antibodies, Hybridomas: A New Dimension in Biological Analyses, Plenum Press, Kennett, McKearn, and Bechtol (eds.), 1980, and Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Harlow and Lane (eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1988, which are also incorporated herein by reference).

Briefly, within one embodiment a subject animal such as a rat or mouse is immunized with TGF-beta binding-protein or portion thereof as described above. The protein may be admixed with an adjuvant such as Freund’s complete or incomplete adjuvant in order to increase the resultant immune response. Between one and three weeks after the initial immunization the animal may be reimmunized with another booster immunization, and tested for reactivity to the protein utilizing assays described above. Once the animal has reached a plateau in its reactivity to the injected protein, it is sacrificed, and organs which contain large numbers of B cells such as the spleen and lymph nodes are harvested.

Cells which are obtained from the immunized animal may be immortalized by infection with a virus such as the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (see Glasky and Reading, Hybridoma 5(4):377-389, 1989). Alternatively, within a preferred embodiment, the harvested spleen and/or lymph node cell suspensions are fused with a suitable myeloma cell in order to create a “hybridoma” which secretes monoclonal antibody. Suitable myeloma lines include, for example, NS-1 (ATCC No. TIB 18), and P3X63 - Ag 8.653 (ATCC No. CRL 1580).

Following the fusion, the cells may be placed into culture plates containing a suitable medium, such as RPMI 1640, or DMEM (Dulbecco’s Modified Eagles Medium) (JRH Biosciences, Lenexa, Kansas), as well as additional ingredients, such as fetal bovine serum (FBS, i.e., from Hyclone, Logan, Utah, or JRH Biosciences). Additionally, the medium should contain a reagent which selectively allows for the growth of fused spleen and myeloma cells such as HAT (hypoxanthine, aminopterin, and thymidine) (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Missouri). After about WO 00/32773 PCT/DS99/27990 39 seven days, the resulting fused cells or hybridomas may be screened in order to determine the presence of antibodies which are reactive against TGF-beta binding-protein (depending on the antigen used), and which block or inhibit the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a TGF-beta family member. A wide variety of assays may be utilized to determine the presence of antibodies which are reactive against the proteins of the present invention, including for example countercurrent immuno-electrophoresis, radioimmunoassays, radioimmunoprecipitations, enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assays (ELISA), dot blot assays, western blots, immunoprecipitation, inhibition or competition assays, and sandwich assays (see U.S. Patent Nos. 4,376,110 and 4,486,530; see also Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Harlow and Lane (eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1988). Following several clonal dilutions and reassays, a hybridoma producing antibodies reactive against the desired protein may be isolated.

Other techniques may also be utilized to construct monoclonal antibodies (see William D. Huse et al., “Generation of a Large Combinational Library of the Immunoglobulin Repertoire in Phage Lambda,” Science 2-/6:1275-1281, December 1989; see also L. Sastry et al., “Cloning of the Immunological Repertoire in Escherichia coli for Generation of Monoclonal Catalytic Antibodies: Construction of a Heavy Chain Variable Region-Specific cDNA Library,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:5728-5732, August 1989; see also Michelle Alting-Mees et al., “Monoclonal Antibody Expression Libraries: A Rapid Alternative to Hybridomas,” Strategies in Molecular Biology 3:1-9, January 1990). These references describe a commercial system available from Stratagene (La Jolla, California) which enables the production of antibodies through recombinant techniques. Briefly, mRNA is isolated from a B cell population, and utilized to create heavy and light chain immunoglobulin cDNA expression libraries in the LlmmunoZap(H) and XlmmunoZap(L) vectors. These vectors may be screened individually or co-expressed to form Fab fragments or antibodies (see Huse et al., supra·, see also Sastry et al., supra). Positive plaques may subsequently be converted to a non-lytic plasmid which allows high level expression of monoclonal antibody fragments from E. coli.

Similarly, portions or fragments, such as Fab and Fv fragments, of antibodies may also be constructed utilizing conventional enzymatic digestion or recombinant DNA techniques to incorporate the variable regions of a gene which encodes a specifically binding antibody. Within one embodiment, the genes which encode the variable region from a hybridoma producing a monoclonal antibody of interest are amplified using nucleotide primers for the variable region. These primers WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 40 may be synthesized by one of ordinary skill in the art, or may be purchased from commercially available sources. Stratagene (La Jolla, California) sells primers for mouse and human variable regions including, among others, primers for Vj_[a, VHb, VhC’ Vj-ld’ Cpib Vl and Cl regions. These primers may be utilized to amplify heavy or light chain variable regions, which may then be inserted into vectors such as ImmunoZAP™ H or ImmunoZAP™ L (Stratagene), respectively. These vectors may then be introduced into E. co/i, yeast, or mammalian-based systems for expression. Utilizing these techniques, large amounts of a single-chain protein containing a fusion of the VH and VL domains may be produced (see Bird et al., Science 272:423-426, 1988). In addition, such techniques may be utilized to change a “murine” antibody to a “human” antibody, without altering the binding specificity of the antibody.

Once suitable antibodies have been obtained, they may be isolated or purified by many techniques well known to those of ordinary skill in the art (see Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Harlow and Lane (eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1988). Suitable techniques include peptide or protein affinity columns, HPLC or RP-HPLC, purification on protein A or protein G columns, or any combination of these techniques. c. Mutant TGF-beta binding-proteins

As described herein and below in the Examples (e.g., Examples 8 and 9), altered versions of TGF-beta binding-protein which compete with native TGF-beta binding-protein’s ability to block the activity of a particular TGF-beta family member should lead to increased bone density. Thus, mutants of TGF-beta binding-protein which bind to the TGF-beta family member but do not inhibit the function of the TGF-beta family member would meet the criteria. The mutant versions must effectively compete with the endogenous inhibitory functions of TGF-beta binding-protein . d. Production of proteins

Although various genes (or portions thereof) have been provided herein, it should be understood that within the context of the present invention, reference to one or more of these genes includes derivatives of the genes that are substantially similar to the genes (and, where appropriate, the proteins (including peptides and polypeptides) that are encoded by the genes and their derivatives). As used herein, a nucleotide sequence is deemed to be “substantially similar” if: (a) the nucleotide sequence is derived from the coding region of the above-described genes and includes, for example, portions of the sequence or allelic variations of the sequences discussed WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 41 above, or alternatively, encodes a molecule which inhibits the binding of TGF-beta binding-protein to a member of the TGF-beta family, (b) the nucleotide sequence is capable of hybridization to nucleotide sequences of the present invention under moderate, high or very high stringency (see Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, NY, 1989); or (c) the DNA sequences are degenerate as a result of the genetic code to the DNA sequences defined in (a) or (b). Further, the nucleic acid molecule disclosed herein includes both complementary and non-complementary sequences, provided the sequences otherwise meet the criteria set forth herein. Within the context of the present invention, high stringency means standard hybridization conditions (e.g., 5XSSPE, 0.5% SDS at 65°C, or the equivalent).

The structure of the proteins encoded by the nucleic acid molecules described herein may be predicted from the primary translation products using the hydrophobicity plot function of, for example, P/C Gene or Intelligenetics Suite (Intelligenetics, Mountain View, California), or according to the methods described by Kyte and Doolittle (.7. Mol. Biol. 757:105-132, 1982).

Proteins of the present invention may be prepared in the form of acidic or basic salts, or in neutral form. In addition, individual amino acid residues may be modified by oxidation or reduction. Furthermore, various substitutions, deletions, or additions may be made to the amino acid or nucleic acid sequences, the net effect of which is to retain or further enhance or decrease the biological activity of the mutant or wild-type protein. Moreover, due to degeneracy in the genetic code, for example, there may be considerable variation in nucleotide sequences encoding the same amino acid sequence.

Other derivatives of the proteins disclosed herein include conjugates of the proteins along with other proteins or polypeptides This may be accomplished, for example, by the synthesis of N-terminal or C-terminal fusion proteins which may be added to facilitate purification or identification of proteins (see U.S. Patent No. 4,851,341, see also, Hopp et al., Bio/Technology &lt;5:1204, 1988.) Alternatively, fusion proteins such as Flag/TGF-beta binding-protein be constructed in order to assist in the identification, expression, and analysis of the protein.

Proteins of the present invention may be constructed using a wide variety of techniques described herein. Further, mutations may be introduced at particular loci by synthesizing oligonucleotides containing a mutant sequence, flanked by restriction sites enabling ligation to fragments of the native sequence. Following WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 42 ligation, the resulting reconstructed sequence encodes a derivative having the desired amino acid insertion, substitution, or deletion.

Alternatively, oligonucleotide-directed site-specific (or segment specific) mutagenesis procedures may be employed to provide an altered gene having particular codons altered according to the substitution, deletion, or insertion required. Exemplary methods of making the alterations set forth above are disclosed by Walder etal. {Gene 72:133, 1986); Bauer etal. {Gene 37-.73, 1985); Craik {BioTechniques, January 1985, 12-19); Smith etal. {Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods, Plenum Press, 1981); and Sambrook et al. {supra). Deletion or truncation derivatives of proteins {e.g., a soluble extracellular portion) may also be constructed by utilizing convenient restriction endonuclease sites adjacent to the desired deletion. Subsequent to restriction, overhangs may be filled in, and the DNA religated. Exemplary methods of making the alterations set forth above are disclosed by Sambrook et al. {Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2d Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989).

Mutations which are made in the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention preferably preserve the reading frame of the coding sequences. Furthermore, the mutations will preferably not create complementary regions that could hybridize to produce secondary mRNA structures, such as loops or hairpins, that would adversely affect translation of the mRNA. Although a mutation site may be predetermined, it is not necessary that the nature of the mutation per se be predetermined. For example, in order to select for optimum characteristics of mutants at a given site, random mutagenesis may be conducted at the target codon and the expressed mutants screened for indicative biological activity. Alternatively, mutations may be introduced at particular loci by synthesizing oligonucleotides containing a mutant sequence, flanked by restriction sites enabling ligation to fragments of the native sequence. Following ligation, the resulting reconstructed sequence encodes a derivative having the desired amino acid insertion, substitution, or deletion.

Nucleic acid molecules which encode proteins of the present invention may also be constructed utilizing techniques of PCR mutagenesis, chemical mutagenesis (Drinkwater and Klinedinst, PNAS 33:3402-3406, 1986), by forced nucleotide misincorporation {e.g., Liao and Wise Gene 33:107-111, 1990), or by use of randomly mutagenized oligonucleotides (Horwitz et al., Genome 3:112-117, 1989).

The present invention also provides for the manipulation and expression of the above described genes by culturing host cells containing a vector capable of expressing the above-described genes. Such vectors or vector constructs include either synthetic or cDNA-derived nucleic acid molecules encoding the desired protein, which WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 43 are operably linked to suitable transcriptional or translational regulatory elements. Suitable regulatory elements may be derived from a variety of sources, including bacterial, fungal, viral, mammalian, insect, or plant genes. Selection of appropriate regulatory elements is dependent on the host cell chosen, and may be readily accomplished by one of ordinary skill in the art. Examples of regulatory elements include: a transcriptional promoter and enhancer or RNA polymerase binding sequence, a transcriptional terminator, and a ribosomal binding sequence, including a translation initiation signal.

Nucleic acid molecules that encode any of the proteins described above may be readily expressed by a wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic host cells, including bacterial, mammalian, yeast or other fungi, viral, insect, or plant cells. Methods for transforming or transfecting such cells to express foreign DNA are well known in the art (see, e.g., Itakura et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,704,362; Hinnen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA "5:1929-1933, 1978; Murray et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,801,542; Upshall et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,935,349; Hagen et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,784,950; Axel etal., U.S. Patent No. 4,399,216; Goeddel et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,766,075; and Sambrook et al. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989; for plant cells see Czako and Marton, Plant Physiol. 70-/:1067-1071, 1994; and Paszkowski etal., Biotech. 27:387-392, 1992).

Bacterial host cells suitable for carrying out the present invention include E. coli, B. subtilis, Salmonella typhimurium, and various species within the genera Pseudomonas, Streptomyces, and Staphylococcus, as well as many other bacterial species well known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Representative examples of bacterial host cells include DH5a (Stratagene, LaJolla, California).

Bacterial expression vectors preferably comprise a promoter which functions in the host cell, one or more selectable phenotypic markers, and a bacterial origin of replication. Representative promoters include the β-lactamase (penicillinase) and lactose promoter system (see Chang etal., Nature 275:(A5, 1978), the T7 RNA polymerase promoter (Studier et al., Meth. Enzymol. J85.60-89, 1990), the lambda promoter (Elvin et al., Gene 87:123-126, 1990), the trp promoter (Nichols and Yanofsky, Meth. in Enzymology 767:155, 1983) and the tac promoter (Russell etal., Gene 20.22Λ, 1982). Representative selectable markers include various antibiotic resistance markers such as the kanamycin or ampicillin resistance genes. Many plasmids suitable for transforming host cells are well known in the art, including among others, pBR322 (see Bolivar etal., Gene 2:95, 1977), the pUC plasmids pUC18, WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 44 pUC19, pUC118, pUC119 (see Messing, Meth. in Enzymology lOI.lQ-ll, 1983 and Vieira and Messing, Gene 79:259-268, 1982), and pNH8A, pNH16a, pNH18a, and Bluescript M13 (Stratagene, La Jolla, California).

Yeast and fungi host cells suitable for carrying out the present invention include, among others, Saccharomyces pombe, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the genera Pichia or Kluyveromyces and various species of the genus Aspergillus (McKnight et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,935,349). Suitable expression vectors for yeast and fungi include, among others, YCp50 (ATCC No. 37419) for yeast, and the amdS cloning vector pV3 (Turnbull, Bio/Technology ~:169, 1989), YRp7 (Struhl et al., Proc. Nall. Acad. Sci. USA 76:1035-1039, 1978), YEpl3 (Broach etal., Gene 5:121-133, 1979), pJDB249 and pJDB219 (Beggs, Nature 275:104-108, 1978) and derivatives thereof.

Preferred promoters for use in yeast include promoters from yeast glycolytic genes (Hitzeman etal., J. Biol. Chem. 255:12073-12080, 1980; Alber and Kawasaki, .7. Mol. Appl. Genet. 7:419-434, 1982) or alcohol dehydrogenase genes (Young etal., in Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms for Chemicals, Hollaender etal. (eds.), p. 355, Plenum, New York, 1982; Ammerer, Meth. Enzymol. 7(/7:192-201, 1983). Examples of useful promoters for fungi vectors include those derived from Aspergillus nidulans glycolytic genes, such as the adh3 promoter (McKnight et al., EMBO J. -7:2093-2099, 1985). The expression units may also include a transcriptional terminator. An example of a suitable terminator is the adh3 terminator (McKnight et al., ibid.., 1985).

As with bacterial vectors, the yeast vectors will generally include a selectable marker, which may be one of any number of genes that exhibit a dominant phenotype for which a phenotypic assay exists to enable transformants to be selected. Preferred selectable markers are those that complement host cell auxotrophy, provide antibiotic resistance or enable a cell to utilize specific carbon sources, and include leu2 (Broach etal., ibid.), ura3 (Botstein etal., Gene 8ΑΊ, 1979), or his3 (Struhl etal., ibid.). Another suitable selectable marker is the cat gene, which confers chloramphenicol resistance on yeast cells.

Techniques for transforming fungi are well known in the literature, and have been described, for instance, by Beggs (ibid.), Hinnen et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75:1929-1933, 1978), Yelton etal. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 57:1740-1747, 1984), and Russell (Nature 301:167-169, 1983). The genotype of the host cell may contain a genetic defect that is complemented by the selectable marker present on the expression vector. Choice of a particular host and selectable marker is well within the level of ordinary skill in the art. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 45

Protocols for the transformation of yeast are also well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. For example, transformation may be readily accomplished either by preparation of spheroplasts of yeast with DNA (see Hinnen et al., PNAS USA 75:1929, 1978) or by treatment with alkaline salts such as LiCl (see Itoh et al., J. Bacteriology 755:163, 1983). Transformation of fungi may also be carried out using polyethylene glycol as described by Cullen et al. (Bio/Technology 5:369, 1987).

Viral vectors include those which comprise a promoter that directs the expression of an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes a desired protein as described above. A wide variety of promoters may be utilized within the context of the present invention, including for example, promoters such as MoMLV LTR, RSV LTR, Friend MuLV LTR, adenoviral promoter (Ohno et al., Science 265:781-784, 1994), neomycin phosphotransferase promoter/enhancer, late parvovirus promoter (Koering et al., Hum. Gene Therap. 5:457-463, 1994), Herpes TK promoter, SV40 promoter, metallothionein Ila gene enhancer/promoter, cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter, and the cytomegalovirus immediate late promoter. Within particularly preferred embodiments of the invention, the promoter is a tissue-specific promoter (see e.g., WO 91/02805; EP 0,415,731; and WO 90/07936). Representative examples of suitable tissue specific promoters include neural specific enolase promoter, platelet derived growth factor beta promoter, bone morphogenic protein promoter, human alphal-chimaerin promoter, synapsin I promoter and synapsin II promoter. In addition to the above-noted promoters, other viral-specific promoters (e.g., retroviral promoters (including those noted above, as well as others such as HIV promoters), hepatitis, herpes (e.g., EBV), and bacterial, fungal or parasitic (e.g., malarial) -specific promoters may be utilized in order to target a specific cell or tissue which is infected with a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite.

Mammalian cells suitable for carrying out the present invention include, among others COS, CHO, SaOS, osteosarcomas, KS483, MG-63, primary osteoblasts, and human or mammalian bone marrow stroma. Mammalian expression vectors for use in carrying out the present invention will include a promoter capable of directing the transcription of a cloned gene or cDNA. Preferred promoters include viral promoters and cellular promoters. Bone specific promoters include the bone sialo-protein and the promoter for osteocalcin. Viral promoters include the cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter (Boshart et al., Cell 41:521 -530, 1985), cytomegalovirus immediate late promoter, SV40 promoter (Subramani et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 7:854-864, 1981), MMTV LTR, RSV LTR, metallothionein-1, adenovirus Ela. Cellular promoters include the mouse metallothionein-1 promoter (Palmiter etal., U.S. Patent No. 4,579,821), a WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 46 mouse VK promoter (Bergman et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 57:7041-7045, 1983; Grant etal., Nucl. Acids Res. 15:5496, 1987) and a mouse Vjq promoter (Loh etal., Cell 33:85-93, 1983). The choice of promoter will depend, at least in part, upon the level of expression desired or the recipient cell line to be transfected.

Such expression vectors may also contain a set of RNA splice sites located downstream from the promoter and upstream from the DNA sequence encoding the peptide or protein of interest. Preferred RNA splice sites may be obtained from adenovirus and/or immunoglobulin genes. Also contained in the expression vectors is a polyadenylation signal located downstream of the coding sequence of interest. Suitable polyadenylation signals include the early or late polyadenylation signals from SV40 (Kaufman and Sharp, ibid.), the polyadenylation signal from the Adenovirus 5 E1B region and the human growth hormone gene terminator (DeNoto et al., Nuc. Acids Res. 9:3719-3730, 1981). The expression vectors may include a noncoding viral leader sequence, such as the Adenovirus 2 tripartite leader, located between the promoter and the RNA splice sites. Preferred vectors may also include enhancer sequences, such as the SV40 enhancer. Expression vectors may also include sequences encoding the adenovirus VA RNAs. Suitable expression vectors can be obtained from commercial sources (e.g., Stratagene, La Jolla, California).

Vector constructs comprising cloned DNA sequences can be introduced into cultured mammalian cells by, for example, calcium phosphate-mediated transfection (Wigler etal., Cell 14:125, 1978; Corsaro and Pearson, Somatic Cell Genetics 7:603, 1981; Graham and Van der Eb, Virology 52:456, 1973), electroporation (Neumann et al., EMBO J. 7:841-845, 1982), or DEAE-dextran mediated transfection (Ausubel et al. (eds.), Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., NY, 1987). To identify cells that have stably integrated the cloned DNA, a selectable marker is generally introduced into the cells along with the gene or cDNA of interest. Preferred selectable markers for use in cultured mammalian cells include genes that confer resistance to drugs, such as neomycin, hygromycin, and methotrexate. The selectable marker may be an amplifiable selectable marker. Preferred amplifiable selectable markers are the DHFR gene and the neomycin resistance gene. Selectable markers are reviewed by Thilly (Mammalian Cell Technology, Butterworth Publishers, Stoneham, Massachusetts, which is incorporated herein by reference).

Mammalian cells containing a suitable vector are allowed to grow for a period of time, typically 1-2 days, to begin expressing the DNA sequence(s) of interest. Drug selection is then applied to select for growth of cells that are expressing the selectable marker in a stable fashion. For cells that have been transfected with an WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 47 amplifiable, selectable marker the drug concentration may be increased in a stepwise manner to select for increased copy number of the cloned sequences, thereby increasing expression levels. Cells expressing the introduced sequences are selected and screened for production of the protein of interest in the desired form or at the desired level. Cells that satisfy these criteria can then be cloned and scaled up for production.

Protocols for the transfection of mammalian cells are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Representative methods include calcium phosphate mediated transfection, electroporation, lipofection, retroviral, adenoviral and protoplast fusion-mediated transfection (see Sambrook et al., supra). Naked vector constructs can also be taken up by muscular cells or other suitable cells subsequent to injection into the muscle of a mammal (or other animals).

Numerous insect host cells known in the art can also be useful within the present invention, in light of the subject specification. For example, the use of baculoviruses as vectors for expressing heterologous DNA sequences in insect cells has been reviewed by Atkinson et al. (Pestic. Sci. 25:215-224,1990).

Numerous plant host cells known in the art can also be useful within the present invention, in light of the subject specification. For example, the use of Agrobacterium rhizogenes as vectors for expressing genes in plant cells has been reviewed by Sinkar et al. (./. Biosci. (Bangalore) 77:47-58, 1987),

Within related aspects of the present invention, proteins of the present invention may be expressed in a transgenic animal whose germ cells and somatic cells contain a gene which encodes the desired protein and which is operably linked to a promoter effective for the expression of the gene. Alternatively, in a similar manner transgenic animals may be prepared that lack the desired gene (e.g., “knock-out” mice). Such transgenics may be prepared in a variety of non-human animals, including mice, rats, rabbits, sheep, dogs, goats and pigs (see Hammer et al., Nature 275:680-683, 1985, Palmiter et al., Science 222:809-814, 1983, Brinster et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 52:4438-4442, 1985, Palmiter and Brinster, Cel! 77:343-345, 1985, and U.S. Patent Nos. 5,175,383, 5,087,571, 4,736,866, 5,387,742, 5,347,075, 5,221,778, and 5,175,384). Briefly, an expression vector, including a nucleic acid molecule to be expressed together with appropriately positioned expression control sequences, is introduced into pronuclei of fertilized eggs, for example, by microinjection. Integration of the injected DNA is detected by blot analysis of DNA from tissue samples. It is preferred that the introduced DNA be incorporated into the germ line of the animal so that it is passed on to the animal’s progeny. Tissue-specific expression may be achieved through the use of a tissue-specific promoter, or through the use of an WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 48 inducible promoter, such as the metallothionein gene promoter (Palmiter etal., 1983, ibid), which allows regulated expression of the transgene.

Proteins can be isolated by, among other methods, culturing suitable host and vector systems to produce the recombinant translation products of the present invention. Supernatants from such cell lines, or protein inclusions or whole cells where the protein is not excreted into the supernatant, can then be treated by a variety of purification procedures in order to isolate the desired proteins. For example, the supernatant may be first concentrated using commercially available protein concentration filters, such as an Amicon or Millipore Pellicon ultrafiltration unit. Following concentration, the concentrate may be applied to a suitable purification matrix such as, for example, an anti-protein antibody bound to a suitable support. Alternatively, anion or cation exchange resins may be employed in order to purify the protein. As a further alternative, one or more reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) steps may be employed to further purify the protein. Other methods of isolating the proteins of the present invention are well known in the skill of the art. A protein is deemed to be “isolated” within the context of the present invention if no other (undesired) protein is detected pursuant to SDS-PAGE analysis followed by Coomassie blue staining. Within other embodiments, the desired protein can be isolated such that no other (undesired) protein is detected pursuant to SDS-PAGE analysis followed by silver staining. 3. Nucleic Acid Molecules

Within other aspects of the invention, nucleic acid molecules are provided which are capable of inhibiting TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a member of the TGF-beta family. For example, within one embodiment antisense oligonucleotide molecules are provided which specifically inhibit expression of TGF-beta binding-protein nucleic acid sequences (see generally, Hirashima et al. in Molecular Biology ofRNA: New Perspectives (M. Inouye and B. S. Dudock, eds., 1987 Academic Press, San Diego, p. 401); Oligonucleotides: Antisense Inhibitors of Gene Expression (J.S. Cohen, ed., 1989 MacMillan Press, London); Stein and Cheng, Science 26P. 1004-1012, 1993; WO 95/10607; U.S. Patent No. 5,359,051; WO 92/06693; and EP-A2-612844). Briefly, such molecules are constructed such that they are complementary to, and able to form Watson-Crick base pairs with, a region of transcribed TGF-beta binding-protein mRNA sequence. The resultant double-stranded WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 49 nucleic acid interferes with subsequent processing of the mRNA, thereby preventing protein synthesis (see Example 10).

Within other aspects of the invention, ribozymes are provided which are capable of inhibiting the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a member of the TGF-beta family. As used herein, “ribozymes” are intended to include RNA molecules that contain anti-sense sequences for specific recognition, and an RNA-cleaving enzymatic activity. The catalytic strand cleaves a specific site in a target RNA at greater than stoichiometric concentration. A wide variety of ribozymes may be utilized within the context of the present invention, including for example, the hammerhead ribozyme (for example, as described by Forster and Symons, Cell 75:211-220, 1987; Haseloff and Gerlach, Nature 525:596-600, 1988; Walbot and Bruening, Nature 557:196, 1988; Haseloff and Gerlach, Nature 334.585, 1988); the hairpin ribozyme (for example, as described by Haseloff etal., U.S. Patent No. 5,254,678, issued October 19, 1993 and Hempel et al., European Patent Publication No. 0 360 257, published March 26, 1990); and Tetrahymena ribosomal RNA-based ribozymes (see Cech et al., U.S. Patent No. 4,987,071). Ribozymes of the present invention typically consist of RNA, but may also be composed of DNA, nucleic acid analogs (e.g., phosphorothioates), or chimerics thereof (e.g., DNA/RNA/RNA). 4. Labels

The gene product or any of the candidate molecules described above and below, may be labeled with a variety of compounds, including for example, fluorescent molecules, toxins, and radionuclides. Representative examples of fluorescent molecules include fluorescein, Phycobili proteins, such as phycoerythrin, rhodamine, Texas red and luciferase. Representative examples of toxins include ricin, abrin diphtheria toxin, cholera toxin, gelonin, pokeweed antiviral protein, tritin, Shigella toxin, and Pseudomonas exotoxin A. Representative examples of radionuclides include Cu-64, Ga-67, Ga-68, Zr-89, Ru-97, Tc-99m, Rh-105, Pd-109, ln-111, 1-123, 1-125, I-131, Re-186, Re-188, Au-198, Au-199, Pb-203, At-211, Pb-212 and Bi-212. In addition, the antibodies described above may also be labeled or conjugated to one partner of a ligand binding pair. Representative examples include avidin-biotin, and riboflavin-riboflavin binding protein.

Methods for conjugating or labeling the molecules described herein with the representative labels set forth above may be readily accomplished by one of ordinary skill in the art (see Trichothecene Antibody Conjugate, U.S. Patent No. 4,744,981; Antibody Conjugate, U.S. Patent No. 5,106,951; Fluorogenic Materials and WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 50

Labeling Techniques, U.S. Patent No. 4,018,884; Metal Radionuclide Labeled Proteins for Diagnosis and Therapy, U.S. Patent No. 4,897,255; and Metal Radionuclide Chelating Compounds for Improved Chelation Kinetics, U.S. Patent No. 4,988,496; see also Inman, Methods In Enzymology, Vol. 34, Affinity Techniques, Enzyme Purification: Part B, Jakoby and Wilchek (eds.), Academic Press, New York, p. 30, 1974; see also Wilchek and Bayer, “The Avidin-Biotin Complex in Bioanalytical Applications,” Anal. Biochem. Π7:1-32, 1988).

Pharmaceutical Compositions

As noted above, the present invention also provides a variety of pharmaceutical compositions, comprising one of the above-described molecules which inhibits the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a member of the TGF-beta family along with a pharmaceutically or physiologically acceptable carrier, excipients or diluents. Generally, such carriers should be nontoxic to recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed. Ordinarily, the preparation of such compositions entails combining the therapeutic agent with buffers, antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues) polypeptides, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates including glucose, sucrose or dextrins, chelating agents such as EDTA, glutathione and other stabilizers and excipients. Neutral buffered saline or saline mixed with nonspecific serum albumin are exemplary appropriate diluents.

In addition, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be prepared for administration by a variety of different routes. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be placed within containers, along with packaging material which provides instructions regarding the use of such pharmaceutical compositions. Generally, such instructions will include a tangible expression describing the reagent concentration, as well as within certain embodiments, relative amounts of excipient ingredients or diluents (e.g., water, saline or PBS) which may be necessary to reconstitute the pharmaceutical composition.

Methods of Treatment

The present invention also provides methods for increasing the mineral content and mineral density of bone. Briefly, numerous conditions result in the loss of bone mineral content, including for example, disease, genetic predisposition, accidents which result in the lack of use of bone (e.g., due to fracture), therapeutics which effect bone resorption, or which kill bone forming cells and normal aging. Through use of the molecules described herein which inhibit the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 51 TGF-beta family member such conditions may be treated or prevented. As utilized herein, it should be understood that bone mineral content has been increased, if bone mineral content has been increased in a statistically significant manner (e.g., greater than one-half standard deviation), at a selected site. A wide variety of conditions which result in loss of bone mineral content may be treated with the molecules described herein. Patients with such conditions may be identified through clinical diagnosis utilizing well known techniques (see, e.g., Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, McGraw-Hill, Inc.). Representative examples of diseases that may be treated included dysplasias, wherein there is abnormal growth or development of bone. Representative examples of such conditions include achondroplasia, cleidocranial dysostosis, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, Gaucher’s, hypophosphatemic rickets, Marfan’s, multiple hereditary exotoses, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis, osteopoikilosis, sclerotic lesions, fractures, periodontal disease, pseudoarthrosis and pyogenic osteomyelitis.

Other conditions which may be treated or prevented include a wide variety of causes of osteopenia (/. ¢., a condition that causes greater than one standard deviation of bone mineral content or density below peak skeletal mineral content at youth). Representative examples of such conditions include anemic states, conditions caused steroids, conditions caused by heparin, bone marrow disorders, scurvy, malnutrition, calcium deficiency, idiopathic osteoporosis, congenital osteopenia or osteoporosis, alcoholism, chronic liver disease, senility, postmenopausal state, oligomenorrhea , amenorrhea, pregnancy, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, Cushing’s disease, acromegaly, hypogonadism, immobilization or disuse, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, transient regional osteoporosis and osteomalacia.

Within one aspect of the present invention, bone mineral content or density may be increased by administering to a warm-blooded animal a therapeutically effective amount of a molecule which inhibits the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a TGF-beta family member. Examples of warm-blooded animals that may be treated include both vertebrates and mammals, including for example horses, cows, pigs, sheep, dogs, cats, rats and mice. Representative examples of therapeutic molecules include ribozymes, ribozyme genes, antisense oligonucleotides and antibodies (e.g, humanized antibodies).

Within other aspects of the present invention, methods are provided for increasing bone density, comprising the step of introducing into cells which home to bone a vector which directs the expression of a molecule which inhibits the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a member of the TGF-beta family, and administering the WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 52 vector containing cells to a warm-blooded animal. Briefly, cells which home to bone may be obtained directly from the bone of patients (e.g., cells obtained from the bone marrow such as CD34+, osteoblasts, osteocytes, and the like), from peripheral blood, or from cultures. A vector which directs the expression of a molecule that inhibits the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a member of the TGF-beta family is introduced into the cells. Representative examples of suitable vectors include viral vectors such as herpes viral vectors (e.g., U.S. Patent No. 5,288,641), adenoviral vectors (e.g., WO 94/26914, WO 93/9191; Rolls etal., PNAS 97(1):215-219, 1994; Kass-Eisler et al„ PNAS 90(24):11498-502, 1993; Guzman etal., Circulation 55(6):2838-48, 1993; Guzman etal., Cir. Res. 73(6):1202-1207, 1993; Zabner etal., Cell 75(2):207-216, 1993; Li et al., Hum Gene Ther. 7(4):403-409, 1993; Caillaud et al., Eur. J. Neurosci. 5(10:1287-1291, 1993; Vincent etal., Nat. Genet. 5(2):130-134, 1993; Jaffe etal., Nat. Genet. 7(5):372-378, 1992; and Levrero etal., Gene 707(2):195-202, 1991), adeno-associated viral vectors (WO 95/13365; Flotte et al,, PNAS 90(22):10613-10617, 1993), baculovirus vectors, parvovirus vectors (Koering et al.. Hum. Gene Therap. 5:457-463, 1994), pox virus vectors (Panicali and Paoletti, PNAS 79:4927-4931, 1982; and Ozaki etal., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 793(2):653-660, 1993), and retroviruses (e.g., EP 0,415,731; WO 90/07936; WO 91/0285, WO 94/03622; WO 93/25698; WO 93/25234; U.S. Patent No. 5,219,740; WO 93/11230; WO 93/10218). Viral vectors may likewise be constructed which contain a mixture of different elements (e.g., promoters, envelope sequences and the like) from different viruses, or non-viral sources. Within various embodiments, either the viral vector itself, or a viral particle which contains the viral vector may be utilized in the methods and compositions described below.

Within other embodiments of the invention, nucleic acid molecules which encode a molecule which inhibits the TGF-beta binding-protein binding to a member of the TGF-beta family themselves may be administered by a variety of techniques, including, for example, administration of asialoosomucoid (ASOR) conjugated with poly-L-lysine DNA complexes (Cristano etal., PNAS 92122-92126, 1993), DNA linked to killed adenovirus (Curiel et al., Hum. Gene Ther. 3(2):147-154, 1992), cytofectin-mediated introduction (DMRIE-DOPE, Vical, California), direct DNA injection (Acsadi et al., Nature 352:815-818, 1991); DNA ligand (Wu et al., J. of Biol. Chem. 267:16985-16987, 1989); lipofection (Feigner et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84.1413-1417, 1989); liposomes (Pickering etal., Circ. 59(1):13-21, 1994; and Wang etal., PNAS 57:7851-7855, 1987); microprojectile bombardment (Williams WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 53 et al., PNAS 55:2726-2730, 1991); and direct delivery of nucleic acids which encode the protein itself either alone (Vile and Hart, Cancer Res. 53: 3860-3864, 1993), or utilizing PEG-nucleic acid complexes.

Representative examples of molecules which may be expressed by the 5 vectors of present invention include ribozymes and antisense molecules, each of which are discussed in more detail above.

Determination of increased bone mineral content may be determined directly through the use of X-rays (e.g., Dual Energy X-ray Absorptometry or “DEXA”), or by inference through bone turnover markers (osteoblast specific alkaline 10 phosphatase, osteocalcin, type 1 procollagen C’ propeptide (PICP), and total alkaline phosphatase; see Cornier, C., Curr. Opin. in Rheu. ":243, 1995), or markers of bone resorption (pyridinoline, deoxypryridinoline, N-telopeptide, urinary hydroxyproline, plasma tartrate-resistant acid phosphatases and galactosyl hydroxylysine; see Cornier, supra). The amount of bone mass may also be calculated from body weights, or 15 utilizing other methods (see Guinness-Hey, Metab. Bone Dis. and Rel. Res. 5:177-181, 1984).

As will be evident to one of skill in the art, the amount and frequency of administration will depend, of course, on such factors as the nature and severity of the indication being treated, the desired response, the condition of the patient, and so forth. 20 Typically, the compositions may be administered by a variety of techniques, as noted above.

The following examples are offered by way of illustration, and not by way of limitation. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 54 EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1 SCLEROSTEOSIS MAPS TO THE LONG ARM OF HUMAN CHROMOSOME 17

Genetic mapping of the defect responsible for sclerosteosis in humans 5 localized the gene responsible for this disorder to the region of human chromosome 17 that encodes a novel TGF-beta binding-protein family member. In sclerosteosis, skeletal bone displays a substantial increase in mineral density relative to that of unafflicted individuals. Bone in the head displays overgrowth as well. Sclerosteosis patients are generally healthy although they may exhibit variable degrees of syndactyly it) at birth and variable degrees of cranial compression and nerve compression in the skull.

Linkage analysis of the gene defect associated with sclerosteosis was conducted by applying the homozygosity mapping method to DNA samples collected from 24 South African Afrikaaner families in which the disease occurred. (Sheffield et al., 1994, Human Molecular Genetics 5:1331-1335. “Identification of a Bardet-Biedl 15 syndrome locus on chromosome 3 and evaluation of an efficient approach to homozygosity mapping”). The Afrikaaner population of South Africa is genetically homogeneous; the population is descended from a small number of founders who colonized the area several centuries ago, and it has been isolated by geographic and social barriers since the founding. Sclerosteosis is rare everywhere in the world outside 20 the Afrikaaner community, which suggests that a mutation in the gene was present in the founding population and has since increased in numbers along with the increase in the population. The use of homozygosity mapping is based on the assumption that DNA mapping markers adjacent to a recessive mutation are likely to be homozygous in affected individuals from consanguineous families and isolated populations. 25 A set of 371 microsatellite markers (Research Genetics, Set 6) from the autosomal chromosomes was selected to type pools of DNA from sclerosteosis patient samples. The DNA samples for this analysis came from 29 sclerosteosis patients in 24 families, 59 unaffected family members and a set of unrelated control individuals from the same population. The pools consisted of 4-6 individuals, either affected 30 individuals, affected individuals from consanguineous families, parents and unaffected siblings, or unrelated controls. In the pools of unrelated individuals and in most of the pools with affected individuals or family members analysis of the markers showed several allele sizes for each marker. One marker, D17S1299, showed an indication of homozygosity; one band in several of the pools of affected individuals. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 55

All 24 sclerosteosis families were typed with a total of 19 markers in the region of D17S1299 (at 17ql2-q21). Affected individuals from every family were shown to be homozygous in this region, and 25 of the 29 individuals were homozygous for a core haplotype; they each had the same alleles between D17S1787 and D17S930. 5 The other four individuals had one chromosome which matched this haplotype and a second which did not. In sum, the data compellingly suggested that this 3 megabase region contained the sclerosteosis mutation. Sequence analysis of most of the exons in this 3 megabase region identified a nonsense mutation in the novel TGF-beta binding-protein coding sequence (C>T mutation at position 117 of Sequence ID No. 1 results in io a stop codon). This mutation was shown to be unique to sclerosteosis patients and carriers of Afrikaaner descent. The identity of the gene was further confirmed by identifying a mutation in its intron (A>T mutation at position +3 of the intron) which results in improper mRNA processing in a single, unrelated patient with diagnosed sclerosteosis. 15 EXAMPLE 2

Tissue-Specificity of TGF-beta Binding-Protein Gene Expression A Human Beer Gene Expression by RT-PCR: 20 First-strand cDNA was prepared from the following total RNA samples using a commercially available kit (“Superscript Preamplification System for First-Strand cDNA Synthesis”, Life Technologies, Rockville, MD): human brain, human liver, human spleen, human thymus, human placenta, human skeletal muscle, human thyroid, human pituitary, human osteoblast (NHOst from Clonetics Corp., San Diego, 25 CA), human osteosarcoma cell line (Saos-2, ATCC# HTB-85), human bone, human bone marrow, human cartilage, vervet monkey bone, saccharomyces cerevisiae, and human peripheral blood monocytes. All RNA samples were purchased from a commercial source (Clontech, Palo Alto, CA), except the following which were prepared in-house: human osteoblast, human osteosarcoma cell line, human bone, 30 human cartilage and vervet monkey bone. These in-house RNA samples were prepared using a commercially available kit (“TRI Reagent”, Molecular Research Center, Inc., Cincinnati, OH). PCR was performed on these samples, and additionally on a human genomic sample as a control. The sense Beer oligonucleotide primer had the sequence

35 5’-CCGGAGCTGGAGAACAACAAG-3’ (SEQ ID NO:19). The antisense Beer oligonucleotide primer had the sequence 5’-GCACTGGCCGGAGCACACC-3’ (SEQ WO 00/32773 PCI7US99/27990 56 ID NO:20). In addition, PCR was performed using primers for the human beta-actin gene, as a control. The sense beta-actin oligonucleotide primer had the sequence 5’-AGGCCAACCGCGAGAAGATGA CC -3’ (SEQ ID NO:21). The antisense beta-actin oligonucleotide primer had the sequence 5’-GAAGT CCAGGGCGACGTAGCA-3’ (SEQ ID NO:22). PCR was performed using standard conditions in 25 ul reactions, with an annealing temperature of 61 degrees Celsius. Thirty-two cycles of PCR were performed with the Beer primers and twenty-four cycles were performed with the beta-actin primers.

Following amplification, 12 ul from each reaction were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining. See Figure 2A. B. RNA In-situ Hybridization of Mouse Embryo Sections:

The full length mouse Beer cDNA (Sequence ID No. 11) was cloned into the pCR2.1 vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) in the antisense and sense direction using the manufacturer's protocol. 35S-alpha-GTP-labeled cRNA sense and antisense transcripts were synthesized using in-vitro transcription reagents supplied by Ambion, Inc (Austin, TX). In-situ hybridization was performed according to the protocols of Lyons et al. (J. Cell Biol. 777:2427-2436, 1990).

The mouse Beer cRNA probe detected a specific message expressed in the neural tube, limb buds, blood vessels and ossifying cartilages of developing mouse embryos. Panel A in Figure 3 shows expression in the apical ectodermal ridge (aer) of the limb (1) bud, blood vessels (bv) and the neural tube (nt). Panel B shows expression in the 4th ventricle of the brain (4). Panel C shows expression in the mandible (ma) cervical vertebrae (cv), occipital bone (oc), palate (pa) and a blood vessel (bv). Panel D shows expression in the ribs (r) and a heart valve (va). Panel A is a transverse section of 10.5 dpc embryo. Panel B is a sagittal section of 12.5 dpc embryo and panels C and D are sagittal sections of 15.5 dpc embryos. ba=branchial arch, h=heart, te=telencephalon (forebrain), b=brain, f=frontonasal mass, g=gut, h=heart, j=jaw, li=liver, lu=lung, ot=otic vesicle, ao=, sc=spinal cord, skm=skeletal muscle, ns=nasal sinus, th=thymus , to=tongue, fl=forelimb, di=diaphragm EXAMPLE 3

Expression and Purification of Recombinant Beer Protein A. Expression in COS-1 Cells: WO 00/32773 PCT/LS99/27990 57

The DNA sequence encoding the full length human Beer protein was amplified using the following PCR oligonucleotide primers: The 5’ oligonucleotide primer had the sequence 5’-AAGCTTGGTACCATGCAGCTCCCAC-3’ (SEQ ID NO:23) and contained a Hindlll restriction enzyme site (in bold) followed by 19 nucleotides of the Beer gene starting 6 base pairs prior to the presumed amino terminal start codon (ATG). The 3’ oligonucleotide primer had the sequence 5’-AAGCTTCTACTTGTCATCGTCGTCCT TGTAGTCGTAGGCGTTCTCCAGCT-3 ’ (SEQ ID NO:24) and contained a Hindlll restriction enzyme site (in bold) followed by a reverse complement stop codon (CTA) followed by the reverse complement of the FLAG epitope (underlined, Sigma-Aldrich Co., St. Louis, MO) flanked by the reverse complement of nucleotides coding for the carboxy terminal 5 amino acids of the Beer. The PCR product was TA cloned (“Original TA Cloning Kit”, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) and individual clones were screened by DNA sequencing. A sequence-verified clone was then digested by Hindlll and purified on a 1.5% agarose gel using a commercially available reagents (“QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit”, Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA). This fragment was then ligated to Hindlll digested, phosphatase-treated pcDNA3.1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) plasmid with T4 DNA ligase. DH10B E. co/i were transformed and plated on LB, 100 pg/ml ampicillin plates. Colonies bearing the desired recombinant in the proper orientation were identified by a PCR-based screen, using a 5’ primer corresponding to the T7 promoter/priming site in pcDNAS.l and a 3’ primer with the sequence 5’- GCACTGGCCGGAGC AC ACC-3’ (SEQ ID NO:25) that corresponds to the reverse complement of internal BEER sequence. The sequence of the cloned fragment was confirmed by DNA sequencing. COS-1 cells (ATCC# CRL-1650) were used for transfection. 50 pg of the expression plasmid pcDNA-Beer-Flag was transfected using a commercially available kit following protocols supplied by the manufacturer (“DEAE-Dextran Transfection Kit”, Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO). The final media following transfection was DMEM (Life Technologies, Rockville, MD) containing 0.1% Fetal Bovine Serum. After 4 days in culture, the media was removed. Expression of recombinant BEER was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western Blot using anti-FLAG M2 monoclonal antibody (Sigma-Aldrich Co., St. Louis, MO). Purification of recombinant BEER protein was performed using an anti-FLAG M2 affinity column (“Mammalian Transient Expression System”, Sigma-Aldrich Co., St. Louis, MO). The column profile was analyzed via SDS-PAGE and Western Blot using anti-FLAG M2 monoclonal antibody. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 58 B. Expression in SF9 insect cells:

The human Beer gene sequence was amplified using PCR with standard conditions and the following primers:

Sense primer: 5’-GTCGTCGGATCCATGGGGTGGCAGGCGTTCAAGAATGAT-3’ (SEQ ID NO:26)

Antisense primer: 5’-GTCGTCAAGCTTCTACTTGTCATCGTCCTTGTAGTCGTA GGCGTTCTCCAGCTCGGC-3’ (SEQ ID NO:27)

The resulting cDNA contained the coding region of Beer with two modifications. The N-terminal secretion signal was removed and a FLAG epitope tag (Sigma) was fused in frame to the C-terminal end of the insert. BamHl and Hindlll cloning sites were added and the gene was subcloned into pMelBac vector (Invitrogen) for transfer into a baculoviral expression vector using standard methods.

Recombinant baculoviruses expressing Beer protein were made using the Bac-N-Blue transfection kit (Invitrogen) and purified according to the manufacturers instructions. SF9 cells (Invitrogen) were maintained in TNM_FH media (Invitrogen) containing 10% fetal calf serum. For protein expression, SF9 cultures in spinner flasks were infected at an MOI of greater than 10. Samples of the media and cells were taken daily for five days, and Beer expression monitored by western blot using an anti-FLAG M2 monoclonal antibody (Sigma) or an anti-Beer rabbit polyclonal antiserum.

After five days the baculovirus-infected SF9 cells were harvested by centrifugation and cell associated protein was extracted from the cell pellet using a high salt extraction buffer (1.5 M NaCl, 50 mM Tris pH 7.5). The extract (20 ml per 300 ml culture) was clarified by centrifugation, dialyzed three times against four liters of Tris buffered saline (150 mM NaCl, 50 mM Tris pH 7.5), and clarified by centrifugation again. This high salt fraction was applied to Hitrap Heparin (Pharmacia; 5 ml bed volume), washed extensively with HEPES buffered saline (25 mM HEPES 7.5, 150 mM Nacl) and bound proteins were eluted with a gradient from 150 mM NaCl to 1200 mM NaCl. Beer elution was observed at aproximately 800 mM NaCl. Beer containing fractions were supplemented to 10% glycerol and 1 mM DTT and frozen at -80 degrees C. EXAMPLE 4

Preparation and Testing of Polyclonal Antibodies to Beer, Gremlin, and Dan WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 59 A. Preparation of antigen:

The DNA sequences of Human Beer, Human Gremlin, and Human Dan were amplified using standard PCR methods with the following oligonucleotide primers: H. Beer

Sense: 5' -GACTTGGATCCCAGGGGTGGCAGGCGTTC- 3’ (SEQ ID NO:28) Antisense 5' -AGCATAAGCTTCTAGTAGGCGTTCTCCAG- 3' (SEQ ID NO:29) H. Gremlin

Sense: 5' -GACTTGGATCCGAAGGGAAAAAGAAAGGG- 3’ (SEQ ID NO:30) Antisense: 5' -AGCATAAGCTTTTAATCCAAATCGATGGA- 3' (SEQ ID NO 31) H. Dan

Sense: 5' -ACTACGAGCTCGGCCCCACCACCCATCAACAAG- 3' (SEQ ID NO:32) Antisense: 5' -ACTTAGAAGCTTTCAGTCCTCAGCCCCCTCTTCC-31 (SEQ ID NO:33)

In each case the listed primers amplified the entire coding region minus the secretion signal sequence. These include restriction sites for subcloning into the bacterial expression vector pQE-30 (Qiagen Inc., Valencia, CA) at sites BamHl/Hindlll for Beer and Gremlin, and sites Sacl/Hindlll for Dan. pQE30 contains a coding sequence for a 6x His tag at the 5' end of the cloning region. The completed constructs were transformed into E. coli strain M-15/pRep (Qiagen Inc) and individual clones verified by sequencing. Protein expression in M-15/pRep and purification (6xHis affinity tag binding to Ni-NTA coupled to Sepharose) were performed as described by the manufacturer (Qiagen, The QIAexpressionist).

The E. coli-der'wed Beer protein was recovered in significant quantity using solubilization in 6M guanidine and dialyzed to 2-4M to prevent precipitation during storage. Gremlin and Dan protein were recovered in higher quantity with solubilization in 6M guanidine and a post purification guanidine concentration of 0.5M. B. Production and testing of polyclonal antibodies:

Polyclonal antibodies to each of the three antigens were produced in rabbit and in chicken hosts using standard protocols (R &amp;amp; R Antibody, Stanwood, WA; standard protocol for rabbit immunization and antisera recovery; Short Protocols in Molecular Biology. 2nd edition. 1992. 11.37- 11.41. Contributors Helen M. Cooper and Yvonne Paterson; chicken antisera was generated with Strategic Biosolutions, Ramona, CA).

Rabbit antisera and chicken egg Igy fraction were screened for activity WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 60 via Western blot. Each of the three antigens was separated by PAGE and transferred to 0.45um nitrocellulose (Novex, San Diego, CA). The membrane was cut into strips with each strip containing approximately 75 ng of antigen. The strips were blocked in 3% Blotting Grade Block (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA) and washed 3 times in IX Tris buffer saline (TBS) /0.02% TWEEN buffer. The primary antibody (preimmunization bleeds, rabbit antisera or chicken egg IgY in dilutions ranging from 1:100 to 1:10,000 in blocking buffer) was incubated with the strips for one hour with gentle rocking. A second series of three washes IX TBS/0.02%TWEEN was followed by an one hour incubation with the secondary antibody (peroxidase conjugated donkey anti-rabbit, Amersham Life Science, Piscataway, NJ; or peroxidase conjugated donkey anti-chicken, Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, PA). A final cycle of 3X washes of IX TBS/0.02%TWEEN was performed and the strips were developed with Lumi-Light Western Blotting Substrate (Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Mannheim, Germany). C. Antibody cross-reactivity test:

Following the protocol described in the previous section, nitrocellulose strips of Beer, Gremlin or Dan were incubated with dilutions (1:5000 and 1:10,000) of their respective rabbit antisera or chicken egg IgY as well as to antisera or chicken egg Igy (dilutions 1:1000 and 1:5000) made to the remaining two antigens. The increased levels of nonmatching antibodies was performed to detect low affinity binding by those antibodies that may be seen only at increased concentration. The protocol and duration of development is the same for all three binding events using the protocol described above. There was no antigen cross-reactivity observed for any of the antigens tested. EXAMPLE 5

Interaction of Beer with TGF-beta Super-family Proteins

The interaction of Beer with proteins from different phylogenetic arms

of the TGF-β superfamily were studied using immunoprecipitation methods. Purified TGF3-1, TGFP-2, TGFP-3, BMP-4, BMP-5, BMP-6 and GDNF were obtained from commerical sources (R&amp;amp;D systems; Minneapolis, MN). A representative protocol is as follows. Partially purified Beer was dialyzed into HEPES buffered saline (25 mM HEPES 7.5, 150 mM NaCl). Immunoprecipitations were done in 300 ul of IP buffer (150 mM NaCl, 25 mM Tris pH 7.5, ImM EDTA, 1.4 mM β-mercaptoethanol, 0.5 % triton X 100, and 10% glycerol). 30 ng recombinant human BMP-5 protein (R&amp;amp;D WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 61 systems) was applied to 15 ul of FLAG affinity matrix (Sigma; St Louis MO)) in the presence and absence of 500 ng FLAG epitope-tagged Beer. The proteins were incubated for 4 hours @ 4°Cand then the affinity matrix-associated proteins were washed 5 times in IP buffer (1 ml per wash). The bound proteins were eluted from the affinity matrix in 60 microliters of IX SDS PAGE sample buffer. The proteins were resolved by SDS PAGE and Beer associated BMP-5 was detected by western blot using anti-BMP-5 antiserum (Research Diagnostics, Inc) (see Figure 5). BEER Ligand Binding Assay: FLAG-Beer protein (20 ng) is added to 100 ul PBS/0.2% BSA and adsorbed into each well of 96 well microtiter plate previously coated with anti-FLAG monoclonal antibody (Sigma; St Louis MO) and blocked with 10% BSA in PBS. This is conducted at room temperature for 60 minutes. This protein solution is removed and the wells are washed to remove unbound protein. BMP-5 is added to each well in concentrations ranging from 10 pM to 500 nM in PBS/0.2% BSA and incubated for 2 hours at room temperature. The binding solution is removed and the plate washed with three times with 200ul volumes of PBS/0.2% BSA. BMP-5 levels are then detected using BMP-5 anti-serum via ELISA (F.M. Ausubel et al (1998) Current Protocols in Mol Biol. Vol 2 11.2.1-11.2.22). Specific binding is calculated by subtracting nonspecific binding from total binding and analyzed by the LIGAND program (Munson and Podbard, Anal. Biochem., 107, p220-239, (1980).

In a variation of this method, Beer is engineered and expressed as a human Fc fusion protein. Likewise the ligand BMP is engineered and expressed as mouse Fc fusion. These proteins are incubated together and the assay conducted as described by Mellor et al using homogeneous time resolved fluorescence detection (G.W. Mellor et &amp;amp;\.,JofBiomol Screening, 3(2) 91-99, 1998). EXAMPLE 6

Screening Assay for Inhibition of TGF-beta binding-protein Binding to TGF-beta Family Members

The assay described above is replicated with two exceptions. First, BMP concentration is held fixed at the Kd determined previously. Second, a collection of antagonist candidates is added at a fixed concentration (20 uM in the case of the small organic molecule collections and 1 uM in antibody studies). These candidate molecules (antagonists) of TGF-beta binding-protein binding include organic WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 62 compounds derived from commercial or internal collections representing diverse chemical structures. These compounds are prepared as stock solutions in DMSO and are added to assay wells at &lt; 1% of final volume under the standard assay conditions. These are incubated for 2 hours at room temperature with the BMP and Beer, the solution removed and the bound BMP is quantitated as described. Agents that inhibit 40% of the BMP binding observed in the absence of compound or antibody are considered antagonists of this interaction. These are further evaluated as potential inhibitors based on titration studies to determine their inhibition constants and their influence on TGF-beta binding-protein binding affinity. Comparable specificity control assays may also be conducted to establish the selectivity profile for the identified antagonist through studies using assays dependent on the BMP ligand action (e.g. BMP/BMP receptor competition study). EXAMPLE 7

Inhibition of TGF-beta binding-protein localization to Bone Matrix

Evaluation of inhibition of localization to bone matrix (hydroxyapatite) is conducted using modifications to the method of Nicolas (Nicolas, V. Cctlctf Tissue Int 57:206, 1995). Briefly, l23I-labelled TGF-beta binding-protein is prepared as described by Nicolas [supra). Hydroxyapatite is added to each well of a 96 well microtiter plate equipped with a polypropylene filtration membrane (Polyfiltroninc, Weymouth MA). TGF-beta binding-protein is added to 0.2% albumin in PBS buffer. The wells containing matrix are washed 3 times with this buffer. Adsorbed TGF-beta binding-protein is eluted using 0.3M NaOH and quantitated.

Inhibitor identification is conducted via incubation of TGF-beta binding-protein with test molecules and applying the mixture to the matrix as described above. The matrix is washed 3 times with 0.2% albumin in PBS buffer. Adsorbed TGF-beta binding-protein is eluted using 0.3 M NaOH and quantitated. Agents that inhibit 40% of the TGF-beta binding-protein binding observed in the absence of compound or antibody are considered bone localization inhibitors. These inhibitors are further characterized through dose response studies to determine their inhibition constants and their influence on TGF-beta binding-protein binding affinity. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 63 EXAMPLE 8

Construction of TGF-beta binding-protein Mutant A. Mutagenesis: A full-length TGF-beta binding-protein cDNA in pBluescript SK serves as a template for mutagenesis. Briefly, appropriate primers (see the discussion provided above) are utilized to generate the DNA fragment by polymerase chain reaction using Vent DNA polymerase (New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA). The polymerase chain reaction is run for 23 cycles in buffers provided by the manufacturer using a 57°C annealing temperature. The product is then exposed to two restriction enzymes and after isolation using agarose gel electrophoresis, ligated back into pRBP4-503 from which the matching sequence has been removed by enzymatic digestion. Integrity of the mutant is verified by DNA sequencing. B. Mammalian Cell Expression and Isolation of Mutant TGF-beta binding-protein:

The mutant TGF-beta binding-protein cDNAs are transferred into the pcDNA3.1 mammalian expression vector described in EXAMPLE 3. After verifying the sequence, the resultant constructs are transfected into COS-1 cells, and secreted protein is purified as described in EXAMPLE 3.

EXAMPLE 9 Animal Models -I

Generation of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing τηεΒεελ Gene

The -200 kilobase (kb) BAC clone 15G5, isolated from the CITB mouse genomic DNA library (distributed by Research Genetics, Huntsville, AL) was used to determine the complete sequence of the mouse Beer gene and its 5' and 3' flanking regions. A 41 kb Sail fragment, containing the entire gene body, plus -17 kb of 5' flanking and -20 kb of 3' flanking sequence was sub-cloned into the BamHI site of the SuperCosI cosmid vector (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) and propagated in the E. coli strain DH10B. From this cosmid construct, a 35 kb Mlul - Avill restriction fragment (Sequence No. 6), including the entire mouse Beer gene, as well as 17 kb and 14 kb of 5' and 3' flanking sequence, respectively, was then gel purified, using conventional means, and used for microinjection of mouse zygotes (DNX Transgenics; US Patent No. 4,873,191). Founder animals in which the cloned DNA fragment was integrated randomly into the genome were obtained at a frequency of 5-30% of live-born pups. The presence of the transgene was ascertained by performing Southern blot analysis of WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 64 genomic DNA extracted from a small amount of mouse tissue, such as the tip of a tail. DNA was extracted using the following protocol: tissue was digested overnight at 55° C in a lysis buffer containing 200 mM NaCl, 100 mM Tris pH8.5, 5 mM EDTA, 0.2% SDS and 0.5 mg/ml Proteinase K. The following day, the DNA was extracted once with phenol/chloroform (50:50), once with chloroform/isoamylalcohol (24:1) and precipitated with ethanol. Upon resuspension in TE (lOmM Tris pH7.5, 1 mM EDTA) 8-10 ug of each DNA sample were digested with a restriction endonuclease, such as EcoRI, subjected to gel electrophoresis and transferred to a charged nylon membrane, such as HyBondN+ (Amersham, Arlington Heights, IL ). The resulting filter was then hybridized with a radioactively labelled fragment of DNA deriving from the mouse Beer gene locus, and able to recognize both a fragment from the endogenous gene locus and a fragment of a different size deriving from the transgene. Founder animals were bred to normal non-transgenic mice to generate sufficient numbers of transgenic and non-transgenic progeny in which to determine the effects of Beer gene overexpression. For these studies, animals at various ages (for example, 1 day, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 4 months) are subjected to a number of different assays designed to ascertain gross skeletal formation, bone mineral density, bone mineral content, osteoclast and osteoblast activity, extent of endochondral ossification, cartilage formation, etc. The transcriptional activity from the transgene may be determined by extracting RNA from various tissues, and using an RT-PCR assay which takes advantage of single nucleotide polymorphisms between the mouse strain from which the transgene is derived (129Sv/J) and the strain of mice used for DNA microinjection [(C57BL5/J x SJL/J)F2].

Animal Models - II

Disruption of the Mouse BEER Gene by Homologous Recombination

Homologous recombination in embryonic stem (ES) cells can be used to inactivate the endogenous mouse Beer gene and subsequently generate animals carrying the loss-of-function mutation. A reporter gene, such as the E. coli $-galactosidase gene, was engineered into the targeting vector so that its expression is controlled by the endogenous Beer gene's promoter and translational initiation signal. In this way, the spatial and temporal patterns of Beer gene expression can be determined in animals carrying a targeted allele.

The targeting vector was constructed by first cloning the drug-selectable phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) promoter driven neomycin-resistance gene (neo) cassette from pGT-N29 (New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA) into the cloning vector pSP72 (Promega, Madson, WI). PCR was used to flank the PGKneo cassette with WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 65 bacteriophage Pl loxP sites, which are recognition sites for the Pl Cre recombinase (Hoess et al., PNAS USA, 79:3398, 1982). This allows subsequent removal of the neoresistance marker in targeted ES cells or ES cell-derived animals (US Patent 4,959,317). The PCR primers were comprised of the 34 nucleotide (ntd) loxP sequence, 15-25 ntd complementary to the 5' and 3' ends of the PGKneo cassette, as well as restriction enzyme recognition sites (BamHI in the sense primer and EcoRI in the anti-sense primer) for cloning into pSP72. The sequence of the sense primer was 5'-

AATCTGGATCCATAACTTCGTATAGCATACATTATACGAAGTTATCTGCAG GATTCGAGGGCCCCT-3' (SEQ ID NO:34); sequence of the anti-sense primer was 5'-AATCTGAATTCCACCGGTGTTAATTAAATAACTTCGT ATAATGTATGCTATACGAAGTTATAGATCTAGAG TCAGCTTCTGA-31 (SEQ ID NO:35).

The next step was to clone a 3.6 kb Xhol-Hindlll fragment, containing the E. co/i β-galactosidase gene and SV40 polyadenylation signal from pSVp (Clontech, Palo Alto, CA) into the pSP72-PGKneo plasmid. The "short arm" of homology from the mouse Beer gene locus was generated by amplifying a 2.4 kb fragment from the BAC clone 15G5. The 3' end of the fragment coincided with the translational initiation site of the Beer gene, and the anti-sense primer used in the PCR also included 30 ntd complementary to the 5' end of the $-galaclosidase gene so that its coding region could be fused to the Beer initiation site in-frame. The approach taken for introducing the "short arm" into the pSP72-PgaI-PGKneo plasmid was to linearize the plasmid at a site upstream of the $-gci! gene and then to co-transform this fragment with the "short arm" PCR product and to select for plasmids in which the PCR product was integrated by homologous recombination. The sense primer for the "short arm" amplification included 30 ntd complementary to the pSP72 vector to allow for this recombination event. The sequence of the sense primer was 5-ATTTAGGTGACACT ATAGAACTCGAGCAGCTGAAGCTTAACCACATGGTGGCTCACAACCAT-3' (SEQ ID NO:36) and the sequence of the anti-sense primer was 5'-AACGACGGCCAGTGAATCCGTA ATCATGGTCATGCTGCCAGGTGGAGGAGGGCA-3' (SEQ ID NO:37).

The "long arm" from the Beer gene locus was generated by amplifying a 6.1 kb fragment from BAC clone 15G5 with primers which also introduce the rare-cutting restriction enzyme sites SgrAI, Fsel, Ascl and Pacl. Specifically, the sequence of the sense primer was 5-ATTACCACCGGTGACACCCGCTTCCTGACAG-3' (SEQ ID NO:38); the sequence of the anti-sense primer was 5'- WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 66

ATTACTTAATTAAACATGGCGCGCCAT ATGGCCGGCCCCTAATTGCGGCGCATCGTTAATT-3' (SEQ ID NO:39). The resulting PCR product was cloned into the TA vector (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA ) as an intermediate step.

The mouse Beer gene targeting construct also included a second selectable marker, the herpes simplex virus I thymidine kinase gene (HSVTK) under the control of rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat element (RSV LTR). Expression of this gene renders mammalian cells sensitive (and inviable) to gancyclovir; it is therefore a convenient way to select against neomycin-resistant cells in which the construct has integrated by a non-homologous event (US Patent 5,464,764) The RSVLTR-HSVTK cassette was amplified from pPS1337 using primers that allow subsequent cloning into the Fsel and Ascl sites of the "long arm"-TA vector plasmid. For this PCR, the sequence of the sense primer was 5'-ATTACGGCCGGCCGCAAAGGAATTCAAGA TCTGA-3' (SEQ ID NO:40); the sequence of the anti-sense primer was 5'-ATTACGGCGCGCCCCTC ACAGGCCGCACCCAGCT-3' (SEQ ID NO:41).

The final step in the construction of the targeting vector involved cloning the 8.8 kb SgrAI-AscI fragment containing the "long arm" and RSVLTR-HSVTK gene into the SgrAI and Ascl sites of the pSP72-"short arm"-3gal-PGKneo plasmid. This targeting vector was linearized by digestion with either Ascl or Pacl before electroporation into ES cells. EXAMPLE 10

Antisense-mediated Beer Inactivation 17-nucleotide antisense oligonucleotides are prepared in an overlapping format, in such a way that the 5' end of the first oligonucleotide overlaps the translation initiating AUG of the Beer transcript, and the 5' ends of successive oligonucleotides occur in 5 nucleotide increments moving in the 5’ direction (up to 50 nucleotides away), relative to the Beer AUG. Corresponding control oligonucleotides are designed and prepared using equivalent base composition but redistributed in sequence to inhibit any significant hybridization to the coding mRNA. Reagent delivery to the test cellular system is conducted through cationic lipid delivery (P.L. Feigner, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 54:7413, 1987). 2 ug of antisense oligonucleotide is added to 100 ul of reduced serum media (Opti-MEM I reduced serum media; Life Technologies, Gaithersburg MD) and this is mixed with Lipofectin reagent (6 ul) (Life Technologies, WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 67

Gaithersburg MD) in the 100 ul of reduced serum media. These are mixed, allowed to complex for 30 minutes at room temperature and the mixture is added to previously seeded MC3T3E21 or K.S483 cells. These cells are cultured and the mRNA recovered. Beer mRNA is monitored using RT-PCR in conjunction with Beer specific primers. In 5 addition, separate experimental wells are collected and protein levels characterized through western blot methods described in Example 4. The cells are harvested, resuspended in lysis buffer (50 mM Tris pH 7.5, 20 mM NaCl, ImM EDTA, 1% SDS) and the soluble protein collected. This material is applied to 10-20 % gradient denaturing SDS PAGE. The separated proteins are transferred to nitrocellulose and 10 the western blot conducted as above using the antibody reagents described. In parallel, the control oligonucleotides are added to identical cultures and experimental operations are repeated. Decrease in Beer mRNA or protein levels are considered significant if the treatment with the antisense oligonucleotide results in a 50% change in either instance compared to the control scrambled oligonucleotide. This methodology enables 15 selective gene inactivation and subsequent phenotype characterization of the mineralized nodules in the tissue culture model. WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 68

SEQUENCES

Sequence ID No. 1: Human BEER cDNA (complete coding region plus 5 1 and 3' UTRs) 5

AGAGCCTGTGCTACTGGAAGGTGGCGTGCCCTCCTCTGGCTGGTACCATGCAGCTCCCACTGGCCCTGTGTCTCGTCTGC CTGCTGGTACACACAGCCTTCCGTGTAGTGGAGGGCCAGGGGTGGCAGGCGTTCAAG.AATGATGCCACGG.A-ATCATCCC·

CGAGGTCGGAGAGTACC’CCGAGCCTCCACCGGAGCTGGAGAACAACAAGACCATGP.ACCGGGCGGAGAACGGAGGGCGGC

GTCCCCACCACCCCTTTGAGACCAA.AGACGTGTCCGAGTACAGCTGCCGCGAGCTGCACTTCACCCGCTACGTGACCGAT

10 GGGCCGTGCCGCAGGGCCAAGCCGGTC.ACCGA.GCTGGTGTGCTCCGGCCAGTGCGGCCCGGCGCGCCTGCTGCCCAACGC

“ATCGGCCGCGGCAAGTGGTGGCGACCTAGTGGGCCCGACTTCCGCTGCATCCCCGACGGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGCGTGC

AGCTGCTGTGTCCCGGTGGTGAGGCGCCGCGCGCGCGCAAGGTGCGCCTGGTGGCCTCGTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACC

CGCTTCCACAACCAGTCGGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGGACCGAGGCCGCTCGGCCGCAGAAGGGCCGGAAGCCGCGGCCCCG

CGCCCGGAGCGCCAAAGCCAACCAGGCCGAGCTGGAGAACGCCTACTAGAGCCCGCCCGCGCCCCTCCCCAGCGGCGGGC

15 GCCCCGGCCCTGA.ACCCGCGCCCCACATTTCTGTCCTCTGCGCGTGGTTTGATTGTTTATATTTCATTGTAAATGCCTGC

AACCCAGGGCAGGGGGCTGAGACCTTCCAGGCCCTGAGGAATCCCGGGCGCCGGCAAGGCCCCCCTCAGCCCGCCAGCTG

AGGGGTCCCACGGGGCAGGGGAGGGAATTGAGAGTCACAGACACTGAGCCACGCAGCCCCGCCTCTGGGGCCGCCTACCT

TTGCTGGTCCCACTTCAGAGGAGGCAGAAATGGAAGCATTTTCACCGCCCTGGGGTTTTAAGGGAGCGGTGTGGGAGTGG

GAAAGTCCAGGGACTGGTTAAGAAAGTTGGATAAGATTCCCCCTTGCACCTCGCTGCCCATCAGAAAGCCTGAGGCGTGC

20 CCAGAGCAC.AAGACTGGGGGCAACTGTAGATGTGGTTTCTAGTCCTGGCTCTGCCACTAACTTGCTGTGTAACCTTGAAC

TACACAATTCTCCTTCGGGACCTCAATTTCCACTTTGTAAAATGAGGGTGGAGGTGGGAATAGGATCTCGAGGAGACTAT

TGGCATATGATTCCAAGGACTCCAGTGCCTTTTGAATGGGCAGAGGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAAAGAGAGAGAATGAATG

CAGTTGCATTGATTCAGTGCCAAGGTCACTTCCAGAATTCAGAGTTGTGATGCTCTCTTCTGACAGCCAAAGATGAAAAA

CAAACAGAAAAAAAAAAGTAAAGAGTCTATTTATGGCTGACATATTTACGGCTGACAAACTCCTGGAAGAAGCTATGCTG

25 CTTCCCAGCCTGGCTTCCCCGGATGTTTGGCTACCTCCACCCCTCCATCTCAAAGAAATAACATCATCCATTGGGGTAGA

AAAGGAGAGGGTCCGAGGGTGGTGGGAGGGATAGAAATCACATCCGCCCCAACTTCCCAAAGAGCAGCATCCCTCCCCCG

ACCCATAGCCATGTTTTAAAGTCACCTTCCGAAGAGAAGTGAAAGGTTCAAGGACACTGGCCTTGCAGGCCCGAGGGAGC agccatcacaaactcacagaccagcacatcccttttgagacaccgccttctgcccaccactcacggacacatttctgcct ag.aaaacagcttcttactgctcttacatgtgatggcatatcttacactaaaagaatattattgggggaaaaactacaagt 30 gctgtacatatgctgagaaactgcagagcataatagctgccacccaaaaatctttttgaaaatcatttccagacaacctc ttactttctgtgtagtttttaattgttaaaaaaaaaaagttttaaacagaagcacatgacatatgaaagcctgcaggact ggtcgtttttttggcaattcttccacgtgggacttgtccacaagaatgaaagtagtggtttttaaagagttaagttacat

ATTTATTTTCTCACTTAAGTTATTTATGCAAAAGTTTTTCTTGTAGAGAATGACAATGTTAATATTGCTTTATGAATTAA

CAGTCTGTTCTTCCAGAGTCCAGAGACATTGTTAATAAAGACAATGAATCATGACCGAAAG 35 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 69

Sequence ID Ko. 2: Human BEER protein (complete sequence)

MQLPLALCLVCLLVHT.AFRWEGQGKQAFKNDATEIIFELGEYPEPFEELENNKTMNRAENGGRF FHHFFETKDVSEYSC

relhftryvtdgfcrsakpvtelvcsgqcgparllpnaigrgkwwrfsgfdfrcipbryraqrvqllcpggeaerarkvr 5 LVASCKCKRLTRFHNQSELKDFGTEAARPQKGRKPRPRARSAKANQAELENAY

Sequence ID No. 3: Human Beer cDNA containing Sclerosteosis nonsense 10 mutation

AGAGCCTGTGCTACTGGAAGGTGGCG7GCCCTCCTCTGGCTGGTACCAT3CAGCTCCCACTGGCCCTGTGTCTCGTCTGC CTGC7GG7ACACACAGCC7TCCGTG7AG7GGAGGGCTAGGGG7GGCAGGCG7TCAAGAATGA7GCCACGGAAATCATCC-.: cgagctcggagagtaccccgagcctccaccggagctggagaac.aac.aagaccatgaaccgggcggagaa.cggagggcggc 15 ctccccaccacccctttgagaccaaagacgtgtccgagtacagctgccgcgagctgcacttcacccgctacgtgaccgat gggccgtgccgcagcgcc.aagccggtcaccgagctggtgtgctccggccagtgcggcccggcgcgcctgctgcccaacgc

CATCGGCCGCGGCAAGTGGTGGCGACCTAGTGGGCCCGACTTCCGCTGCATCCCCGACCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGCGTGC

AGCTGCTGTGTCCCGGTGGTGAGGCGCCGCGCGCGCGCAAGGTGCGCCTGGTGGCCTCGTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACC

CGCTTCCACAACCAGTCGGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGGACCGAGGCCGCTCGGCCGCAGAAGGGCCGGAAGCCGCGGCCCCG

20 CGCCCGGAGCGCCRAAGCCAACCAGGCCGAGCTGGAGAACGCCT.ACTAGAGCCCGCCCGC3CCCCTCCCCACCG3CGGGC

GCCCCGGCCCTGAACCCGCGCCCCACATTTCTGTCCTCTGCGCG7GGTTTGATTGTTTATATTTCATTGTAAATGCCTGC

AACCCAGGGCAGGGGGC7GAGACC77CCAGGCCCTGAGGAATCCCGGGCGCCGGCAAGGCCCCCCTCAGCCCGCCAGC7G

AGGGGTCCCACGGGGCAGGGGAGGGAATTGAGAGTCACAGACACTGAGCCACGCAGCCCCGCCTCTGGGGCCGCCTACCT

TTGCTGGTCCCACTTCAGAGGAGGCAGAAATGG.AAGCATTTTCACCGCCCTGGGGTTTTAAGGGAGCGGTGTGGGAGTGG

25 GAAAG7CCAGGGACTGG7TAAGAAAGTTGGA7AAGA7TCCCCCT7GCACC7CGCTGCCCATCAG.AAAGCC7GAGGCGTGC

CCAGAGCACAAGACTGGGGGCAACTGTAGATGTGGTTTCTAGTCCTGGCTCTGCCACTAACTTGCTGTGTAACCTTGAAC

TACACAATTCTCCTTCGGGACCTCRATTTCCACTTTGTAAAATGAGGGTGGAGGTGGGAATAGGATCTCGAGGAGACTAT

TGGCATATGATTCCAAGGACTCCAGTGCCTTTTGAATGGGCAGAGGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAAAGAGAGAGARTGAATG

CAGTTGCATTGATTCAGTGCCAAGGTCACTTCCAGAATTCAGAGTTGTGATGCTCTCTTCTGACAGCCAAAGATGAAAAA

30 CAAACAGAAAAAAAAAAGTAAAGAGTCTATTTATGGCTGACATATTTACGGCTGACAAACTCCTGGAAGAAGCTATGCTG

CTTCCCAGCC7GGCTTCCCCGGATGTTTGGCTACCTCCACCCC7CCA7C7CAAAGAAA7AACA7CATCCA7TGGGG7AGA

AAAGGAGAGGGTCCGAGGGTGGTGGGAGGGATAGAAATCACA7CCGCCCCAACTTCCCAAAGAGCAGCATCCCTCCCCCG

ACCCATAGCCATGTTTTAAAGTCACCTTCCGAAGAGAAGTGAAAGGTTCAAGGACACTGGCCTTGCAGGCCCGAGGGAGC

AGCCATCACAAACTCACAGACCAGCACATCCCTTTTGAGACACCGCCTTCTGCCCACCACTCACGGACACATTTCTGCCT

35 AGAAAACAGCTTCTTACTGCTCTTACATGTGATGGCATATCTTACACTAAAAGAATATTATTGGGGGAAAAACTACAAGT

GCTGTACATATGCTGAGAAACTGCAGAGCATAATAGCTGCCACCCAAAAATCTTTTTGAAAATCATTTCCAGACAACCTC WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 70

TTASTTTCTGTGTAGTTTTTA.^.TTGTT.AAAAAAAAAAAGTTTTA.AACACiAAGCA.CATGACATATGAA.AGCCTGCAGGACT GGTCGTTTTTTTGGCAATTCTTCCACGTGGGACTTGTCCACAAGAATGAAAGTAGTGGTTTTTAAAGAGTTAAGTTACA7

A7TTATTTTCTCACTTAAGTTATTTATGCAAAAGTTTTTCTTGTAGAGAATGAC.AATGTTAATATTGCTTTATGAA7TAA

CAGTCTGTTCTTCCAGAGTCCAGAGACATTGTTAATAA-AGACAATGAATGATGACCGAAAG 5

Sequence ID Ho. 4: Truncated Human Beer protein from Sclerosteosis MQLFLALCLVCLLVHT.AFRWEG* 10

Sequence ID No. 5: Human BEER cDNA encoding protein variant (V10I)

15 AGAGCCTGTGCTACTGGAAGGTGGCGTGCCCTCCTCTGGCTGGTACCATGCAGCTCCCACTGGCCCTGTGTCTCATCTGC

CTGCTGGTACACACAGCCTTCCGTGTAGTGGAGGGCCAGGGGTGGCAGGCG7TCAAGAATGATGCCACGGAAATCATCCG

CGAGCTCGGAGAGTACCCCGAGCCTCCACCGGAGCTGGAGAAC.AACAAGACCATGAACCGGGCGGAG.AACGGAGGGCGGC

CTCCCCACCACCCCTTTGAGACCAAAGACGTGTCCGAGTACAGCTGCCGCGAGCTGCACTTCACCCGCTACGTGACCGAT

GGGCCGTGCCGCAGCGCCAAGCCGGTCACCGAGCTGG7GTGCTCCGGCCAGTGCGGCCCGGCGCGCCTGCTGCCCAAGGC

20 CATCGGCCGCGGCAAGTGGTGGCGACCTAGTGGGCCCGACTTCCGCTGCATCCCCGACCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGCGTGC agctgctgtgtcccggtggtgaggcgccgcgcgcgcgcaaggtgcgcctggtggcctcgtgcaagtgcaagcgcctcacc

CGCTTCCACAACCAGTCGGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGGACCGAGGCCGCTCGGCCGCAGAAGGGCCGGAAGCCGCGGCCCCG

CGCCCGGAGCGCCAAAGCCAACCAGGCCGAGCTGGAGAACGCCTACTAGAGCCCGCCCGCGCCCCTCCCCACCGGCGGGC

GCCCCGGCCCTGAACCCGCGCCCCACATTTCTGTCCTCTGCGCGTGGTTTG.ATTGTTTATA.TTTCATTGTAAATGCCTGC

25 AACCCAGGGCAGGGGGCTGAGACCTTCCAGGCCCTGAGGAATCCCGGGCGCCGGCAAGGCCCCCCTCAGCCCGCCAGCTG

AGGGGTCCCACGGGGCAGGGGAGGGAATTGAGAGTCACAGACACTGAGCCACGCAGCCCCGCCTCTGGGGCCGCCTACCT

TTGCTGGTCCCACTTCAGAGGAGGCAGAAATGGAAGCATTTTCACCGCCCTGGGGTTTTAAGGGAGCGGTGTGGGAGTGG

GA.AAGTCCAGGG.ACTGGTTAAGAAAGTTGGATAAGA.TTCCCCCTTGCACCTCGCTGCCCA.TCAGAAAGCCTGAGGCGTGC

CCAGAGCACAAGACTGGGGGCAACTGTAGATGTGGTTTCTAGTCCTGGCTCTGCCACTAACTTGCTGTGTAACCTTGAAC 30 TACACAATTCTCCTTCGGGACCTCAATTTCCACTTTGTAAAATGAGGGTGGAGGTGGGAATAGGATCTCGAGGAGACTAT

TGGCATATGATTCCAAGGACTCCAGTGCCTTTTGAArGGGCAGAGGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAAAGAGAGAGAATGAATG

CAGTTGCATTGATTCAGTGCCAAGGTCACTTCCAGAATTCAGAGTTGTGATGCTCTCTTCTGACAGCCAAAGATGAAAAA caaacagaaaaaaaaaagtaaagagtctatttatggctgacatatttacggctgacaaactcctggaagaagctatgctg

CTTCCCAGCCTGGCTTCCCCGGATGTTTGGCTACCTCCACCCCTCCATCTCAAAGAAATAACATCATCCATTGGGGTAGA

35 AAAGGAGAGGGTCCGAGGGTGGTGGGAGGGATAGAAATCACATCCGCCCCAACTTCCCAAAGAGCAGCATCCCTCCCCCG

ACCCATAGCCATGTTTTAAAGTCACCTTCCGAAGAGAAGTGAAAGGTTCAAGGACACTGGCCTTGCAGGCCCGAGGGAGC WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 71

A3CCATCACAAAC?CACAGAC’CAGCACATCCCTTTTGAGACACCGCC7TCTGCCCACCACTCACGGACACATTTC?GCCT a/iaaaacagcttcttactgctcttacatgtgatggcatatcttac\actaaaagaatattattgggggaaaaactacaagt

GCTGTACATATGCTGAG?AACTGCAGAGCATAATAGCTGCCACCCAaAAATCTTTTTGAaAATCATTTCCAGACAa.CCTC

TTACTTTCTGTGTAGTTTTTAATTGTTAAAAAAAAAAAGTTTTAAACAGAAGCACATGACATATGAAAGCCTGCAGGACT

5 GGTCGTTTTTTTGGCAATTCTTCCACGTGGGACTTGTCCACAAGAATGAAAGTAGTGGTTTTTAAAGAGTTAAGTTACAT

A.TTTATTTTCTCA.CTTAAGTTATTTATGCAAAAGTTTTTCTTGTAGAGAATGACAATGTTAATATTGCTTTATGAATTAA

"AGTCTGTTCTTCCAGAGTCCAGAGACATTGTTAATAAAGACAATGAATCATGACCGAAAG 10 Sequence ID No. 6: Hunan BEER protein variant (V10I)

:1QLFLALCLICLLVHTAFRWEGQGWQAFKND.ATEIIRELGEYFEEFFELENNKTMNRAENGGRPPHHPEETKDVSEYSC

RELHETRYVTDGFCRSAKFVTELVCSGQCGFARLLPNAIGRGKWWRFSGFDFRCIFDRYRAQRVQLLCFGGEAFRARKVR

EVASCKCKRLTREHNQSELKDFGTEAARFQKGRKFRPRARSAEANQAELEN.AY 15

Sequence ID No. 7: Hunan Beer cDNA encoding protein variant (P38R)

20 A5.-.GCCTGTGCTACTGGAAGGTGGCGTGCCCTCCTCTGGCTGGTACCATGC.AGCTCCCACTGGCCCTGTGTCTCGTCTGC

CTGCTGGTACACACAGCCTTCCGTGTAGTGGAGGGCCAGGGGTGGCAGGCGTTCAAGAATGATGCCACGGAAATCATCCG

CGAGCTCGGAGAGTACCCCGAGCCTCCACCGGAGCTGGAGAACAACAAGACCATGAACCGGGCGGAG.AACGGAGGGCGGC

CTCCCCA.CCACCCCTTTGAGACCAAAGACGTGTCCGAGTACAGCTGCCGCGAGCTGCACTTCACCCGCTACGTGACCGAT

GGGCCGTGCCGCAGCGCCAAGCCGGTCACCGAGCTGGTGTGCTCCGGCCAGTGCGGCCCGGCGCGCCTGCTGCCCAACGC

25 CATCGGCCGCGGCAAGTGGTGGCGACCTAGTGGGCCCGACTTCCGCTGCATCCCCGACCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGCGTGC

AGCTGCTGTGTCCCGGTGGTGAGGCGCCGCGCGCGCGCAAGGTGCGCCTGGTGGCCTCGTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACC

CGCTTCCACAACCAGTCGGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGGACCGAGGCCGCTCGGCCGCAGAAGGGCCGGAAGCCGCGGCCCCG

CGCCCGGAGCGCCAAAGCCAACCAGGCCGAGCTGGAGAACGCCTACTAGAGCCCGCCCGCGCCCCTCCCCACCGGCGGGC

GCCCCGGCCCTGAACCCGCGCCCCACATTTCTGTCCTCTGCGCGTGGTTTGATTGTTTATATTTCATTGTAAATGCCTGC

30 AACCCAGGGCAGGGGGCTGAGACCTTCCAGGCCCTGAGGAATCCCGGGCGCCGGCAAGGCCCCCCTCAGCCCGCCAGCTG

AGGGGTCCCACGGGGCAGGGGAGGGAATTGAGAGTCACAGACACTGAGCCACGCAGCCCCGCCTCTGGGGCCGCCTACCT

TTGCTGGTCCCACTTCAGAGGAGGCAGAAATGGAAGCATTTTCACCGCCCTGGGGTTTTAAGGGAGCGGTGTGGGAGTGG

GAAAGTCCAGGGACTGGTTAAGAAAGTTGGATAAGATTCCCCCTTGCACCTCGCTGCCCATCAGAAAGCCTGAGGCGTGC

CCAGAGCACAAGACTGGGGGCAACTGTAGATGTGGTTTCTAGTCCTGGCTCTGCCACTAACTTGCTGTGTAACCTTGAAC

35 TACACAATTCTCCTTCGGGACCTCAATTTCCACTTTGTAAAATGAGGGTGGAGGTGGGAATAGGATCTCGAGGAGACTAT

TGGCATATGATTCCAAGGACTCCAGTGCCTTTTGAATGGGCAGAGGTGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAAAGAGAGAGAATGAATG WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 72

CAGTTGCAT?GATTCAGTGCC.^3v37CACTTCCAG?^TTCAGAGTTGTG?.TGCTCTCTT?TGACAGCC&amp;amp;A^SATGA.aAaA

CAAACAGAAAAAAAAAAGTAAAGAGTCTATTTATGGCTGACATATTTACGGCTGACAAACTCCTGGAAGAAGCTATGCTG

CTTCCCAGCCTGGCTTCCCCGGATSTTTGGCTACCTCCACCCCTCCATCTCAAAGAAATAACATCATCCATTGGGGTAGA

A_»AGGAGAGGGTCCGAGGGTGGTGGGAGGGATAG.AAA.TCACATCCGCCCCAACTTCCCAAAGAGCAGCATCCCTCCCCCG

5 ACCCATAGCCATGTTTTAAAGTCACGTTCCGAAGAGAAGTGAA.AGGTTCAAGGAC'ACTGGCCTTGCAGGCCCGAGGGAGC

AGCCATCACAAA.CTCACAGACCAGCACATCCCTTTTGAGACACCGCCTTCTGCCCACCACTCACGGACACATTTCTGCCT

AGAAAACAGCTTCTTACTGCTCT7ACATGTGATGGCATATCTTACACTAAAAGAATATTA7TGGGGGAAAAACTACAAGT

GCTGTAJGATATGCTGAGAAACTGCA3AGCATAATA3CTGCCACCCAAAAATCTTTTTGAAAATCATTTCCAGACAACCTC

TT ACTTTCTGTGTAGTTTTT.AATTGTT.AAAAAAAAAAAGTTTT.AAACAG.AAGCACAtTGACATA.TG.AAAGCCTGCAGGACT

10 GGTCOTTTTTTTGGC.AATTCTTCCACGTGGGACTTGTCCACAAGAATGAAAGTAGTGGTTTTTAAAGAGTTAAGTTACAT

1biT'P'{’ATTTTCTCACTTAmAGTTATTT.ATGCAA-AAGTTTTTC7TGT.AG,AGA„ATGA.CAA.TGTTA-AT.ATTGCTTT.ATGAA.TTA-A

CAGTCTGTTCTTCCAGAGTCCAGAGACATTGTTAATAAAGACAATGAATCATGACCGAAAG 15 Sequence ID No. 8: Human Beer protein variant (P38R)

MQLPEALCLVCLLVHTAFRWEGQGWQAFKNDATEIIRELGEYFEFFFEEENNKTMNRAEMGGREEHHFFETKDVGEYSC

RELHFTRYVTDGFCRSAKFVTELVCSGQCGFARLLFNAIGRwKWWRFSGEDFRCIFDRYRAQRVQLLCFGGEAFRARKVR

LVASCKCKRLTRFHNQSELKDFGTEAARFQKGRKFRPRARSAKANQAELENAY 20

Sequence ID No. 9: Vervet BEER cDNA (complete coding region)

25 ATGCAGCTCCCACTGGCCCTGTGTCTTGTCTGCCTGCTGGTACACGCAGCCTTCCGTGTAGTGGAGGGCCAGGGGTGGCA

GGCCTTCAAGAATG.ATGCCACGGAAATCATCCCCGAGCTCGGAGAGTACCCCGAGCCTCCACCGGAGCTGGAGAACAACA

AGACCATGAACCGGGCGGAGAATGGAGGGCGGCCTCCCCACCACCCCTTTGAGACCAAAGACGTGTCCGAGTACAGCTGC

CGAGAGCTGCACTTCACCCGCTACGTGACCGAtGGGCCGTGCCGCAGCGCCAAGCCAGTCACCGAGTTGGTGTGCTCCGG

CCAGTGCGGCCCGGCACGCCTGCTGCCCAACGCCATCGGCCGCGGCAAGTGGTGGCGCCCGAGTGGGCCCGACTTCCGCT

30 GCATCCCCGACCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGTGTGCAGCTGCTGTGTCCCGGTGGTGCCGCGCCGCGCGCGCGCAAGGTGCGC

CTGGTGGCCTCGTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACCCGCTTCCACAACCAGTCGGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGTCCCGAGGCCGC

TCGGCCGCAGAAGGGCCGGAAGCCGCGGCCCCGCGCCCGGGGGGCCAAAGCCAATCAGGCCGAGCTGGAGAACGCCTACT

AG 35

Sequence ID No. 10:

Vervet BEER protein (complete sequence) WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 73

MQLFLALCLVCLLVHAAFRWEGQGWQAFKNDATEIIiELGEYEEFFFEEENNKTMNRAEHGGRFEHHFFETKDVSEYSC

RELHFTRYVTDGECRSAKPVTELVGSGQCGEARLLFNAIGRGKWWRr33EDFRCIEDRYRAQRVQLL.CFGGAAERARKVR lvasckckrltrfhnqselkdfgpeaarfqkgrkprerargakanqaelenay 5

Sequence ID No. 11: Mouse BEER cDNA (coding region only)

10 ATGCAGCCCTCACTAGCCCCGTGCCTCATCTGCCTACTTGTGCACGCTGCCTTCTGTGCTGTGGAGGGCCAGGGGTGGCA

AGCCTTCAGGAATGATGCCACAGAGGTCATCCCAGGGCTTGGAGAGTAGCCCGAGCCTCCTCCTGAG.AACAACCAGACCA

TGAACCGGGCGGAG.AATGGAGGCAGACCTCCCCACCATCCCTATGACGCCAAAGGTGTGTCCGAGTACAGCTGCCGCGAG

CTGCACTACACCCGCTTCCTGACAGACGGCCCATGCCGCAGCGCCAAGGCGGTCACCGAGTTGGTGTGCTCCGGCCAGTG

CGGCCCCGCGCGGCTGCTGCCCAACGCCATCGGGCGCGTGAAGTGGTGGCGCCCGAACGGACCGGATTTCCGCTGCATCC

15 CGGATCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGGGTGCAGCTGCTGTGCCCCGGGGGCGCGGCGCCGCGCTCGCGCAAGGTGCGTCTGGTG

GCCTCGTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACCCGCTTCCACAACCAGTCGGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGGCCGGAGACCGCGCGGCC

GCAGAAGGGTCGCAAGCCGCGGCCCGGCGCCCGGGGAGCCAAAGCCAACCAGGCGGAGCTGGAGAACGGCTACTAGAG 20 Sequence ID No. 12: Mouse BEER protein (complete sequence)

MQFSLAPCLICLLVHAAFCAVEGQGWQAFRNDATEVIFGLGEYFEFFFENNQTMNRAENGGRPFHHFYDAKDVSEYSCRE

LHYTRFLTDGECRSAKPVTELVCSGQCGPARLLFNAIGRVKWWRPNGEDFRCIFDRYRAQRVQLLCFGGAAPRSRKVRLV

ASCKCKRLTRFHNQSELKDFGFETARFQKGRKPREGARGAKANQAELENAY 25

Sequence ID No. 13: Rat BEER cDNA (complete coding region plus 5' UTR)

30 GAGGACCGAGTGCCCTTCCTCCTTCTGGCACCATGCAGCTCTCACTAGCCCCTTGCCTTGCCTGCCTGCTTGTACATGCA

GCCTTCGTTGCTGTGGAGAGCCAGGGGTGGCAAGCCTTCAAGAATGATGCCACAGAAATCATCCCGGGACTCAGAGAGTA

CCCAGAGCCTCCTCAGGAACTAGAGAACAACCAGACCATGAACCGGGCCGAGAACGGAGGCAGACCCCCCCACCATCCTT

A.TGACACCAAAGACGTGTCCGAGTACAGCTGCCGCGAGCTGCACTACACCCGCTTCGTGACCGACGGCCCGTGCCGCAGT

GCCAAGCCGGTCACCGAGTTGGTGTGCTCGGGCCAGTGCGGCCCCGCGCGGCTGCTGCCCAACGCCATCGGGCGCGTGAA

35 GTGGTGGCGCCCGAACGGACCCGACTTCCGCTGCATCCCGGATCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGGGTGCAGCTGCTGTGCCCCG

GCGGCGCGGCGCCGCGCTCGCGCAAGGTGCGTCTGGTGGCCTCGTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACCCGCTTCCACAACCAG -WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 74 TCGGAGCTC.AAGGACTTCGGACC7GAGACCGC'GCGGCCGCAGA.AGGGTCGCPAGCCGCGGCCCCGCGCCCGGGG.-.GGC.-.-

AGCCAACCAGGCGGAGCTGGAGAACGCCTACTAG 5 Sequence ID No. 14: Rat BEER protein (complete sequence) .'IQLSLAECLACLLVHAAFVAVESQGWQAFKHDATEIIPGLREYFEEFOELEMNQTMNRA.ENGGRFFHHFYDTKDVSEY;".'

RELHYTRFYTDGFCRSAKEVTELVCSGQCGFARLLFNAIGRVKWWRFNGFDFRCIFDRYRAQRVQLLCFGG.AAFRSRK/R

LV.-.SCKCKRLTRFHNQSELKDFGFSTARPQKGRKFRFRARGAKAtJQAELENAY 10

Sequence ID No. 15: Bovine BEER cDNA (partial coding sequence)

15 AGAATGATGCCACAGAAATCATCCCCGAGCTGGGCGAGTACCCCGAGCCTCTGCCAGAGCTGAACAACAAGACCATGAAC

CGGGCGGAGAACGGAGGGAGACCTCCCCACCACCCCTTTGAGACCAAAGACGCCTCCGAGTACAGCTGCCGGGAGGTGCA

CTTCACCCGCTACGTGACCGATGGGCCGTGCCGCAGCGCCAAGCCGGTCACCGAGCTGGTGTGCTCGGGCCAGTGCGGCC

CGGCGCGCCTGCTGCCCAACGCCATCGGCCGCGGCAAGTGGTGGCGCCCAAGCGGGCCCGACTTCCGCTGCATCCCCGAC

C3CTACCGCGCGCAGCGGGTGCAGCTGTTGTGTCCTGGCGGCGCGGCGCCGCGCGCGCGCAAGGTGCGCCTGGTGGCCTC

20 GTGCAAGTGCAAGCGCCTCACTCGCTTCCACAACCAGTCCGAGCTCAAGGACTTCGGGCCCGAGGCCGCGCGGCCGCAAA

CGGGCCGGAAGCTGCGGCCCCGCGCCCGGGGCACCAAAGCCAGCCGGGCCGA

Sequence ID No. 16: Bovine BEER protein (partial sequence -- missing 25 signal sequence and last 6 residues)

ND.ATEIIFELGEYFEPLPELNNKTMNRAENGGRPPHHFFETKDASEYSCRELHFTRYVTDGFCRSAKPVTELVCSGOCGF

ARLLFNAIGRGKWWRPSGPDFRCIPDRYRAQRVQH.CPGGAAFRARKVRLVASCKCKRLTRFHNQSELKDFGPEAARFQT

GRKLRPRARGTKASRA 30

Sequence ID No. 17: Mlul - Avill restriction fragment used to make mouse Beer transgene 35

CGCGTTTTGGTGAGCAGCAATATTGCGCTTCGATGAGCCTTGGCGTTGAGATTGATACCTCTGCTGCACAAAAGGCAATC WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 75

GACCGAGCTGGACCAGCGCA7TCGTGACACCG7CTCC7T7GAAC7TA?7C3CAATGGAGTG7CA7TCA?CAAGGACNGCC TGATCGCAAATGGTGCTATCCACGCAGCGGCAATCGAAAACCCTCAGCCGG7GACCAA7ATC7ACAACATCAGCCT7GG7

ATCCTGCG7GATGAGCCAGCGCAGAACAAGGTAACCGTCAGTGCCGAT.AAGTTCAAAGTTAAACCTGGTGTTGATACCAA

CATTGAAACG77GATCGAAAACGCGCTGAAAAACGC7GC7G.AA7GTGCGGCGCTGGATGTCACAAAGCAAATGGCAGCAG

5 ACAAGAAAGCGATGGATGAACTGGCTTCCTATGTCCGCACGGCCATCA7GATGGAATGT7TCCCCGGTGGTGT7ATCTGG

CAGCAGTGCCGTCGATAGTATGCAATTGATAATTAT7ATCA7TTGCGGG7CC7TTCCGGCGA7CCGCC7TGTTACGGGGC ggcgacctcgcgggttttcgctatttatoaaaat7T7ccgg7T7aaggcgtttccgt7cttcttcgtcataacttaatgt

7T77ATT7AAAA7ACCCTC7GAAAAGAAAGG4AAACGACAGG7GC7GAAAGCGAGCT77TTG0CCTCTG7CGT7TCC777C

TCTGTTTTTGTCCGTGGAATGAACAATGGAAGTCAACAAAAAGCA.GAGCTTATCG.ATGATAAGCGGTCAA.ACATGAGAAT

10 TCGCGGCCGCATAATACGACTCACTATAGGGATCGACGCCTACTCCCCGCGCATGAAGCGGAGGAGCTGGACTCCGCATG

CCCAGAGACGCCCCCCAACCCCCAAAGTGCCTGACCTCAGCCTCTACCAGCTCTGGCTTGGGCTTGGGCGGGGTCAAGGC

TACCACGTTCTCTTAACAGGTGGCTGGGCTGTCTCTTGGCCGCGCGTCATGTGACAGCTGCCTAGTTCTGCAGTGAGGTC

ACCGTGGAATGTCTGCCTTCGTTGCCA7GGCAACGGGA7GACGTTACAATCTGGGTGTGGAGCTTTTCCTGTCCGTGTCA

GGAAATCCAAA7ACCCTAAAATACCCTAGAAGAGGAAGTAGCTGAGCCAAGGCTTTCCTGGCTTCTCCAGATAAAGTTTG

15 AC7TAGA7GGAAAAAAACAAAATGATAAAGACCCGAGCCATCTGAAAA77CC7CCTAATTGCACCA.CTAGGAAATGTGTA

TATTATTGAGCTCGTATGTGTTCTTATTTTAAAAAGAAAACTTTAGTCATGTTATTAATAAGAATTTCTCAGCAGTGGGA

GAGAACCAATATTAAC.ACCAAG,ATAAAAG7TGGCATGATCCACA7TGCAGGAAGATCCACGTTGGGTTTTCATGAA7GTG

AAGACCCCAT7TAT7AAAGTCCTAAGCTCTGTTT77GCACACTAGGAAGCGATGGCCGGGA7GGCTGAGGGGCTGTAAGG

ATCTTTCAATGTCTTACATGTGTGTTTCCTGTCCTGCACCTAGGACCTGCTGCCTAGCCTGCAGCAGAGCCAGAGGGGTT

20 TCACA7GATTAGTCTCAGACACTTGGGGGCAGG7TGCATGTACTGCATCGCTTATTTCCATACGGAGCACCTAC7ATGTG

7CAAACACCA7ATGG7GTTCACTCTTCAGAACGGTGGTGGTCATCATGGTGCATTTGCTGACGGTTGGATTGGTGGTAGA

GAGCTGAGATATATGGACGCAC7CTTCAGCAT7CTGTCAACGTGGC7GTGCATTCTTGCTCCTGAGCAAGTGGCTAAACA

GAC7CACAGGGTCAGCC7CCAGCTCAG7CGCTGCATAGTCT7AGGGAACC7CTCCCAGTCC7CCCTACCTCAAC7ATCCA

AGAAGCCAGGGGGCTTGGCGGTC7CAGGAGCCTGCTTGCTGGGGGACAGGTTGTTGAGTT7TATCTGCAGTAGGTTGCCT

25 AGGCATAGTGTCAGGACTGATGGCTGCCTTGGAGAACACATCCTTTGCCCTCTATGCAAATCTGACCTTGACATGGGGGC

GCTGCTCAGCTGGGAGGATCAACTGCATACCTAAAGCCAAGCCTAAAGCT7CTTCGTCCACCTGAAAC7CCTGGACCAAG

GGGCT7CCGGCACA7CCTCTCA.GGCCAGTGAGGGAGTC7GTG7GAGC7GCA.C77TCCAATCTCAGGGCG7GAGAGGCAGA

GGGAGGTGGGGGCAGAGCCTTGCAGCTC77TCCTCCCATCTGGACAGCGCTC7GGCTCAGCAGCCCATA7GAGCACAGGC

ACATCCCCACCCCACCCCCACCTTTCCTGTCCTGCAGAATTTAGGCTCTGTTCACGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGCAGTCC

30 TATCC7CTCT7AGG7AGACAGGACTCTGCAGGAGACACTGC7T7GTAAGATACTGCAGT77.AAA77TGGATGTTGTGAGG

GGAAAGCGAAGGGCCTCTTTGACCAT7CAGTCAAGGTACCTTCTAACTCCCATCGTATTGGGGGGCTAC7CTAG7GCTAG

ACATTGCAGAGAGCCTCAGAACTGTAGTTACCAG7GTGGTAGGATTGATCCTTCAGGGAGCCTGACATG7GACAGTTCCA

TTCT7CACCCAGTCACCGAACAT7TA7TCAGTACCTACCCCGTAACAGGCACCGTAGCAGG7ACTGAGGGACGGACCACT

CAAAGAACTGACAGACCGAAGCC7TGGAATATAAACACCAAAGCATCAGGCTCTGCCAACAGAACACTCTTTAACACTCA

35 GGCCC7TTAACACTCAGGACCCCCACCCCCACCCCAAGCAGTTGGCACTGCTATCCACAT7TTACAGAGAGGAAAAAC7A

GGCACAGGACGA7ATAAGTGGCTTGC7TAAGCT7GTCTGCA7GGTAAATGGCAGGGCTGGATTGAGACCCAGACATTCCA WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 76

ACTCTAGGGTCTATTTTTCTTTTTTCTCGTTGTTCGAATCTGGGTCTTAGTGGGTAAACTCAGGCTAGCCTCACACTCAT

ATCCTTCTCCCATGGCTTACGAGTGCTAGGATTCCAGGTGTGTGCTACCATGTCTGACTCCCTGTAGCTTGTCTATACCA

TCCTCACAACATAGGAATTGTGATAGCAGCACACAC.ACCGGAAGGAGCTGGGG.AAATCCCACAGAGGGCTCCGCAGGATG

ACAGGCGAATGCCTACACAGAAGGTGGGGAAGGGAAGCAGAGGGAACAGCATGGGCGTGGGACCACAAGTCTATTTGGGG

5 AAGCTGCCGGTAACCGTATATGGCTGGGGTGAGGGGAGAGGTCATGAGATGAGGCAGGAAGAGCCACAGCAGGCAGCGGG

TACGGGCTCCTTATTGCCAAGAGGCTCGGATCTTCCTCCTCTTCCTCCTTCCGGGGCTGCCTGTTCATTTTCCACCACTG

CCTCCGATCCAGGTCTGTGGCTCAGGACATCACCCAGCTGCAGAAACTGGGCATCACCCACGTCCTGAATGCTGCCGAGG

GCAGGTCCTTCATGCACGTCAACACCAGTGCTAGCTTCTACGAGGATTCTGGCATCACCTACTTGGGCATCAAGGCCAAT

GATACGCAGGAGTTCAACCTCAGTGCTTACTTTGAAAGGGCCACAGATTTCATTGACCAGGCGCTGGCCCATAAAAATGG

10 7AAGGAACGTACATTCCGGCACCCATGGAGCGTAAGCCCTCTGGGACC7GCTTCCTCCPAAGAGGCCCCCACTTGAAAAA

33TTCCAGAAAGATCCCAAAATATGCCACCAACTAGGGATTAAGTGTCCTACATGTGAGCCGATGGGGGCCACTGCATAT

AGTCTGTGCCA.TAGACATG.ACAATGGATAATAATATTTCAGACAGAGAGCAGGAGTTAGGTAGCTGTGCTCCTTTCCCTT

?.AATTGAGTGTGCCCATTTTTTTATTCATGTATGTGTA7ACATG7GTGTGCACACATGCCA7AGGTTGATACTGAACACC

37C7TCAATCGTTCCCCACCCCACCTTATTTTTTGAGGCAGGGTCTC7TCCCTGArCCTGGGGCTCATTGGTTTATC7AG

15 G3TGCTGGCCAGTGAGCTCTGGAGTTCTGCTTTTCTCTACCTCCCTAGCCCTGGGACTGCAGGGGCATGTGCTGGGCCAG

GCTTTTATGTCGCGTTGGGGATCTGAACTTAGGTCCCTAGGCCTGAGC’ACCGTAAAGACTCTGCCACATCCCCAGCCTGT

TTGAGCAAGTGAACCATTCCCCAGAATTCCCCCAGTGGGGCTTTCCTACCCTTTTATTGGCTAGGCATTCATGAGTGGTC

ACCTCGCCAGAGGAATGAGTGGCCACGACTGGCTCAGGGTCAGCAGCCTAGAGATACTGGGTTAAGTCTTCCTGCCGCTC

GCTCCCTGCAGCCGCAGACAGAAAGTAGGACTGAATGAGAGCTGGCTA.GTGGTCAGACAGGACAGAAGGCTGAGAGGGTC

20 ACAGGGCAGATGTCAGCAGAGCAGA.CAGGTTCTCCCTCTGTGGGGGAGGGGTGGCCCACTGCAGGTGTAATTGGCCTTCT

TTGTGCTCCATAGAGGCTTCCTGGGTACACAGCAGCTTCCCTGTCCTGGTGATTCCCAAAGAGAACTCCCTACCACTGGA

CTTACAGAAGTTCTATTGACTGGTGTAACGGTTCAACAGCTTTGGCTCTTGGTGGACGGTGCATACTGCTGTP.TCAGCTC

AAG.AGCTCATTCA.CGAATGAACACACACACACACACACACACACA.CACACACACAAGCTAATTTTGATATGCCTTAACTA

GCTCAGTGACTGGGCATTTCTGAACATCCCTGAAGTTAGCAGACAT7TCCCTCTGGTGTTCCTGGCTTAACACCTTCTAA

25 ATCTATATTTTATCTTTGCTGCCCTGTTACCTTCTGAGAAGCCCCTAGGGCCACTTCCCTTCGCACCTACATTGCTGGAT ggtttctctcctgcagctcttaaatctgatccctctgcctctgagccatgggaacagcccaataactgagttagacataa

AAACGTCTCTAGCCAAAACTTCAGCTAAATTTAGACAATAAATCTTACTGGTTGTGGAATCCTTAAGATTCTTCATGACC

TCCTTCACATGGCACGAGTATGAAGCTTTATTACAATTGTTTATTGATCAAACTAACTCATAAAAAGCCAGTTGTCTTTC

ACCTGCTCAAGGAAGGAACAAAATTCATCCTTAACTGATCTGTGCA.CCTTGCACAATCCATACGAATATCTTAAGAGTAC

30 TAAGATTTTGGTTGTGAGAGTCACATGTTACAGAATGTACAGCTTTGAC.AAGGTGCATCCTTGGGATGCCGAAGTGACCT

GCTGTTCCAGCCCCCTACCTTCTGAGGCTGTTTTGGAAGCAATGCTCTGGAAGCAACTTTAGGA.GGTAGGATGCTGGAAC

AGCGGGTCACTTCAGCATCCCGATGACGAATCCCGTCAAAGCTGTACA.TTCTGTAACAGACTGGGAAAGCTGCAGACTTT

.AAGGCCAGGGCCCTATGGTCCCTCTTAATCCCTGTCACACCCAACCCGAGCCCTTCTCCTCCAGCCGTTCTGTGCTTCTC

ACTCTGGATAGATGGAGAACACGGCCTTGCTAGTTAAAGGAGTGAGGCTTCACCCTTCTCACATGGCAGTGGTTGGTCAT

35 CCTCATTCAGGGAACTCTGGGGCATTCTGCCTTTACTTCCTCTTTTTGGA.CTACAGGGAATATATGCTGACTTGTTTTGA

CCTTGTGTATGGGGAGACTGGATCTTTGGTCTGGAATGTTTCCTGCTAGTTTTTCCCCATCCTTTGGCAAACCCTATCTA WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 77

TATCTTACCACTAGGCATAGTGGCCCTCGTTCTGGAGCCTGCCTTCAGGCTGGTTCTCGGGGACCATGTCCCTGGTTTCT

CCCCAGCATATGGTGTTCACAGTGTTCACTGCGGGTGGTTGCTGAACAAAGCGGGGATTGCATCCCAGAGCTCCGGTGCC

TTGTGGGTACACTGCTAAGATAAAATGGATACTGGCCTGTCTCTGACCACTTGCAGAGCTCTGGTGCCTTGTGGGTACAC tgctaa.gat.aaaatggatactggcctctctcta.tccacttgcaggactctaggg.aacagg.aatccattactgagaaaacc 5 aggggctaggagcagggaggtagctgggcagctgaagtggttggcgactaacc.aatgaa.taccagagtttggatctctag

AATACTCTTAAAATCTGGGTGGGCAGAGTGGCCTGCCTGTAATCCGAGAACTCGGGAGGCGGAGACAGGGA.ATCATCAGA GCAAACTGGCTAACCAGAATAGCAAAACACTGAGCTCTGGGCTCTGTGAGAGATCCTGCCTTAACATATAAGAGAGAGAA.

TAAAACATTG A«AGAAGACAGT.AGATGC’CA-ATTTTA-AGCCCCCACATGCACATGGACA.AGTGTGCGTTTGAACACAC.ATAT

GCACTCATGTGAACCAGGCATGCACACTCGGGCTTATCACACACATAATTTGAAAGAGAGAGTGAGAGAGGAGAGTGCAC

10 ATTA.GAGTTCACAGGAAAGTGTGAGTGAGCACACCCA7GCACACAGACATGTGTGCCAGGGAGTAGGAAAGGAGCCTGGG

TTTGTGTATAAGAGGGAGCCATCATGTGTTTCTAAGGAGG3CGTGTGAAGGAGGCGTTGTGTGGGCTGGGACTGGAGCAT ggttgtaactgagcatgctccctgtgggaaacaggagggtggccaccctgcagagggtcccactgtccagcgggatcagt

AAAAGCCCCTGCTGAGAACTTTAGGTAATAGCCAGAGAGAGAAAGGTAGGAAAGTGGGGGGACTCCCATCTCTGATGTAG gaggatctgggcaagtagaggtgcgtttgaggtagaaasaggggtgcagaggagatgctcttaattctgggtcagcagtt 15 tctttccaaataatgcctgtgaggaggtgtaggtggtggccattcactcactcagcagagggatgatgatgcccggtgga

TGCTGGAAATGGCCGAGCATCAACCCTGGCTCTGGAAGAACTCCATCTTTCAGAAGGAGAGTGGATCTGTGTATGGCCAG

CGGGGTCACAGGTGCTTGGGGCCCCTGGGGGACTCCTAGCACTGGGTGATGTTTATCGAGTG'JTCTTGTGTGCCAGGCAC tggcctggggctttgtttctgtctctgttttgtttcgttttttgagacagactcttgctatgtatccgtgtcaatcttgg aatctcactgcatagcccaggctgcggagagaggggagggcaataggccttgtaagcaagccacacttcagagactagac 20 tccaccctgcgaatgatgacaggtcagagctgagttccggaagattttttttccagctgccaggtggagtgtggagtggc agctagcggcaagggtagagggcgagctccctgtgcaggagaaatgcaagcaagagatggcaagccagtgagttaagcat tctgtgtggggagcaggtggatgaagagagaggctgggctttcgcctctggggggggggtgaggggtggggatgaggtga gaggagggcagctccctgcagtgtgatgagatttttcctgacagtgacctttggcctctccctcccccacttcccttctt

TCCTTTCTTCCCACCATTGCTTTCCTTGTCCTTGAGAAATTCTGAGTTTCCACTTCACTGGTGATGCAGACGGAAACAGA

25 AGCCGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTTTGTGTGTATGTGTGTGTGTGTGTTTGTGT

GTATGTGTGTCAGTGGGAATGGCTCATAGTCTGCAGGAAGGTGGGCAGGAAGGAATAAGCTGTAGGCTGAGGCAGTGTGG

GATGCAGGGAGAGAGGAGAGGAGGGATACCAGAGAAGGAAATTAAGGGAGCTACAAGAGGGCATTGTTGGGGTGTGTGTG

TGTGTGTGTTGTTTATATTTGTATTGGAAATA.CATTCTTTTPAAAAATACTTATCCATTTATTTATTTTTATGTGCACGT

GTGTGTGCCTGCATGAGTTCATGTGTGCCACGTGTGTGCGGGAACCCTTGGAGGCCACAAGGGGGCATCTGATCCCCTGG

30 AACTGGAGTTGGAGGAGGTTGTGAGTCCCCTGACATGTTTGCTGGGAACTGAACCCCGGTCCTATGCAAGAGCAGGAAGT

GCAGTTATCTGCTGAGCCATCTCTCCAGTCCTGAAATCCATTCTCTTAAAATACACGTGGCAGAGACATGATGGGATTTA

CGTATGGATTTAATGTGGCGGTCATTAAGTTCCGGCACAGGCAAGCACCTGTAAAGCCATCACCACAACCGCAACAGTGA

ATGTGACCATCACCCCCATGTTCTTCATGTCCCCTGTCCCCTCCATCCTCCATTCTCPAGCACCTCTTGCTCTGCCTCTG

TCGCTGGAGAACAGTGTGCATCTGCACACTCTTATGTCAGTGAAGTCACACAGCCTGCACCCCTTCCTGGTCTGAGTATT

35 TGGGTTCTGACTCTGCTATCACACACTACTGTACTGCATTCTCTCGCTCTCTTTTTTTAAACATATTTTTATTTGTTTGT

GTGTATGCACATGTGCCACATGTGTACAGATACTATGGAGGCCAGAAGAGGCCATGGCCGTCCCTGGAGCTGGAGTTACA WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 78 GGCAGCGTGTGAGCTGCCTGGTGTGGGTGCTGGGAACCAA.ACTTGAATGTAAAGCAAGCACTTTTAACTGCTGAGGCAG:'

TCTCAGTACCCTTCTTCATTTCTCCGCCTGGGTTCCATTGTATGGAGACATGTAGCTAGAATATCTTGCTTATCTAATTA

TGTACATTGTTTTGTGCTAAGAGAGAGTAATGCTCTATAGCCTGAGCTGGCCTCAACCTTGCCATCCTCCTGCCTCAGCC

TCCTCCTCCTGAGTGCTAGGATGACAGGCGAGTGGTAACTTACATGGT7TCATGTTTTGTTCAAGACTGAAGGATAACAT

5 TCATACAGAGAAGGTCTGGGTCACAA_AGTGTGCAGTTCACTGA„ATGGCACA.ACCCGTGATCAAGAAACAAAACTCAGGGG

CTGGAGAGATGGCACTGACTGCTCTTCCAGAGGTCCGGAGTTC.AATTCCCAGCPAGCACATGGTGGCTCACAGCCATCTA TAACGAGA^TCTGACGCCCTCTTCTGGTGTGTCTGAAG.ACAGCTACAGTGTACTCAGATAAAAT.AAAT.AAATCTTTAAAA/' ACACACACACACACAATTACCACCCCAGAAAGCCCACTCCATGTTCCC7CCCACGTCTCTGCCTACAGTACTCCCAGGT7

A.CCACTGTTCAGGCTTCTAACAACCTGGTTTACTTGGGCCTCTTTTCTGCTCTGTGGAGCCACACATTTGTGTGCCTCAT

10 ACACGTTCT7TC7AGT.AAG77GCATATTACTC7GCGTTTTT.ACATG7ATT7ATTTATTG7AGTTGTGTG7GCGTGTGGGC

CCATGCATGGCACAGTGTGTGGGGATGTCAGAGTATTGTGAACAGGGGACAGTTCTTTTCTTCAATCATGTGGGTTCCAG

AGGTTG.AACTCAGGTCATCATGTGTGGCAGCAAATGGGT7TACCCACTGAGAGATCTGCATATTCTTTTTTTTTCCCCTG

AGGTGGGGGCTTGTTCCATAGCCCAAACTGGCTTTGCACT7GCAGT7CAAAGTGAC7CCCTGTCTCCA.CCTCTTAGAG7A

7TGGAATTACGA7GTGTACTACCACACCTGACTGGA7CAT7A.ATTCTTTGATGGGGGCGGGGAAGCGCACATGCTGCAGG

15 TGAAGGGATGAC7GGACTGGACATGAGCGTGGAAGCCAGAGAACAGCTTCAGTC7AATGCTC7CCCAACTGAGCTATTTC

GGTTTGCCAGAGAACAACTTACAGAAAGTTCTCAGTGCCATGTGGATTCGGGGTTGGAGTTCAACTCATCAGCTTGACAT

TGGCTCCTCTACCCACTGAGCCTTCTCACTACTCTCTACCTAGATCA77AATTCTTTTTT.AAAAAGACTTATTAGGGGGC

TGGAGAGATGGCTCAGCCGTTAAGAGCACCGAATGCCCTTCCAGAGGTCCTGAGTTCAATTCCCAGCATGCCATTGCTGG

GCAGTAGGGGGCGCAGGTGTTCAACGTGAGTAGCTGTTGCCAGTTTTCCGCGGTGGAGAACCTCTTGACACCCTGCTGTG

20 CCTGGTCATTCTGGGTGGGTGCATGGTGATATGCTTGTTGTATGGAAGACTTTGACTGTTACAGTGAAGTTGGGCTTCCA

CAGTTACCACGTCTCCCCTGTTTCTTGCAGGCCGGGTGCTTGTCCATTGCCGCGAG3GCTACAGCCGCTCCCCAACGCTA

GTTATCGCCTACCTCATGATGCGGCAGAAGATGGACGTCAAGTCTGCTCTGAGTACTGTGAGGCAGAATCGTGAG.ATCGG

CCCCAACGATGGCTTCCTGGCCCAACTCTGCCAGCTCAATGACAGACTAGCCAAGGAGGGCAAGGTGAAACTCTAGGGTG

CCCACAGCCTCTTTTGCAGAGGTCTGACTGGGAGGGCCCTGGCAGCCA.TGTTTAGG.AAACACAGTATACCCACTCCCTGC

25 ACCACCAGACACGTGCCCACATCTGTCCCACTCTGGTCCTCGGGGGCCACTCCACCCTTAGGGAGCACATGAAGAAGCTC

CCTAAGAAGTTCTGCTCCTTAGCCATCCTTTCCTGTAATTTATGTCTCTCCCTGAGGTGAGGTTCAGGTTTATGTCCCTG

TCTGTGGCATAGATACATCTCAGTGACCCAGGGTGGGAGGGCTATCAGGGTGCATGGCCCGGGACACGGGCACTCTTCAT

GACCCCTCCCCCACCTGGGTTCTTCCTGTGTGGTCCAGAACCACGAGCCTGGTAAAGGAACTATGCAAACACAGGCCCTG

ACCTCCCCATGTCTGTTCCTGGTCCTCACAGCCCGACACGCCCTGCTG.AGGCAGACGAATGACATTAAGTTCTGAAGCAG

30 AGTGGAGATAGATTAGTGACTAGATTTCCAAAAAGAAGGAAAAAAAAGGCTGCATTTTAAAATTATTTCCTTAGAATTAA

AGATACTACATAGGGGCCCTTGGGTAAGCAAATCCATTTTTCCCAGAGGCTATCTTGATTCTTTGGAATGTTTAAAGTGT

GCCTTGCCAGAGAGCTTACGATCTATATCTGCTGCTTCAGAGCCTTCCCTGAGGATGGCTCTGTTCCTTTGCTTGTTAGA

AGAGCGATGCCTTGGGCAGGGTTTCCCCCTTTTCAGAATACAGGGTGTAAAGTCCAGCCTATTACAAACAAACAAACAAA

CAAACAAACAAAGGACCTCCATTTGGAGAATTGCAAGGATTTTATCCTGAATTATAGTGTTGGTGAGTTCAAGTCATCAC

35 GCCAAGTGCTTGCCATCCTGGTTGCTATTCTAAGAATAATTAGGAGGAGGAACCTAGCCAATTGCAGCTCATGTCCGTGG

GTGTGTGCACGGGTGCATATGTTGGAAGGGGTGCCTGTCCCCTTGGGGACAGAAGGAAAATGAAAGGCCCCTCTGCTCAC WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 79

CCTGGCCATTTACGGGAGGCTCTGCTGGTTCCACGGTGTCTGTGCAGGATCCTGAAP.CTGACTCGCTGGACAGAAACGAG

ACTTGGCGGCA.CCATGAGAATGGAGAGAGA.GASAGC.AAAGAAAG.AAACAGCCTTTAAAAG.AACTTTCT .AAGGGTGGTTTT

TGAACCTCGCTGGACCTTGTATGTGTGCACATTTGCCAGAGATTGAACATAATCCTCTTGGGACTTCACGTTCTCATTAT

TTGTATGTCTCCGGGGTCACGCAGAGCCGTCAGCCACCACCCCAGCACCCGGCACATAGGCGTCTCATAAAAGCCCATTT

5 TATGAGAACCAGAGCTGTTTGAGTACCCCGTGTATAGAGAGAGTTGTTGTCGTGGGGCACCCGGATCCCAGCAGCCTGGT

TGCCTGCCTGTAGGATGTCTTACAGGAGTTTGCAGAGAAACCTTCCTTGGAGGGAAAGAAATATCAGGGATTTTTGTTGA

ATATTTCAAATTCAGCTTTAAGTGTAAGACTCAGCAGTGTTCATGGTT.AAGGT.AAGGAA.CATGCCTTTTCCAGAGCTGCT gcaagaggcaggagaagcagacctgtcttaggatgtcactcccagggtaaagacctctg.atcac’AGCAGGAGcagagctg tgcagcctggatggtcattgtccccta.ttctgtgtgaccacagcaaccctggtcacatagggctggtcatcctttttttt

10 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGGCCC.AGAATGAAGTGACCAT.AGCCAAGTTGTGTACCTCAGTCTTTAG7TTCCAAGCGGCT

CTCTTGCTCAATACAATGTGCATTTCAAAATAACACTGTAGAGTTGACAGAACTGGTTCATGTGTTATGAGAGAGGAAAA

GAGA.GGAAAGAA.CAAAACAAAACAAAACACCACAAACCAAAAAC.ATC7GGGC7.AGCCAGGCA7GA77GCAA.7G7C7A.CAG

GCCCAGTTCATGAGAGGCAGAGACAGGAAGACCGCCGAAAGGTCAAGGATAGCATGGTCTACGTATCGAGACTCCAGCCA

GGGCTACGGTCCCAAGATCCTAGGTTTTGGATTTTGGGCTTTGGTTTTTGAGACAGGGTTTCTCTGTGTAGCCCTGGCTG

15 TCCTGGAACTCGCTCTGTAGACCAGGCTGGCCTCAAACTTAGAGATCTGCCTGACTCTGCCTTTGAGGGCTGGGACGAAT

GCCACCACTGCCCAACTAAGATTCCA.TTAAAAAAAAAAAAAGTTCAAGATAATTAAGAGTTGCCAGCTCGTTAAAGCTAA

GTAGPAGCAGTCTCAGGCCTGCTGCTTGAGGCTGTTCTTGGCTTGGACCTGAAATCTGCCCCCAACAGTGTCC.AAGTGCA

CATGACTTTGAGCCATCTCCAGAGAAGGAAGTGAAAATTGTGGCTCCCCAGTCGATTGGGACACAGTCTCTCTTTGTCTA

GGTAACACATGGTGACACATAGCATTGAACTCTCCACTCTGAGGGTGGGTTTCCCTCCCCCTGCCTCTTCTGGGTTGGTC

20 ACCCCA7P.GGACAGCCACAGGACP.GTCACTAGCACC7AC7GGAAACC7C7TTGTGGGAACATGAAGAAAGAGCCT7TGGG

AGATTCCTGGCTT7CCA.T7AGGGCTGAAAGT.ACAACGGT7C7TGG7TGGC77TGCCTCG7GT7TATAAAAC7AGCTA.CTA

TTCTTCAGGTAAAATACCGATGTTGTGGAAAAGCCAACCCCGTGGCTGCCCGTGAGTAGGGGGTGGGGTTGGGAATCCTG gatagtgttctatccatggaaagtggtggaataggaattaagggtgttccccccccccccaacctcttcctcagacccag

CCACTTTCTATGACTTATAAACATCCAGGTAAAAATTACAAACATAAAAATGGTTTCTCTTCTCAATCTTCTAAAGTCTG

25 CCTGCCTTTTCCAGGGGTAGGTCTGTTTCTTTGCTGTTCTATTGTCTTGAGAGCACAGACTAACACTTACCAAA.TGAGGG

AACTCTTGGCCCATACTAAGGCTCTTCTGGGCTCCAGCACTCTTAAGTTATTTTAAGAATTCTCACTTGGCCTTTAGCAC

ACCCGCCACCCCCAAGTGGGTGTGGATAATGCCATGGCCAGCAGGGGGCACTGTTGAGGCGGGTGCCTTTCCACCTTAAG

TTGCTTATAGTATTTAAGATGCTAAATGTTTTAATCAAGAGAAGCACTGP.TCTTATAATACGAGGATAAGAGATTTTCTC

ACAGGAAATTGTCTTTTTCATAATTCTTTTACAGGCTTTGTCCTGATCGTAGCATAGAGAGAATAGCTGGATATTTAACT

30 TGTATTCCATTTTCCTCTGCCAGCGTTAGGTTAACTCCGTAAAAAGTGATTCAGTGGACCGAAGAGGCTCAGAGGGCAGG

GGATGGTGGGGTGAGGCAGAGCACTGTCACCTGCCAGGCATGGG.AGGTCCTGCCATCCGGGAGGAAAAGGAAAGTTTAGC

CTCTAGTCTACCACCAGTGTTAACGCACTCTAAAGTTGTAACCAAAATAAATGTCTTACATTACAAAGACGTCTGTTTTG

TGTTTCCTTTTGTGTGTTTGGGCTTTTTATGTGTGCTTTATAACTGCTGTGGTGGTGCTGTTGTTAGTTTTGAGGTAGGA

TCTCAGGCTGGCCTTGAACTTCTGATCGCCTGCCCCTGCCCCTGCCCCTGCCCCTGTCCCTGCCTCCAAGTGCTAGGACT

35 AAAAGCACATGCCACCACACCAGTACAGCATTTTTCTAACATTTAAAAATAATCACCTAGGGGCTGGAGAGAGGGTTCCA

GCTAAGAGTGCACACTGCTCTTGGGTAGGACCTGAGTTTAGTTCCCAGAA.CCTATACTGGGTGGCTCCAGGTCCAGAGGA WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 80

TCCAGGACCTCTGGCCTCCATGGGCATCTGCTCTTAGCACATACCCAC.ATACAGATACACACAT.AAAAAT.AAAATGAAl-C

CTTTAAAAACCTCCTAAAACCTA3CCCTTGGAGGTACGACTCTGGAAAGCTGGCATACTGTGTAA.GTCCATCTCATGGTG

TTCTGGCT.AACGTAA.GACTTACAGAGACAGAAAAGAACTCAGGGTGTGCTGGGGGTTGGGATGGAGGAAGAGGGATGAGT

AGGGGGAGCACGGGGAACTTGGGCAGTGAA.AATTCTTTGCAGGACACTAGAGGAGGATAAATACCAGTCATTGCA.CCCAC

5 TACTGGACAACTCCAGGG.AATTATGCTGGGTGAAAAGA3AAGGCCCCAGGTATTGGCTGCATTGGCTGCATTTGCGT.AAC

ATTTTTTTAAATTG.AAAAGAAA.AA3ATGTAAATCAA337TAGATGAGTGGTTGCTGTGAGCTGAGAGCTGGGGTGAGTGA

GACATGTGGACAA.CTCCATC.AAAAAGCGACAG.AAAG.AACGGGCTGTGGTGACAGCTACCTCTAATCTCCACCTCCGGGAG

GTGATC.AAGGTTAGCCCTCAGCTAGCCTGTGGTGCxATGAG.ACCCTGTTTCAAAAACTTT.AAT.AAAG.AAATAATG.AAAAAA

GACATCAGGGCAGATCCTTGGGGCC.AAAGGCGGACAGGCG.AGTCTCGTGGT.AAGGTCGTGTACAAAGCGGATGCATGAGCA

10 CGTGCCGCAGGCATCATGAGAGAGCCCTAGGT.AAGTAAG3ATGGATGTGAGTGTGTCGGCGTCGGCGCACTGCACGTCCT

GGCTGTGGTGCTGGACTGGCA7C77TGGTGAGCTGTGGAGGGGAAATGGGTAGGGAGATCAT.AAAATCCCTCCGAATTAT

TTCAAGAuACTGTCTATTAC.AATT.ATCTC.AAAATATTAAAAAAAAAGAAGAATTAAAAAAC.AAAAAACCTATCCAGGTGTG

GTGGTGTGCACCTATAGCCACGG3CACTTGGAAA.GC7G3AGCAAGAGGATGGCGAGTTTGAAGGTATCTGGGGCTGTACA

GCAAGACCGTCGTCCCCAAACCAAACCAAACAOCAAACCC.ATT.ATGTCAC.ACAAGAGTGTTTATAGTGAGCGGCCTCGCT

15 GAGAGCATGGGGTGGGGGTGGGGGTGGGGGACAG.AAATATCTAAACTGCAGTCAATAGGGATCCACTGAGACCCTGGGGC

TTGACTGCAGCTTAACCTTGGGAA-ATGATAAGGGTTTTGTGTTGAGT.AAAAGCATCGATTACTGACTTAACCTCAAATGA

AGAAAAAGAAAAAAAGAAAACAACA-AAAGCCAAACC.AAGGGGCTGGTGAGATGGCTCAGTGGGTAAGAGCACCCGACTGC

TCTTCCG.AAGGTCCAGAGTTCAAATCCC.AGC.AACCACATGGTGGCTCAC.AACCATCTGT.AACGAGATATGATGCCCTCTT

CTGGTGTGTCTGAAGA.CAGCTACAGTGT.ACTTACATATA_AT.AAAT.AAATCTTAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAAAGCC.AAA

20 CCGAGCAAACCAGGCCCCCAAACAG.AAGGCAGGCACGACGGCAGGCACCACGAGCCATCCTGTGAAAAGGCAGGGCTACC

CATGGGCCGAGGAGGGTCCAGAGA3ATAGGCTGGT.AAGC7CAGTTTCTCTGTATACCCTTTTTCTTGTTGACACTACTTC

AATTACAGATAAAATAACAAATAAACAAAATCTAGA.GCCTGGCCACTCTCTGCTCGCTTGATTTTTCCTGTTACGTCCAG

CAGGTGGCGGAAGTGTTCCAAGGACA.GATCGCATCATT.AAGGTGGCCAGCATAATCTCCCATCAGCAGGTGGTGCTGTGA

GAACCATTATGGTGCTCACAGAATCCCGGGCCCAGGAGCTGCCCTCTCCCAAGTCTGGAGCAATAGGAAAGCTTTCTGGC

25 CCAGACAGGGTTAACAGTCCACATTCCAGAGCAGGGGAAAAGGAGACTGGAGGTCACAGACAAAAGGGCCAGCTTCTAAC

AACTTCACAGCTCTGGTAGGAGAGATAGATCACCCCCAACAATGGCCACAGCTGGTTTTGTCTGCCCCGAAGGAAACTGA

CTTAGGAAGCAGGTATCAGAGTCCCCTTCCTGAGGGGACTTCTGTCTGCCTTGTAAAGCTGTCAGAGCAGCTGCATTGAT

GTGTGGGTGACAGAAGATGAAAAGGA.GGACCCAGGCAGATCGCCACAGATGGACCGGCCACTTACAAGTCGAGGCAGGTG

GCAGAGCCTTGCAGAAGCTCTGCAGGTGGACGACACTGATTCATTACCCAGTTAGCATACCACAGCGGGCTAGGCGGACC

30 ACAGCCTCCTTCCCAGTCTTCCTCCAGGGCTGGGGAGTCCTCCAACCTTCTGTCTCAGTGCAGCTTCCGCCAGCCCCTCC

TCCTTTTGCACCTCAGGTGTGAACCCTCCCTCCTCTCCTTCTCCCTGTGGCATGGCCCTCCTGCTACTGCAGGCTGAGCA

TTGGATTTCTTTGTGCTTAGATAGACCTGAGATGGCTTTCTGATTTATATATATATATCCATCCCTTGGATCTTACATCT

AGGACCCAGAGCTGTTTGTGATACCATAAGAGGCTGGGGAGATGATATGGTAAGAGTGCTTGCTGTACAAGCATGAAGAC

ATGAGTTCGAATCCCCAGCAACCATGTGGAAAAATAACCTTCTAACCTCAGAGTTGAGGGGAAAGGCAGGTGGATTCTGG

35 GGGCTTACTGGCCAGCTAGCCAGCCTAACCTAAATGTCTCAGTCAGAGATCCTGTCTCAGGCAAT.AACTTGGGAGAATGA

CTGAGAAAGACACCTCCTCAGGTCTCCCATGCACCCACACAGACACACGGGGGGGGGGTAATGTAATAAGCTAAGAAATA WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 81

ATGAGGGAAA7GA7TTT77GCTAAG.AAA7GAAA7TC7;?7G77GGCCGC?AGAAGCCTGGCCAG3GAAGG.AACTGCC777G

GCACACCAGCCTATAAGTCACCATGAGTTCCCTGGC7AAGAATCACATGTAATGGAGCCCAGGTCCCTCTTGCCTGGTGG

TTGCCTCTCCCACTGGT7TTGAAGftGAAATTCAAGAGA3ATCTCCT7GGTCAGAATTGTAGG73CTGAGCAA7GTGGAGC

TGGGGTCAATGGGATTCCTTTAAAGGCATCCTTCCCAGGGCTGGGTCATACTTCAATAGTAGGGTGCTTGCACAGCAAGC

GTGAGACCCTAGGTTAGAGTCCCCAGAATCTGCCCCC.AACCCCCCAAAAAGGCATCCTTCTGCCTCTGGGTGGGTGGGGG

GAGCAAACACCTTTAACTAAGACCATTAGCTGGCAGGGGT.AACAAATGACCTTGGCTAGAGGAATTTGGTCAAGCTGGAT

TCCGCCTTCTGTACAAGCCCCACTTGTTTCCTTTGTTAAGCTGGCCCACAGTTTGTTTTGAGAATGCCTGAGGGGCCCAG

GGAGCCA3ACAATTAAAAGCCAAaCTCATTTTGATATCTGAAAACCACA-3CCTGACTGCCCT3CCCGTGGGAGGTACTGG

GAGAGCTG3CTGTGTCCCTGCCTCACCAACGCCCCCCGCCCCAACACACACTCCTCGGGTCAGCTGGGAGGTGCCAGCAG

CAATTTGGAAGTTTACTGAGCTTGAGAAGTCTTGGGAGSGCTGACGC7.AAGCACACCCCTTCTCCACCCCCCCCCACCCC

ACCCCCGTGAGGAGGAGGGTGAGGAAACATGGGACCAGCCCTGCTCCAGCCCGTCCTTATIGGCTGGCATGAGSCAGAGG

GGGCTTTAAAAAGGCAACCGTATCTAGGCTGGACACTGGAGCCTGTGCTACCGAGTGCCCTCCTCCACCTGGCAGCATGC agccctcactagccccgtgcctcatctgcctacttgtscacgctgccttctgtgctgtggagggccaggggtggcaagcc

TTCAGGAATGATGCCACAGAGGTCATCCCAGGGCTTGGAGAGTACCCCGAGCCTCCTCCTGAGAACAACCAGACCATGAA ccgggcggag.aatggaggcagacctccccaccatccctatgacgccaaaggtacgggatgaagaagcacattagtggggg

GGGGGGTCCTGGGAGGTGACTGGGGTGGTTTTAGCATCTTCTTCAGAGGTTTGTGTGGGTGGCTAGCCTCTGCTACATCA

GGvCAGGGACACATTTGCCTGGAAGAATACTAGCACAGCATTAGAACCTGGAGGGCAGCATTGGGGGGCTGGTAGAGAGC

ACCCAAGGCAGGGTGGAGGCTGAGGTCAGCCGAAGCTGGCATTAACACGGGCATSGGCTTGTATGATGGTCCAGAGAATC tcctcctaaggatgaggacacaggtcagatctagctgctgaccagtggggaagtgatatggtsaggctggatgccagatg

CCATCCATGGCTGTACTATATCCCACATGACCACCACATGAGGTAAAGAAGGCCCCAGCTTGAAGATGGAGAAACCGAGA

GGCTCCTGAGATAAAGTCACCTGGGAGTAAGAAGAGC7GAGACTGGAAGCTGGTTTGATCCAGATGCAAGGCAACCCTAG

ATTGGGTTTGGGTGGGAACCTGAAGCCAGGAGGAATCCCTTTAGTTCCCCCTTGCCCAGGGTCTGCTCAATGAGCCCAGA

GGGTTAGCATTAAAAGAACAGGGTTTGTAGGTGGCATGTGACATGAGGGGCAGCTGAGTGAAATGTCCCCTGTATGAGCA

CAGGTGGCACCACTTGCCCTGAGCTTGCACCCTGACCCCAGCTTTGCCTCATTCCTGAGGACAGCAGAAACTGTGGAGGC

AGAGCCAGCACAGAGAGATGCCTGGGGTGGGGGTGGGGGTATCACGCACGGAACTAGCAGCAATGAATGGGGTGGGGTGG

CAGCTGGAGGGACACTCCAGAGAAATGACCTTGCTGGTCACCATTTGTGTGGGAGGAGAGCTCATTTTCCAGCTTGCCAC

CACATGCTGTCCCTCCTGTCTCCTAGCCAGTAAGGGATGTGGAGGAAAGGGCCACCCCAAAGGAGCATGCAATGCAGTCA

CGTTTTTGCAGAGGAAGTGCTTGACCTAAGGGCACTATTCTTGGAAAGCCCCAAAACTAGTCCTTCCCTGGGCAAACAGG

CCTCCCCCACATACCACCTCTGCAGGGGTGAGTAAATTAAGCCAGCCACAGAAGGGTGGCAAGGCCTACACCTCCCCCCT

GTTGTGCCCCCCCCCCCCCCGTGAAGGTGCATCCTGGCCTCTGCCCCTCTGGCTTTGGTACTGGGATTTTTTTTTTCCTT

TTATGTCATATTGATCCTGACACCATGGAACTTTTGGAGGTAGACAGGACCCACACATGGATTAGTTAAAAGCC7CCCAT

CCATCTAAGCTCATGGTAGGAGATAGAGCATGTCCAAGAGAGGAGGGCAGGCATCAGACCTAGAAGATATGGCTGGGCAT

CCAACCCAATCTCCTTCCCCGGAGAACAGACTCTAAGTCAGATCCAGCCACCCTTGAGTAACCAGCTCAAGGTACACAGA

ACAAGAGAGTCTGGTATACAGCAGGTGCTAAACAAATGCTTGTGGTAGCAAAAGCTATAGGTTTTGGGTCAGAACTCCGA

CCCAAGTCGCGAGTGAAGAGCGAAAGGCCCTCTACTCGCCACCGCCCCGCCCCCACCTGGGGTCCTATAACAGATCACTT

TCACCCTTGCGGGAGCCAGAGAGCCCTGGCATCCTAGGTAGCCCCCCCCGCCCCCCCCCCGCAAGCAGCCCAGCCCTGCC WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 82

TTTGGGGCAAGTTCTTTTCTCAGCGTGGACCTGTGATAATGAGGGGGTTGGACGCGCCGCCTTTGGTCGCTTTCAAGTCT

AATGAATTCTTATCCCTACCACCTGCCCTTCTACCCCGCTCCTCC’ACAGCAGCTGTCCTGATTTATT.-.CCTTCAATTAAC

CTCCACTCCTTTCTCCATCTCCTGGGATACCGCCCCTGTCCCAGTGGCTGGTAAAGGAGCTTAGGAAGGACCAGAGCGAG

GTGTGGCTAGAGGCTACCAGGCAGGGCTGGGGATGAGGAGCTAAACTGG.AAGAGTGTTTGGTTAGTAG5CACAAAGCCTT

GGGTGGGATCCCTAGTACCGGAGA.AGTGGAGATGGGCGCTGAGAAGTTC.AAGACCATCCATCCTTA.ACTACACAGCCAGT

"TGAGGCCAGCCTGGGCTACATAAAAACCCAATCTCAA.AAGCTGC:C,AATTCTGATTCTGTGCCACGTA3TGCCCGATGTA

A.TAGTGGATGA.AGTCGTTGAA'rCCTGGGGCAACCTATTTTA.CAGATGTGGGGAAAAGCAACTTTAAGTACCCTGCCCACA ΟΑΤΓΑαΑΑΑΟΑΑΑΟΤΑΑΰΤΰΑΟΑίΑΟΟΤΟσΑσΤσΤΤΤςΑΤΟ’σσΓσΰεΤΤΟΟ.ΑΑΰαΑΟΑΰΘΰΑΰΑΰΆαΑΑΰΟ'ΟΑΟΰστδΰ·:·; ATCTCACTGCTCCCCGGTGCCTCCTTCCTATAATCCATACAGATTCGAAAGCGCAGGGCAGGTTTGGAAAAAGAGAGAA3 ggtggaaggagcagaccagtctggcctaggctgcagcccctcacgcatccctctctccgcagatgtgtccgagtacagct

GGCGCGAGCTGCACTACACCCGCTTCCTGACAGACGGCCCATSCCGCAGCGCCAAGCCGGTCACCGAGTTGGTGTGCTCC ggccagtgcggccccgcgcggctgctgcccaacgccatcgggcgcgtgaagtggtggcgcccg.aacggaccggatttccg

CTGCATCCCGGATCGCTACCGCGCGCAGCGGGTGCAGCTGCTGTGCCCCGGGGGCGCGGCGCCGCGCTCGCGCAAGGTGC gtctggtggcctcgtgcaagtgcaagcgcctcacccgcttccacaaccagtcggagctcaaggacttcgggccggagacc

GCGCGGCCGCAG.AAGGGTCGCAAGCCGCGGCCCGGCGCCCGGGGAGCCAAAGCCAACCAGGCGGAGCTGGAGAACGCCTA

C7A.GAGCGAGCCCGCGCCTATGCAGGCCCCGCGCGATCCGATTCGTTTTCAGTGTAAAGCCTGCAGCCCAGGCCAGGGGT

GCCAAACTTTCCAGACCGTGTGGAGTTC’CCAGCCCAGTAGAGACCGCAGGTCCTTCTGCCCGCTGCGGGGGATGGGGAGG

GGGTGGGGTTCCCGCGGGCCAGGAGAGGAAGCTTGAGTCCCAGACTCTGCCTAGCCCCGGGTGGGATGGGGGTCTTTCTA

CCCTCGCCGGACCTATACAGGACAAGGCAGTGTTTCCACCTTAAAGGGAAGGGAGTGTGGAACGAAAGACCTGGGACTGG

7TA.TGGACGTACAGTAAGATCTACTCCTTCCACCCAAATGTAAAGCCTGCGTGGGCTAGATAGGGTTTCTGACCCTGACC

TGGCCACTGAGTGTGATGTTGGGCTACGTGGTTCT'CTTTTGGTACGGTCTTCTTTGTAAAATAGGGACCGGAACTCTGCT

GAGATTCCAAGGATTGGGGTACCCCGTGTAGACTGGTGAGAGAGAGGAGAACAGGGGAGGGGTTAGGGGAGAGATTGTGG

TG3GCAACCGCCTAGAAGAAGCTGTTTGTTGGCTCCCAGCCTCGCCGCCTCAGAGGTTTGGCTTCCCCCACTCCTTCCTC

TCAAATCTGCCTTCAAATCCATATCTGGGATAGGGAAGGCCAGGGTCCGAGAGATGGTGGAAGGGCCAGAAATCACACTC

CTGGCCCCCCGAAGAGCAGTGTCCCGCCCCCAACTGCCTTGTCATATTGTAAAGGGATTTTCTACACAACAGTTTAAGGT

CGTTGGAGGAAACTGGGCTTGCCAGTCACCTCCCATCCTTGTCCCTTGCCAGGACACCACCTCCTGCCTGCCACCCACGG

ACACATTTCTGTCTAGAAACAGAGCGTCGTCGTGCTGTCCTCTGAGACAGCATATCTTACATTAAAAAGAATAATACGGG

GGGGGGGGGCGGAGGGCGCAAGTGTTATACATATGCTGAGAAGCTGTCAGGCGCCACAGCACCACCCACAATCTTTTTGT

AAATCATTTCCAGACACCTCTTACTTTCTGTGTAGATTTTAATTGTTAAAAGGGGAGGAGAGAGAGCGTTTGTAACAGAA

GCACATGGAGGGGGGGGTAGGGGGGTTGGGGCTGGTGAGTTTGGCGAACTTTCCATGTGAGACTCATCCACAAAGACTGA

AAGCCGCGTTTTTTTTTTTAAGAGTTCAGTGACATATTTAT’rTTCTCATTTAAGTTATTTATGCCAACA.TTTTTTTCTTG

TAGAGAAAGGCAGTGTTAATATCGCTTTGTGAAGCACAAGTGTGTGTGGTTTTTTGTTTTTTGTTTTTTCCCCGACCAGA

GGCATTGTTAATAAAGACAATGAATCTCGAGCAGGAGGCTGTGGTCTTGTTTTGTCAACCACACACAATGTCTCGCCACT

GTCA.TCTCACTCCCTTCCCTTGGTCACAAGACCCAAACCTTGACAACACCTCCGACTGCTCTCTGGTAGCCCTTGTGGCA

ATACGTGTTTCCTTTGAAAAGTCACATTCATCCTTTCCTTTGCAAACCTGGCTCTCATTCCCCA.GCTGGGTCATCGTCAT

ACCCTCACCCCAGCCTCCCTTTAGCTGACCACTCTCCAGACTGTCTTCCAAAAGTGCACGTTTCACCGAGCCAGTTCCCT WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 83

GGTCCAGGTCATCCCATTGCTCCTCCTTGCTCCAGACCCTTCTCCCACAAAGATGTTCATCTCCCACTCCATCAAGCCCC

AGTGGCCCTGCGGCTA.TCCCTGTCTCTTCAGTTAGCTG.AATCTACTTGCTGACACCACATGAATTCCTTCCCCTGTCTTA

A.GGTTCATGGAACTCTTGCCTGCCGCTGAACCTTCCAGGA.CTGTCCCAGCGTCTGATGTGTCCTCTCTCTTGTAAAGCCC

CACCCCACTATTTGATTCCCARTTCTAGATCTTCCCTTGTTCATTCC'TTCACGGGATAGTGTCTCATCTGGCCARGTCCT 5 gcttgatattgggataaatgcaaagccaagtacaattgaggaccagttcatcattgggccaagctttttcaaaatgtga.a

TTTTACACCTATAGAAGTGTAAAAGCCTTCCAAAGCAGAGGC.AATGCCTGGCTCTTCCTTCAACATCAGGGCTCCTGCTT tatgggtctggtggggtagtacattcataaacccaacactaggggtgtgaaagcaagatgattgggagttcgaggccaat

CTTGGCTATGAGGCCCTGTCTCAACCTCTCCTCCCTCCCTCCAGGGTTTTGTTTTGTTTTGTTTTTTTGATTTGAAACTG

CAACACTTTAAA.TCCAGTCAAGTGCATCTTTGCGTGAGGGGAACTCTATCCGTAATATAAGCTTCCATCTTGATTTGTGT

10 ATGTGCACACTGGGGGTTGAACCTGGGCC7TTGTACCTGCCGGGCAAGCTCTCTACTGCTCTAAACCCAGCCCTCACTGG

CTTTCTGTTTCAACTCCCAATGAA;rTCCCCT.AAP.TGAA.TTATCAATA.TCATGTCTTTGAAAAATACCA.TTGA.GTGCTGCT

GGTGTCCCTGTGGTTCCAGATTCCAGGAAGGACTTTTCAGGGAATCCAGGCATCCTGAAGAATGTCTTAGAGCAGGAGGC

CATGGAGACCTTGGCCAGCCCCACAAGGCAGTGTGGTGCAGAGGGTGAGGATGGAGGCAGGCTTGCAATTGPAGCTGAGA

CAGGGTACTCAGGATTAAAAAGCTTCCCCCAAAACAATTCCAAOATCAGTTCCTGGTACTTGCACCTGTTCAGCTA.TGCA

15 GAGCCCAGTGGGCATAGGTGAAGACACCGGTTGTACTGTCATGTACT.AACTGTGCTTCAGAGCCGGCAGAGACAAATAAT

GTTATGGTGACCCCAGGGGACAGTGATTCCAG.AAGGAACACAGAAGAGAGTGCTGCTAGAGGCTGCCTGAAGGAGAAGGO

GTCCCAGACTCTCTAAGCAAAGACTCCACTCACATAAAGACACAGGCTGAGCAGAGCTGGCCGTGGA.TGCAGGGAGCCCA

TCCACCATCCTTTAGCATGCCCTTGTATTCCCATCACATGCCAGGGATGAGGGGCATCAGAGAGTCCAAGTGATGCCCAA

ACCCAAACACACCTAGGACTTGCTTTCTGGGACAGACAGATGCAGGAGAGACTAGGTTGGGCTGTGATCCCATTACCACA

20 AAGAGGGAAAAAACAAPAAACAAACAAACAAACAAAAAAAAA.CAAAACAAAACAAAAAAAAACCCAAGGTCCAAATTGTA

GGTCAGGTTAGAGTTTATTTATGGAAAGTTATATTCTACCTCCATGGGGTCTACAAGGCTGGCGCCCATCAGAAAGAACA

AACAACAGGCTGATCTGGGAGGGGTGGTACTCTATGGCAGGGAGCACGTGTGCTTGGGGTACAGCCAGACACGGGGCTTG

TATTAATCACAGGGCTTGTATTAATAGGCTGAGAGTCAAGCAGACAGAGAGACAGAAGGAAACACACACACACACACACA

CACACACACACACACACACACATGCACACACCACTCACTTCTCACTCGAAGAGCCCCTACTTACATTCTAAGAACAAACC

25 ATTCCTCCTCATAAAGGAGACAAAGTTGCAGAAACCCAAAAGAGCCACAGGGTCCCCACTCTCTTTGAAATGACTTGGAC

TTGTTGCAGGGAAGACA.GP.GGGGTCTGCAGA.GGCTTCCTGGGTGACCCAGAGCCACAGACA.CTGAAATCTGGTGCTGAGA

CCTGTATAAACCCTCTTCCACAGGTTCCCTGAAAGGAGCCCACATTCCCCAACCCTGTCTCCTGACCACTGAGGATGAGA

GCACTTGGGCCTTCCCCATTCTTGGAGTGCACCCTGGTTTCCCCATCTGAGGGCACATGAGGTCTCAGGTCTTGGGAAAG

TTCCACAAGTATTGAAAGTGTTCTTGTTTTGTTTGTGATTTAATTTAGGTGTATGAGTGCTTTTGCTTGAATATATGCCT 30 GTGTAGCATTTAC.AAGCCTGGTGCCTGAGGAG.ATCAGAAG.ATGGCATCAGATACCCTGG.AACTGGACTTGCAGACAGTTA.

TGAGCCACTGTGTGGGTGCTAGGAACAGAACCTGGATCCTCCGGAAGAGCAGACAGCCAGCGCTCTTAGCCACTAAGCCA

TCACTGAGGTTCTTTCTGTGGCTAAAGAGACAGGAGACAAAGGAGAGTTTCTTTTAGTCAATAGGACCATGAATGTTCCT

CGTAACGTGAGACTAGGGCAGGGTGATCCCCCAGTGACACCGATGGCCCTGTGTAGTTATTAGCAGCTCTAGTCTTATTC

CTTAATAAGTCCCAGTTTGGGGCAGGA.GATA.TGTATTCCCTGCTTTGAAGTGGCTGAGGTCCAGTTATCTACTTCCAAGT

35 ACTTGTTTCTCTTTCTGGAGTTGGGGAAGCTCCCTGCCTGCCTGTAAATGTGTCCATTCTTCAACCTTAGACAAGATCAC

TTTCCCTGAGCAGTCAGGCCAGTCCAAAGCCCTTCAATTTAGCTTTCATAAGGAACACCCCTTTTGTTGGGTGGAGGTAG WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 84

CACT7GCCTTGA.ATCCCAGCATTAAGAAGGCAGAGACAGTCGGATCTC7G7GAGTTCACAGCCAGCC7GGTCTACGGAGT gagttccaagacagccaggcctacacagagaaaccctgtctcgaaaaaaagaaaaacaaaagaaataaagaaaaagaaaa

cnAAAACGAACAAACAGAAAAACAAGCCAGAGTGTTTGTCCCCGTATTTTATTAATCATATTTTTGTCCCTTTGCCATTT

TAGACTAAAAGACTCGGGAAAGCAGGTCTCTCTCTGTTTCTCATCCGGACACACCCAGAACCAGATGTATGGA.AGATGGC

5 TAATGTGCTGCAGTTGCACATCTGGGGCTGGGTGGATTGGTTAGATGGCATGGGCTGGGTGTGGTTACGATGA'JTGCAGG agcaaggagtatgtggtgcatagcaaacgaggaagtttgcacagaacaacactgtgtgtactgatgtgcaggtatgggca

CATGCAAGCAGAAGCCAAGGGACAGCCTTAGGGTAGTGTTTCCACAGACCCCTCCCCCCTTTTAACATGGGCATCTCTCA

TTGGGCTGGAGCTTGCCAACTGGGCTGGGCTGGCTAGCTTGTAGGTCCCAGGGATCTGCATATCTCTGCCTCCCTAGTGG

TGGGATTACAGTCATATATGAGCACACCTGGCTTTTTTATGTGGGTTCTGGGCTTTGAACCCAGATCTGAGTGCTTGCAA

10 GGCAATCGGTTGAATG.ACTGCTTCATCTCCCCAGACCCTGGGATTCTAC7TTCTATTA.AAG7ATTTCTATTAA_ATCAATG

AGCCCCTGCCCCTGCACTCAGCAGTTCTTAGGCCTGCTGAGAGTCAAGTGGGGAGTGAGAGCAAGCCTCGAGACCCCATC

AGCGAAGCAGAGGACAAAGAAATGAAAACTTGGGATTCGAGGCTCGGGATATGGAGATACAGAAAGGGTCAGGGAAGGAA

ATGAACCAGATGAATAGAGGCAGGAAGGGTAGGGCCCTGCATACATGGAACCTGGTGTACATGTTATCTGCATGGGGTTT

GCATTGCAATGGCTCTTCAGCAGGTTCACCACACTGGGAAACAGAAGCCA^AAAC4AAGAGTAGGTGGTGTTG3AGTCAGA

15 TACTGTCAGTCATGCCTGAAGAAATGGAAGCAATTAACGATGCGCCGCAATTAGGATATTAGCTCCCTGAAGAAAGGCAA

GAAGCTGGGCTGTGGGCACTGAAGGGAGCTTTGAATGATGTCACATTCTCTGTATGCCTAGCAGGGCAGTATTGGAGACT

GAGACTTGACTTGTGTGTCCATATGATTCCTCCTTTTCCTACAGTCATCTGGGGCTCCTGAGCTTCGTCCTTGTCCAAGA

ACCTGGAGCTGGCAGTGGGCAGCTGCAGTGATAGATGTCTGCAAGAAAGATCTGAAAAGAGGGAGGAAGATGAAGGACCC

AGAGGACCACC3ACCTCTGCTGCCTGACAAAGCTGCAGGACCAGTCTC7CCTACAGATGGGA.GACAGAGGCGAGAGATGA

20 ATGGTCAGGGGAGGAGTCAGAGAAAGGAGAGGGTGAGGCAGAGACCAAAGGAGGGAAACACTTGTGCTCTACAGCTACTG

ACTGAGTACCAGCTGCGTGGCAGACAGCCAATGCCAAGGCTCGGCTGATCATGGCACCTCGTGGGACTCCTAGCCCAGTG

CTGGCAGAGGGGAGTGCTGAATGGTGCATGGTTTGGATATGATCTGAATGTGGTCCAGCCCTAGTTTCCTTCCAGTTGCT

GGGATAAAGCACCCTGACCAAAGCTACTTTTTTGTTTGTTTGTTTTGGTTTGGTTTTGTTTGGTTTTTCGAGGCAGGGTT

TCTCTGTATCACCCTAGCTGTCCTGGAACTCACTCTG7AGACCAGGCTGGCCTCGAACTCAGAAATCCCCCT3CCTCTGC

25 CTCCTAAGTGCTGGAATTAAAGGCCTGCGCCACCACTGCCGGCCCAAAGCTACTTTAAGAGAGAGAGAGGAATGTATAAG

TATTATAATTCCAGGTTATAGTTCATTGCTGTAGAATTGGAGTCTTCATATTCCAGGTAATCTCCCACAGACATGCCACA

AAACAACCTGTTCTACGAAATCTCTCATGGACTCCCTTCCCCAGTAATTCTAAACTGTGTGAAATCTACAAGAAATAGTG

ACAGTCACAGTCTCTAACGTTTTGGGCATGAGTCTGAAGTCTCATTGCTAAGTACTGGGAAGATGAAAACTTTACCTAGT

GTCAGCATTTGGAGCAGAGCCTTTGGGATTTGAGATGGTCTTTTGCAGAGCTCCTAATGGCTACATGGAGAGAGGGGGCC

30 TGGGAGAGACCCATACACCTTTTGCTGCOTTATGTCACCTGACCTGCTCCTTGGGAAGCTCTAGCAAGAAGGCCTTCCCT

GGATCACCCACCACCTTGCACCTCCAGAACTCAGAGCCAAATTAAACTTTCTTGTTACTGTCGTCAAAGCACAGTCGGTC

TGGGTTGTATCA*CTGTCAATGGGAAACAGACTTGCCTGGATGGATAACTTGTACATTGCATAATGTCTAGAAATGAAAAG

TCCTATAGAGAAAAAGAAAATTAGCTGGCACACAGATAGAGGCCCTGGAGGAGGCTGGCTTTGTCCTCCCCGAGGAGGTG

GCGAGTAAGGTGTAAATGTTCATGGATGTAAATGGGCCCATATATGAGGGTCTGGGGTAACAAGAAGGCCTGTGAATATA

35 AAGCACTGAAGGTATGTCTAGTCTGGAGAAGGTCACTACAGAGAGTTCTCCAACTCAGTGCCCATACACACACACACACA

CACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACCACAAAGAAAAAAAGGAAGAAAAATCTGAGAGCAAGTACAGTACTTAAA WO 00/32773 PCT/OS99/27990 85

ATTGTG'!'GAn'T3TGTGTGTGACTCTGATGTCACATGCTCATCTTGCCCTATGAGTTGAAAACCAAATuGCCCCT5AGA5A

CA/TAAC.AACGACACTGTTGGCTGTGTGCTC.ACGTTTTTCTTAAAGCGTCTGTCTGGTTTGCTGCTAGCATCAGGCAGACT

TGCAGCAGAGTACATATGCTCAGCOCTGAAGTCCTTCTAGGGTGCATGTCTCTTCAGAATTTCAGAAAGTCATCTGTSGC

TCCAGGACCSCCTGCACTCTCCCTCTGCCGCGAGGCTGCAGACTCTAGGCTGGGGTGGAAGCAACGCTT.ACCTCTGGGAC

AAGTATAACATGTTGGCTTTTCTTTCCCTCTGTGGCTCCAACCTGGACATAAAATAGATGCAAGCTGTGTAATAAATATT

TCCTCCCGTCCACTrAGTTCTCAACAATAACTACTCTGAG.AGCACTTATTAA.TAGGTGGCTTAGACATAAGCTTTGGCTC

ATTCCCCCACTAGCTCTTACTTCTTTAA.CTCTTTCA.AAGCATTCTGTGTC^TTCCACATGGTTAGTTACGTCTCCTTCCAT CC7GG77C3C77C77CC77CGAG7CGCCC7CAG7G7C7C7A3G7GA7GC77G7AAGA7A773777C7AC.AAAGCT3AGA3 TGGTGGCAC727GGGAG77CAAAGCCAGCCTGA7C7ACACAGCAAGC7CCAGGATA7CCAGGGCAA7G77GGGAAAACC7

T7C7CAAACAAAAAGAGGGGTTCAG77GTCAGGAGGAGACCCA7GGG7TAAGAAG7C7AGACGAGCCA7GG7GATGCA7A

CC777CATCCAAGCAC77AGGAGGCAAAGAAAGGTGAAAC7CT77GAC777GAGGCCAGC7AGG77ACA7AG7GA7ACCC

TGC77AGTG7G7G7G7G7GTGTG7G7GTG7GTG7G7G7G7G7G7G7AA77TAAAAG7C7A.AAAA7GCATTC777TAAAAA

TATGTA7AAGTA77TGCC7GCACA7A7G7A7GTA7G7A7G7A7ACCA7G7G7G7G7C7GG7GC7GAAGGAC7AGGCA7AG

AC7CCCTAGAAC7AGAG7CA7AGACAGT7G7GACACTCCCCAACCCCCCACCA7G7GGG7GCT7G.AAGC7AAAC7C27GT

CC777G7AAAGCAGCAGG7G7C7ATGAACCC7GAACCA7C7CTCCAG7CTCCAGA7G7GCA77C7CAAAGAGGA37CC7T

CATA777CCC7AAACTGAACA7CC77ATCAG7GAGCA7CC7CGAG7CACCAAAGC7AC7GCAAACCC7C77AG3GAACAT

TCAC7A7TCAC77CTAC7TGGC7C,A7GAAAC77AAG7ACACACACACAAACACACACACACACACAGAG7CA7GCAC7CA CAAAAGCA7GCA7G7ACACCA77CTTA7TAGAC7A7GCT77GC7AAAAGAC777CC7AGA7AC777AAAACA7CAC77C7

GCCTTT7GG7GGGCAGG7TCCAAGATTGG7ACTGGCGTACTGGAAAC7GAACAAGGTAGAGATC7AGAAA7CACAGCAGG

TCAGAAGGGCCAGCCTG7ACAAGAGAGAG77CCACACC7TCCAGGAACAC7GAGCAGGGGGCTGGGACCT7GCC7C7CAG

CCCAAGAAAC7AG7GCG7TTCCTG7A7GCATGCCTCTCAGAGATTCCA7AAGA7C7GCC7TCTGCCA7AAGA7CTCCTGC

A7CCAGACAAGCCTAGGGGAAGTTGAGAGGC7GCC7GAGTCTCTCCCACAGGCCCCT7C77GCC7GGCAG7A77T7777A

7C7GGAGGAGAGGAATCAGGG7GGGAATGA»7CAAA7ACAATTATCAAGGAuAAA.AG7AAAAAACA7ATATATA7.A7A7A7T

AACTGATCTAGGGAGCTGGC7CAGCAGT7AAGAG77CTGGC7GCCCT7GC77CAGA7CT7GC777GA77CCCAGCACCCA

CATGA7GGCTT7CAAC7G7ATCTC7GCTTCCAGGGGA7CCAACAGCC7C7TC7GACCTCCATAGACAAGACCTAG7CC7C TGCAAGAGCACCAAA7GC7CTTATC7G77GA7CCA7C7C7C7AGCC7CA7GCCAGATCA777AAAAC7AC7GGACAC7G7

CCCATT7TACGAAGATGTCAC7GCCCAG7CA777GCCA7GAGTGGA7A777CGATTC777CTA7GT7C7CACCCT7GCAA

TTTATAAGAAAGA7A7C7GCAT7TG7CTCC7GAGAGAACAAAGGG7GGAGGGCTACTGAGATGGC7CTAGGGGTAAAGGT

GC7TGCCACAAAATC7GACAACTTAAGTTTGGTCTTGGAA7CCACATGG7GGAGAGAGAGAAGA&lt;GAT7CCCG7AAG77GT

CC7CAAAC77CCCACACA7G7GC7G7GGC77A7GTG7AACCCCAATAAG7AAAGA7AG77T7AAACAC7ACA7.AAGG7AG

GGT7TCTTCA7GACCCCAAGGAATGATGCCCC7GA7AGAGCTTA7GCTGAAACCCCATC7CCA77G7GCCATC7GGAAAG

AGACAA77GCATCCCGGAAACAGAA7CT7CA7GAA7GGA77AA7GAGC7A77AAGAAAG7GGC77GG77A77GCACA7GC

TGGCGGCG7AATGACC7CCACCATGATGTTA7CCAGCATGAAGGTCCTCACCAGAAG7CATACAAA7C7TC7TAGGCT7C

CAGAG7CG7GAGCAAAAAAAGCACACCTC7AAATAAAT7AACTAGCC7CAGG7AG77AACCACCGAAAA7GAACCAAGGC AG77CTAA7ACAAAACCACTTCCC77CCCTG77CAAACCACAG7GCCCTAT7ATC7AAAAGA7AAAC7TCAAGCCAAGC7

T77A.GGT7GCCAG7A7T7ATGTAACAACAAGGCCCG77GACACACA7C7G7AACTCC7AG7AC7GGGCC7CAGGGGCAGA WO 00/32773 PCT/DS99/27990 86 GACAGGTGG.AGCCCTGGAGT7TGAA77CCAGGTTC7GTGAGAAACTC7C-77TG.AAAAGACAATATGGTGAGT3ACCGGG?

AGGATATCTGATATTGACTTCTGGCCAACACACAGGGATCTCTGCACA7G7G7AGTTGCAAGCCTTTTGCACTAA37TTG GCCAGAGTCAGAGT7TGCAA37G777GTGGACTG.AATGCACGTG7TGC7GGTGATC7AC.AAAG7CACCC7CC77C7C?AC-

CTAGCAGCACTGGCTTCGGCCAGC73CTCATTCAAGCCTCTTTGCAGAGTCATCACGGGGATGGGGGAGCAG3GCCCG7C

CCTAGAACACCAAGCCTGTGG7TGT77AT7CAGGAC.ATTATTGAGGGCCAAG.ATG,ACAG.A7AACTCTA7CACTTG5CCAA

CAGTCGGGTGTTGCGGTGTTAGGTTATTTCTGTGTCT3CAGAAAACAGT3CAACCTGGACAAAAGAAATAAATGATATCA

TTTTTCATTCAGGCAACTAGATTCCGTGGTACAAAAGGCTCCCTOGGGAACGAGGCCGGGACAGCGCGGCTCCTGAGTCG

CTATTTCCGTCTGTC.AACTTCTCTAATCT)fcTTGATTTCCTCCCTCTGTC7GTTTCCTTCCTCTTGCTGGGGCCCAGTGGA

STCTGTGTACTCACAGGGAGGAGGG7GGCAAAGCCC7GGTCC7C7ACGGGC7GGGGGAAGGGGGGAAGCTGTCGGCCCAG 7G.ACTTTTTCCCC77TCTCTTTT7C7TAGAAACC.-.G7CTCAATTT.AAGA7AATGAG7CTCCTCAT7CACGT5T3CTCAC7

ATTCATAGGGACTTATCCACCCCCGCCC7GTCAATC73GCTAAGTAAGA::AAGTCAAATTTAAAAGGGAACGTTTTTCTA AAAATGTGGCTGGACCGTGTGCCGGC.-.CGAAACCAG33.ATGGCGGTC7AAG7TACATGCTCTCTGCCAGCCCCGGTGCC7 7?7CC777CGGAAAGGAGACCCG3A3G7AAAACGAA3?7GCCAAC77TTG?.7GATGGTGTGCGCCGGG7GAC7CTT7AA.~. ATGTCATCCATACCTGGGA7AGGGA.-.GGCTCTTCAGGGAGTCATCTAGCCCTCCCTTCAGGAAAAGATTCCACTTCCGG7

TTAGT7AGCTTCCACCTGGTCCCTT.A7CCGCTG7CTC7GCCCACTAG7CCTCATCCA7CCGGTTTCCGCGCTCATCCACC

TTGCCCTT7TAGTTCCTAGAAAGCAGCACCGTAGTCT7GGCAGGTGGGCCATTGGTCACTCCGCTACCACTGTTACCATG

•3CCACCAAGGTGTCATT7AAA7ATG.AGCTCACTGAG7CCTGCGGGATGGCTTGGTTGGTAATA7GC7TGC7GG,AAAATCG

TGAGAACTGGAGTTCAATTCCCAGCACATGGATGTATTTCCAGC'ACCTGGAAGGCAGGGAGCAGAGATGTTAAAGCTCCT

GGCCAGACAGCCCAGCC7AA7TAGTAATCAGTGAGAGACCCTGTCTCAAGAAACAAGATGG.AACA7CAAAGGTCAACCTC

TTGTCTCCACACACACAAATA.CACACATGCACATAC.ATCCACACACAGGCAAACACA.TGCACACACCTGAACACCCTCCA

C.AAATACA7ACA.TAAAAAAA7.AAA7ACATACACACA7ACA7ACA7ACACC.AACAT7CCC7C7CCT7AG7CTCC7GGC7AC

GCTCTTGTCACCCCCACTAAGGCTTCAACTTCTTCT.ATTTCTTCATCTTGACTCCTCTGTACTTTGCATGCCTTTTCCAG

CAAAGGCTTTTCTTTAAATCTCCGTC.ATTCATAAACTCCC7CTAAATTTCTTCCCCTGCCCTTTTC7TTCTCTCTAGGGA

GATAAAGACACACACTACAAAGTCACCGTGGGACCAGTTTATTCACCCACCCACCCCTGCTTCTGTTCATCCGGCCAGCT

AAGTAGTCCAACCTC7CTGGTGCTGTACCCTGGACCCTGGCTTCACCACAGCTCCTCCATGC7ACCCAGCCCTGCAAACC

TTCAGCCTAGCCTCTGGTTCTCCAACCAGCACAGGCCCAGTCTGGCTTCTATGTCCTAGAAATCTCCTTCATTCTCTCCA

TTTCCCTCCTGAATCTACCACCTTCT7TC7CCCTTCTCCTGACCTC7AA7GTCTTGG7CAAACGATTACAAGGAAGCCAA

TGAAATTAGCAGTTTGGGGTACCTCAGAGTCAGCAGGGGAGCTGGGATGAATTCACATTTCCAGGCCTTTGCTTTGCTCC

CCGGA7TC7GACAGGCAG7TCCGAAGC7GAG7CCAGGAAGC7GAAT77.AAAA7CACAC7CCAGC7GGG77C7GAGGCAGC

CCTACCACA7CAGCTGGCCCTGACTGAGCTGTGTCTGGGTGGCAGTGGTGCTGGTGGTGCTGGTGGTGCTGGTGGTGGTG

GTGGTGG7GGTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGTGTG7GTG7GTGTTTTCTGCTTT7ACAAAAC7T7TCTAATTCTTATACAAAG

GACAAATCTGCCTCATATAGGCAGAAAGATGACTTATGCCTATATAAGATA.T.AAAGATGACTTTATGCCACTTATTAGCA ATAGTTACTGTCAAAAGTAATTC7A7TTATACACCCTTATACATGG7ATTGCTTTTGTTGGAGACTCTAAAATCCAGAT7

ATGTATTTAAAAAAAAATTCCCCAGTCCTTAAAAGGTGAAGAATGGACCCAGATAGAAGGTCACGGCACAAGTATGGAGT

CGGAGTGTGGAGTCC7GCCAATGGTCTGGACAGAAGCA7CCAGAGAGGGTCCAAGACAAATGCCTCGCC7CCTAAGGAAC

ACTGGCAGCCCTGATGAGGTACCAGAGATTGCTAAGTGGAGGAATACAGGATCAGACCCATGGAGGGGCTTAAAGCGTGA WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 87

CTGTA.GCAGCCCTCCGCTGAGGGGCTGCAGGTGGGCGCCC'AAGGTGCTGCAGTGGGAGCCACATGAGAGGTGATGTCTTG

GAGTCACCTCGGGTACCATTGTTTAGGGAGGTGGGGATTTGTGGTGTGGAGACAGGCAGCCTCAAGGATGCTTTTCAACA

ATGGTTGATGAGTTGGAACTAAAACAGGGGCCATCACACTGGCTCCCATAGCTCTGGGCTTGCCAGCTTCCACATCTGCC

CCCCACCCCCTGTCTGGCACCAGCTCAAGCTCTGTGATTCTACACATCCAAAAGAGGAAGAGTAGCCTACTGGGCATGCC

.ACCTCTTCTGGACCATCAGGTGAGAGTGTGGCAAGCCCTAGGCTCCTGTCCAGGATGCAGGGCTGCCAGATAGGATGCTC

AGCTATCTCCTGAGCTGGAACTATTTTAGGAATAAGGATTATGCCCGCCCGGGGTTGGCCAGCACCCCAGCAGCCTGTGC

TTGCGTAAAAGCAAGTGCTGTTGATTTATCTAAAAACAGAGCCGTGGACCCACCCACAGGACAAGTATGTATGCATCTGT

TTCA.TGTATCTGAAAAGCGACACAACCATTTTTCACATCATGGCA.TCTTCCTAAC.'CCCCATTCTTTTTTGTTTTGTTTTT

TTGAGACAGGGTTTCTCTGTGTAGTCCTGGCTGTCCTGGAACTCACTTTGTAGACCAGGCTGGCCTCGAACTCAGAAATC

CTGGGATTAAAGGTGTGTGCCACCACGCCCGGCCCTAACCCCCATTCTTA.ATGGTGATCCAGTGGTTGAA.ATTTCGGGCC

ACACACATGTCCATTAGGGATTAGCTGCTGTCTTCTGAGCTACCTGGTACAATCTTTATCCCCTGGGGCCTGGGCTCCTG

A.TCCCTGACTCGGGCCCGATCAAGTCCAGTTCCTGGGCCCGATCAAGTCCAGTTCCTGGGCCCGAACAAGTCCAGTCCCT

A^CTCGATTAGCTCATCCTGGCTCCCTGGCCTGTTCTTACTTACACTCTTCCCCTTGCTCTGGACTTGTTGCTTTCTTTA

CTCAAGTTGTCTGCCACAGTCCCTAAGCCACCTCTGTAAGACAACTAAGATAATACTTCCCTCAAGCACGGAAAGTCCTG

AGTCACCACACCCTCTGGAGGTGTGTGGACACATGTTCA.TGCGTGTGGTTGCGCTTACGTACGTGTGC

Sequence ID No. 18: Human Beer Genomic Sequence (This gene has two exons, at positions 161-427 abd 3186-5219). tagaggagaa gtctttgggg agggtttgct ctgagcacac ccctttccct ccctccgggg 60 ctgagggaaa catgggacca gccctgcccc agcctgtcct cattggctgg catgaagcag 120

agaggggctt taaaaaggcg accgtgtctc ggctggagac cagagcctgt gctactggaa ISO ggtggcgtgc cctcctctgg ctggtaccat gcagctccca ctggccctgt gtctcgtctg 240 cctgctggta cacacagcct tccgtgtagt ggagggccag gggtggcagg cgttcaagaa 300 tgatgccacg gaaatcatcc ccgagctcgg agagtacccc gagcctccac cggagctgga 360 gaacaacaag accatgaacc gggcggagaa cggagggcgg cctccccacc acccctttga 420 gaccaaaggt atggggtgga ggagagaatt cttagtaaaa gatcctgggg aggttttaga 480 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 88 aacttctctt tgggaggctt ggaagactgg ggtagaccca gtgaagattg ctggcctctg 540 ccagcactgg tcgaggaaca gtcttgcctg gaggtggggg aagaatggct cgctggtgca 600 5 gccttcaaat tcaggtgcag aggcatgagg caacagacgc tggtgagagc ccagggcagg 660 gaggacgctg gggtggtgag ggtatggcat cagggcatca gaacaggctc aggggctcag 720 aaaagaaaag gtttcaaaga atctcctcct gggaatatag gagccacgtc cagctgctgg 780 10 taccactggg aagggaacaa ggtaagggag cctcccatcc acagaacagc acctgtgggg 840 caccggacac tctatgctgg tggtggctgt ccccaccaca cagacccaca tcatggaatc 900 15 cccaggaggt gaacccccag ctcgaagggg aagaaacagg ttccaggcac tcagtaactt 960 ggtagtgaga agagctgagg tgtgaacctg gtttgatcca actgcaagat agccctggtg 1020 tgtggggggg tgtgggggac agatctccac aaagcagtgg ggaggaaggc cagagaggca 1080 20 cccctgcagt gtgcattgcc catggcctgc ccagggagct ggcacttgaa ggaatgggag 1140 ttttcggcac agttttagcc cctgacatgg gtgcagctga gtccaggccc tggaggggag 1200 25 agcagcatcc tctgtgcagg agtagggaca tctgtcctca gcagccaccc cagtcccaac 1260 cttgcctcat tccaggggag ggagaaggaa gaggaaccct gggttcctgg tcaggcctgc 1320 acagagaagc ccaggtgaca gtgtgcatct ggctctataa ttggcaggaa tcctgaggcc 1380 30 atgggggcgt ctgaaatgac acttcagact aagagcttcc ctgtcctctg gccattatcc 1440 aggtggcaga gaagtccact gcccaggctc ctggacccca gccctccccg cctcacaacc 1500 35 tgttgggact atggggtgct aaaaagggca actgcatggg aggccagcca ggaccctccg 1560 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 89 tcttcaaaat ggaggacaag ggcgcctccc cccacagctc cccttctagg caaggtcagc 1620 tgggctccag cgactgcctg aagggctgta aggaacccaa acacaaaatg tccaccttgc 1680 5 tggactccca cgagaggcca cagcccctga ggaagccaca tgctcaaaac aaagtcatga 1740 tctgcagagg aagtgcctgg cctaggggcg ctattctcga aaagccgcaa aatgccccct 1800 tccctgggca aatgcccccc tgaccacaca cacattccag ccctgcagag gtgaggatgc 1860 10 aaaccagccc acagaccaga aagcagcccc agacgatggc agtggccaca tctcccctgc 1920 tgtgcttgct cttcagagtg ggggtggggg gtggccttct ctgtcccctc tctggtttgg 1980 15 tcttaagact atttttcatt ctttcttgtc acattggaac tatccccatg aaacctttgg 2040 gggtggactg gtactcacac gacgaccagc tatttaaaaa gctcccaccc atctaagtcc 2100 accataggag acatggtcaa ggtgtgtgca ggggatcagg ccaggcctcg gagcccaatc 2160 20 tctgcctgcc cagggagtat caccatgagg cgcccattca gataacacag aacaagaaat 2220 gtgcccagca gagagccagg tcaatgtttg tggcagctga acctgtaggt tttgggtcag 2280 25 agctcagggc ccctatggta ggaaagtaac gacagtaaaa agcagccctc agctccatcc 2340 cccagcccag cctcccatgg atgctcgaac gcagagcctc cactcttgcc ggagccaaaa 2400 ggtgctggga ccccagggaa gtggagtccg gagatgcagc ccagcctttt gggcaagttc 2460 30 ttttctctgg ctgggcctca gtattctcat tgataatgag ggggttggac acactgcctt 2520 tgattccttt caagtctaat gaattcctgt cctgatcacc tccccttcag tccctcgcct 2580 35 ccacagcagc tgccctgatt tattaccttc aattaacctc tactcctttc tccatcccct 2640 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 90 gtccacccct cccaagtggc tggaaaagga atttgggaga agccagagcc aggcagaagg 2700 tgtgctgagt acttaccctg cccaggccag ggaccctgcg gcacaagtgt ggcttaaatc 2760 5 ataagaagac cccagaagag aaatgataat aataatacat aacagccgac gctttcagct 2820 atatgtgcca aatggtattt tctgcattgc gtgtgtaatg gattaactcg caatgcttgg 2880 ggcggcccat tttgcagaca ggaagaagag agaggttaag gaacttgccc aagatgacac 2940 10 ctgcagtgag cgatggagcc ctggtgtttg aaccccagca gtcatttggc tccgagggga 3000 cagggtgcgc aggagagctt tccaccagct ctagagcatc tgggaccttc ctgcaataga 3060 15 tgttcagggg caaaagcctc tggagacagg cttggcaaaa gcagggctgg ggtggagaga 3120 gacgggccgg tccagggcag gggtggccag gcgggcggcc accctcacgc gcgcctctct 3180 ccacagacgt gtccgagtac agctgccgcg agctgcactt cacccgctac gtgaccgatg 3240 20 ggccgtgccg cagcgccaag ccggtcaccg agctggtgtg ctccggccag tgcggcccgg 3300 cgcgcctgct gcccaacgcc atcggccgcg gcaagtggtg gcgacctagt gggcccgact 3360 25 tccgctgcat ccccgaccgc taccgcgcgc agcgcgtgca gctgctgtgt cccggtggtg 3420 aggcgccgcg cgcgcgcaag gtgcgcctgg tggcctcgtg caagtgcaag cgcctcaccc 3480 gcttccacaa ccagtcggag ctcaaggact tcgggaccga ggccgctcgg ccgcagaagg 3540 30 gccggaagcc gcggccccgc gcccggagcg ccaaagccaa ccaggccgag ctggagaacg 3600 cctactagag cccgcccgcg cccctcccca ccggcgggcg ccccggccct gaacccgcgc 3660 35 cccacatttc tgtcctctgc gcgtggtttg attgtttata tttcattgta aatgcctgca 3720 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 91 acccagggca gggggctgag accttccagg ccctgaggaa tcccgggcgc cggcaaggcc 3780 cccctcagcc cgccagctga ggggtcccac ggggcagggg agggaattga gagtcacaga 3840 5 cactgagcca cgcagccccg cctctggggc cgcctacctt tgctggtccc acttcagagg 3900 aggcagaaat ggaagcattt tcaccgccct ggggttttaa gggagcggtg tgggagtggg 3960 aaagtccagg gactggttaa gaaagttgga taagattccc ccttgcacct cgctgcccat 4020 10 cagaaagcct gaggcgtgcc cagagcacaa gactgggggc aactgtagat gtggttccta 4080 gtcctggctc tgccactaac ttgctgtgta accttgaact acacaattct ccttcgggac 4140 15 ctcaatttcc actttgtaaa atgagggtgg aggtgggaat aggatctcga ggagactatt 4200 ggcatatgat tccaaggact ccagtgcctt ttgaatgggc agaggtgaga gagagagaga 4260 gaaagagaga gaatgaatgc agttgcattg attcagtgcc aaggtcactt ccagaattca 4320 20 gagttgtgat gctctcttct gacagccaaa gatgaaaaac aaacagaaaa aaaaaagtaa 4380 agagtctatt tatggctgac atatttacgg ctgacaaact cctggaagaa gctatgctgc 4440 25 ttcccagcct ggcttccccg gatgtttggc tacctccacc cctccatctc aaagaaataa 4500 catcatccat tggggtagaa aaggagaggg tccgagggtg gtgggaggga tagaaatcac 4560 atccgcccca acttcccaaa gagcagcatc cctcccccga cccatagcca tgttttaaag 4620 30 tcaccttccg aagagaagtg aaaggttcaa ggacactggc cttgcaggcc cgagggagca 4680 gccatcacaa actcacagac cagcacatcc cttttgagac accgccttct gcccaccact 4740 35 cacggacaca tttctgccta gaaaacagct tcttactgct cttacatgtg atggcatatc 4800 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 92 ttacactaaa agaatattat tgggggaaaa actacaagtg ctgtacatat gctgagaaac 4860 tgcagagcat aatagctgcc acccaaaaat ctttttgaaa atcatttcca gacaacctct 4920 5 tactttctgt gtagttttta attgttaaaa aaaaaaagtt ttaaacagaa gcacatgaca 4980 tatgaaagcc tgcaggactg gtcgtttttt tggcaattct tccacgtggg acttgtccac 5040 aagaatgaaa gtagtggttt ttaaagagtt aagttacata tttattttct cacttaagtt 5100 10 atttatgcaa aagtttttct tgtagagaat gacaatgtta atattgcttt atgaattaac 5160 agtctgttct tccagagtcc agagacattg ttaataaaga caatgaatca tgaccgaaag 5220 15 gatgtggtct cattttgtca accacacatg acgtcatttc tgtcaaagtt gacacccttc 5280 tcttggtcac tagagctcca accttggaca cacctttgac tgctctctgg tggcccttgt 5340 ggcaattatg tcttcctttg aaaagtcatg tttatccctt cctttccaaa cccagaccgc 5400 20 atttcttcac ccagggcatg gtaataacct cagccttgta tccttttagc agcctcccct 5460 ccatgctggc ttccaaaatg ctgttctcat tgtatcactc ccctgctcaa aagccttcca 5520 25 tagctccccc ttgcccagga tcaagtgcag tttccctatc tgacatggga ggccttctct 5580 gcttgactcc cacctcccac tccaccaagc ttcctactga ctccaaatgg tcatgcagat 5640 ccctgcttcc ttagtttgcc atccacactt agcaccccca ataactaatc ctctttcttt 5700 30 aggattcaca ttacttgtca tctcttcccc taaccttcca gagatgttcc aatctcccat 5760 gatccctctc tcctctgagg ttccagcccc ttttgtctac accactactt tggttcctaa 5820 35 ttctgttttc catttgacag tcattcatgg aggaccagcc tggccaagtc ctgcttagta 5880 WO 00/32773 PCTZUS99/27990 ctggcataga caacacaaag tcttcgaagt gtggatttga 5 agcctcctgc acttctctca tagctgagtt agcatcttca ggtgggatgg tcaactggaa 10 cccacaaaga aagctgaggt ttgaattaat catcatcatc 15 cttcctgggg ctccagcccc catgagtgtc tcagggccca ctgagaggca gtgcggtcca 20 tgtttgtttg ttttgagaca atctcggctt actgcaactt 25 cagagtagct gggattacag agagacgggg tttcaccatg gcctgcctcg gcctcccaaa 30 ggttggtgtt tgaatctgag catacttggg ctcagttcct 35 acatgggcaa taaccaggtc 93 ccaagtacaa ttcaggacca tgcctcctgg gtagaaatgt aagtctcgcc tccccaaggt gatgaagagt aaccctaaag agctttaaat taagtccagc ccctcctgat gacttgtcag aagtctttga taggtgtgag cgaggaggcc tcagtgagcc gaatatgaga gcaggtagga gtgggtgggg acacgggctc gagtctcgct ctattgccca ctgccttccc ggattcaagt gtgcgtgcca ccacgcctgg ttggccaggc tagtctcgaa gtgctgggat tacaggcgtg gagactgaag caccaagggg tgccctaccc ctcacttgag acactgtttt gtaccaagtg gctcacagga aacttcatct 5940 aggatcttca aaagtgggcc 6000 gtcttaatag tgctggatgc 6060 ttactcttca gttgccctaa 6120 ctaccttggg ggaacccacc 6180 tttaactacc aataacccac 6240 tgggtatcag tggccggtcc 6300 cctgcagaaa atccatgcat 6360 aacagagaca tcttccatcc 6420 tgggtcaggt ttgtgttgtt 6480 ggctggagtg cagtgtcaca 6540 gattctcctg cctcagcctc 6600 ctaatttttg tatttttgat 6660 ctcttgacct caagtgatct 6720 agccaccaca cccagcccca 6780 ttaaatgttt tgcccacagc 6840 ctgcttagaa cctggtgggc 6900 ttatgggaat ccaagatagg 6960 WO 00/32773 PCT/DS99/27990 agtaatttgc tctgtggagg ggatgaggga tgttgcttag agattttcca ggtggagaag 5 caaagactgc aagtgcatgg ctgctcatgg taccgagtcc ttgccatgtg caaggcaaca aaacctaggg tctgctttct gggacctgaa 10 cccattacca cgagggggaa aaaaacctga tttatggaaa gttatattct acctacatgg 15 gaacaaacaa cagacctagc tgggaggggc ttctgggggt acagccagac tcagggcttg gggatagaag gaaataggtc cctttctctc 20 tctctcacac acacacacag acacacacac gtacaaatca ggccacattt acacaaggag 25 ggaccccaaa attccctgtt ttccttgaat agagcctgca gaagccacct gcgagtaagc gtgccatgtc ccacacccgc ccacctccca 30 aacccggctc ccagatcatt gattatagct ccccacccca ttcttggaac ctgccctctg 35 ctcagctatt gggcagcttt gaccaacagc 94 tagtggttag ggaaagcttc acaaagtggg 7020 ggggcttcta ggcagaaggc atagcccaag 7080 gtagaagaga atccaccatt cctcaacatg 7140 tgggggtacc aggaattcca agcaatgtcc 7200 gatacaggat ggatcagccc aggctgcaat 7260 aggctaaatt gtaggtcggg ttagaggtta 7320 ggtctataag cctggcgcca atcagaaaag 7380 agcattttgt tgtagggggc ggggcacatg 7440 tattaatagt ctgagagtaa gacagacaga 7500 tctctctctc tctctctctc actctctctc 7560 acgctctgta ggggtctact tatgctccaa 7620 gtaaaggaaa agaacgttgg aggagccaca 7680 caggcaggac ttacgcagct gggagggtgg 7740 caagttcaga gtcacagaca ccaaaagctg 7800 cctgctcctt gacacagccc tgtgctccac 7860 ctggggcctg caccgtcctt cctgccacat 7920 tcttctccct tgtccaaggg caggcaaggg 7980 tgaggctcct tttgtggctg gagatgcagg 8040 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 95

aggcagggga atattcctct tagtcaatgc gaccatgtgc ctggtttgcc cagggtggtc SlOO tcgtttacac ctgtaggcca agcgtaatta ttaacagctc ccacttctac tctaaaaaat 8160 5 gacccaatct gggcagtaaa ttatatggtg cccatgctat taagagctgc aacttgctgg 8220 gcgtggtggc tcacacctgt aatcccagta ctttgggacg tcaaggcggg tggatcacct 8280 gaggtcacga gttagagact ggcctggcca gcatggcaaa accccatctt tactaaaaat 8340 10 acaaaaatta gcaaggcatg gtggcatgca cctgtaatcc caggtactcg ggaggctgag 8400 acaggagaat ggcttgaacc caggaggcag aggttgcagt gagccaagat tgtgccactg 8460 15 ccctccagcc ctggcaacag agcaagactt catctcaaaa gaaaaaggat actgtcaatc 8520 actgcaggaa gaacccaggt aatgaatgag gagaagagag gggctgagtc accatagtgg 8580 cagcaccgac tcctgcagga aaggcgagac actgggtcat gggtactgaa gggtgccctg 8640 20 aatgacgttc tgctttagag accgaacctg agccctgaaa gtgcatgcct gttcatgggt 8700 gagagactaa attcatcatt ccttggcagg tactgaatcc tttcttacgg ctgccctcca 8760 25 atgcccaatt tccctacaat tgtctggggt gcctaagctt ctgcccacca agagggccag 8820 agctggcagc gagcagctgc aggtaggaga gataggtacc cataagggag gtgggaaaga 8880 gagatggaag gagaggggtg cagagcacac acctcccctg cctgacaact tcctgagggc 8940 30 tggtcatgcc agcagattta aggcggaggc aggggagatg gggcgggaga ggaagtgaaa 9000 aaggagaggg tggggatgga gaggaagaga gggtgatcat tcattcattc cattgctact 9060 35 gactggatgc cagctgtgag ccaggcacca ccctagctct gggcatgtgg ttgtaatctt 9120 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 96 ggagcctcat ggagctcaca gggagtgctg gcaaggagat ggataatgga cggataacaa 9180 ataaacattt agtacaatgt ccgggaatgg aaagttctcg aaagaaaaat aaagctggtg 9240 5 agcatataga cagccctgaa ggcggccagg ccaggcattt ctgaggaggt ggcatttgag 9300 c 9301 10 From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that, although specific embodiments of the invention have been described herein for purposes of illustration, various modifications may be made without deviating from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited except as by the appended claims. 1 WO 00/32773 97 PCT/US99/27990

SEQUENCE LISTING <110> Brunkow, Mary E.

Galas, David J.

Kovacevich, Brian Mulligan, John T.

Paeper, Bryan W.

Van Ness, Jeffrey Winkler, David G.

<12 0> COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING

BONE MINERALIZATION <130> 240083.508

<140> US <141> 1999-11-24 <160> 41 <170> FastSEQ for Windows Version 3.0 <210> 1 <211> 2301

<212> DNA <213> Homo sapien <400> 1 agagcctgtg ctactggaag gtggcgtgcc ctcctctggc tggtaccatg cagctcccac 60 tggccctgtg tctcgtctgc ctgctggtac acacagcctt ccgtgtagtg gagggccagg 120 ggtggcaggc gttcaagaat gatgccacgg aaatcatccc cgagctcgga gagtaccccg 180 agcctccacc ggagctggag aacaacaaga ccatgaaccg ggcggagaac ggagggcggc 240 ctccccacca cccctttgag accaaagacg tgtccgagta cagctgccgc gagctgcact 300 tcacccgcta cgtgaccgat gggccgtgcc gcagcgccaa gccggtcacc gagctggtgt 360 98 WO 00/32773 2 PCT/US99/27990 gctccggcca gtgcggcccg gcgcgcctgc tgcccaacgc catcggccgc ggcaagtggt 420 ggcgacctag tgggcccgac ttccgctgca tccccgaccg ctaccgcgcg cagcgcgtgc 480 agctgctgtg tcccggtggt gaggcgccgc gcgcgcgcaa ggtgcgcctg gtggcctcgt 540 gcaagtgcaa gcgcctcacc cgcttccaca accagtcgga gctcaaggac ttcgggaccg 600 aggccgctcg gccgcagaag ggccggaagc cgcggccccg cgcccggagc gccaaagcca 660 accaggccga gctggagaac gcctactaga gcccgcccgc gcccctcccc accggcgggc 720 gccccggccc tgaacccgcg ccccacattt ctgtcctctg cgcgtggttt gattgtttat 780 atttcattgt aaatgcctgc aacccagggc agggggctga gaccttccag gccctgagga 840 atcccgggcg ccggcaaggc ccccctcagc ccgccagctg aggggtccca cggggcaggg 900 gagggaattg agagtcacag acactgagcc acgcagcccc gcctctgggg ccgcctacct 960 ttgctggtcc cacttcagag gaggcagaaa tggaagcatt ttcaccgccc tggggtttta 1020 agggagcggt gtgggagtgg gaaagtccag ggactggtta agaaagttgg ataagattcc 1080 cccttgcacc tcgctgccca tcagaaagcc tgaggcgtgc ccagagcaca agactggggg 1140 caactgtaga tgtggtttct agtcctggct ctgccactaa cttgctgtgt aaccttgaac 1200 tacacaattc tccttcggga cctcaatttc cactttgtaa aatgagggtg gaggtgggaa 1260 taggatctcg aggagactat tggcatatga ttccaaggac tccagtgcct tttgaatggg 1320 cagaggtgag agagagagag agaaagagag agaatgaatg cagttgcatt gattcagtgc 1380 caaggtcact tccagaattc agagttgtga tgctctcttc tgacagccaa agatgaaaaa 1440 caaacagaaa aaaaaaagta aagagtctat ttatggctga catatttacg gctgacaaac 1500 tcctggaaga agctatgctg cttcccagcc tggcttcccc ggatgtttgg ctacctccac 1560 ccctccatct caaagaaata acatcatcca ttggggtaga aaaggagagg gtccgagggt 1620 ggtgggaggg atagaaatca catccgcccc aacttcccaa agagcagcat ccctcccccg 1680 acccatagcc atgttttaaa gtcaccttcc gaagagaagt gaaaggttca aggacactgg 1740 ccttgcaggc ccgagggagc agccatcaca aactcacaga ccagcacatc ccttttgaga 1800 caccgccttc tgcccaccac tcacggacac atttctgcct agaaaacagc ttcttactgc 1860 tcttacatgt gatggcatat cttacactaa aagaatatta ttgggggaaa aactacaagt 1920 gctgtacata tgctgagaaa ctgcagagca taatagctgc cacccaaaaa tctttttgaa 1980 aatcatttcc agacaacctc ttactttctg tgtagttttt aattgttaaa aaaaaaaagt 2040 tttaaacaga agcacatgac atatgaaagc ctgcaggact ggtcgttttt ttggcaattc 2100 ttccacgtgg gacttgtcca caagaatgaa agtagtggtt tttaaagagt taagttacat 2160 atttattttc tcacttaagt tatttatgca aaagtttttc ttgtagagaa tgacaatgtt 2220 aatattgctt tatgaattaa cagtctgttc ttccagagtc cagagacatt gttaataaag 2280 acaatgaatc atgaccgaaa g 2301 <210> 2 <211> 213 99 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990

<212> PRT <213> Homo sapien <400> 2

Met Gin Leu Pro Leu Ala Leu Cys Leu Val Cys Leu Leu Val His Thr 1 5 10 15 Ala Phe Arg Val Val Glu Gly Gin Gly Trp Gin Ala Phe Lys Asn Asp 20 25 30 Ala Thr Glu He lie Pro Glu Leu Gly Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro Pro Pro 35 40 45 Glu Leu Glu Asn Asn Lys Thr Met Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly Arg 50 55 60 Pro Pro His His Pro Phe Glu Thr Lys Asp Val Ser Glu Tyr Ser Cys 65 70 75 60 Arg Glu Leu His Phe Thr Arg Tyr Val Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg Ser 85 90 95 Ala Lys Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro Ala 100 105 110 Arg Leu Leu Pro Asn Ala lie Gly Arg Gly Lys Trp Trp Arg Pro Ser 115 120 125 Gly Pro Asp Phe Arg Cys He Pro Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg Val 130 135 140 Gin Leu Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Glu Ala Pro Arg Ala Arg Lys Val Arg 145 150 155 160 Leu Val Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn Gin 165 170 175 Ser Glu Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Thr Glu Ala Ala Arg Pro Gin Lys Gly 180 185 190 Arg Lys Pro Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Ser Ala Lys Ala Asn Gin Ala Glu 195 200 205 Leu Glu Asn Ala Tyr 210 < 210> 3 < 211> 2301

<212> DNA 100 PCT/US99/27990 WO 00/32773 4 <213> Homo sapien <400> 3 agagcctgtg ctactggaag gtggcgtgcc ctcctctggc tggtaccatg cagctcccac 60 5 tggccctgtg tctcgtctgc ctgctggtac acacagcctt ccgtgtagtg gagggctagg 120 ggtggcaggc gttcaagaat gatgccacgg aaatcatccc cgagctcgga gagtaccccg 1Θ0 agcctccacc ggagctggag aacaacaaga ccatgaaccg ggcggagaac ggagggcggc 240 ctccccacca cccctttgag accaaagacg tgtccgagta cagctgccgc gagctgcact 300 tcacccgcta cgtgaccgat gggccgtgcc gcagcgccaa gccggtcacc gagctggtgt 360 10 gctccggcca gtgcggcccg gcgcgcctgc tgcccaacgc catcggccgc ggcaagtggt 420 ggcgacctag tgggcccgac ttccgctgca tccccgaccg ctaccgcgcg cagcgcgtgc 480 agctgctgtg tcccggtggt gaggcgccgc gcgcgcgcaa ggtgcgcctg gtggcctcgt 540 gcaagtgcaa gcgcctcacc cgcttccaca accagtcgga gctcaaggac ttcgggaccg 600 aggccgctcg gccgcagaag ggccggaagc cgcggccccg cgcccggagc gccaaagcca 660 15 accaggccga gctggagaac gcctactaga gcccgcccgc gcccctcccc accggcgggc 720 gccccggccc tgaacccgcg ccccacattt ctgtcctctg cgcgtggttt gattgtttat 780 atttcattgt aaatgcctgc aacccagggc agggggctga gaccttccag gccctgagga 840 atcccgggcg ccggcaaggc ccccctcagc ccgccagctg aggggtccca cggggcaggg 900 gagggaattg agagtcacag acactgagcc acgcagcccc gcctctgggg ccgcctacct 960 20 ttgctggtcc cacttcagag gaggcagaaa tggaagcatt ttcaccgccc tggggtttta 1020 agggagcggt gtgggagtgg gaaagtccag ggactggtta agaaagtcgg ataagattcc 1080 cccttgcacc tcgctgccca tcagaaagcc tgaggcgtgc ccagagcaca agactggggg 1140 caactgtaga tgtggtttct agtcctggct ctgccactaa cttgctgtgt aaccttgaac 1200 tacacaattc tccttcggga cctcaatttc cactttgtaa aatgagggtg gaggtgggaa 1260 25 taggatctcg aggagactat tggcatatga ttccaaggac tccagtgcct tttgaatggg 1320 cagaggtgag agagagagag agaaagagag agaatgaatg cagttgcatt gattcagtgc 1380 caaggtcact tccagaattc agagttgtga tgctctcttc tgacagccaa agatgaaaaa 1440 caaacagaaa aaaaaaagta aagagtctat ttatggctga catatttacg gctgacaaac 1500 tcctggaaga agctatgctg cttcccagcc tggcttcccc ggatgtttgg ctacctccac 1560 30 ccctccatct caaagaaata acatcatcca ttggggtaga aaaggagagg gtccgagggt 1620 ggtgggaggg atagaaatca catccgcccc aacttcccaa agagcagcat ccctcccccg 1680 acccatagcc atgttttaaa gtcaccttcc gaagagaagt gaaaggttca aggacactgg 1740 ccttgcaggc ccgagggagc agccatcaca aactcacaga ccagcacatc ccttttgaga 1800 caccgccttc tgcccaccac tcacggacac atttctgcct agaaaacagc ttcttactgc 1860 35 tcttacatgt gatggcatat cttacactaa aagaatatta ttgggggaaa aactacaagt 1920 gctgtacata tgctgagaaa ctgcagagca taatagctgc cacccaaaaa tctttttgaa 1980 101 PCT/US99/27990 WO 00/32773 5 aatcatttcc agacaacctc ttactttctg tgtagttttt aattgttaaa aaaaaaaagt tttaaacaga agcacatgac atatgaaagc ctgcaggact ggtcgttttt ttggcaattc ttccacgtgg gacttgtcca caagaatgaa agtagtggtt tttaaagagt taagttacat atttattttc tcacttaagt tatttatgca aaagtttttc ttgtagagaa tgacaatgtt aatattgctt tatgaattaa cagtctgttc ttccagagtc cagagacatt gttaataaag acaatgaatc atgaccgaaa g 2040 2100 2160 2220 2280 2301 <210> 4 <211> 23 <212> PRT <213> Homo sapien <400> 4 Met Gin Leu Pro Leu Ala Leu Cys Leu Val Cys Leu Leu Val His Thr 1 5 10 15 Ala Phe Arg Val Val Glu Gly 20 <21O> 5 <211> 2301 <212> DNA <213> Homo sapien <400> 5 agagcctgtg ctactggaag gtggcgtgcc ctcctctggc tggtaccatg cagctcccac tggccctgtg tctcatctgc ctgctggtac acacagcctt ccgtgtagtg gagggccagg ggtggcaggc gttcaagaat gatgccacgg aaatcatccg cgagctcgga gagtaccccg agcctccacc ggagctggag aacaacaaga ccatgaaccg ggcggagaac ggagggcggc ctccccacca cccctttgag accaaagacg tgtccgagta cagctgccgc gagctgcact tcacccgcta cgtgaccgat gggccgtgcc gcagcgccaa gccggtcacc gagctggtgt gctccggcca gtgcggcccg gcgcgcctgc tgcccaacgc catcggccgc ggcaagtggt ggcgacctag tgggcccgac ttccgctgca tccccgaccg ctaccgcgcg cagcgcgtgc agctgctgtg tcccggtggt gaggcgccgc gcgcgcgcaa ggtgcgcctg gtggcctcgt gcaagtgcaa gcgcctcacc cgcttccaca accagtcgga gctcaaggac ttcgggaccg aggccgctcg gccgcagaag ggccggaagc cgcggccccg cgcccggagc gccaaagcca accaggccga gctggagaac gcctactaga gcccgcccgc gcccctcccc accggcgggc 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 102 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 6 gccccggccc tgaacccgcg ccccacattt ctgtcctctg cgcgtggttt gattgtttat 780 atttcattgt aaatgcctgc aacccagggc agggggctga gaccttccag gccctgagga 840 atcccgggcg ccggcaaggc ccccctcagc ccgccagctg aggggtccca cggggcaggg 900 gagggaattg agagtcacag acactgagcc acgcagcccc gcctctgggg ccgcctacct 960 ttgctggtcc cacttcagag gaggcagaaa tggaagcatt ttcaccgccc tggggtttta 1020 agggagcggt gtgggagtgg gaaagtccag ggactggtta agaaagttgg ataagattcc 1080 cccttgcacc tcgctgccca tcagaaagcc tgaggcgtgc ccagagcaca agactggggg 1140 caactgtaga tgtggtttct agtcctggct ctgccactaa cttgctgCgt aaccttgaac 1200 tacacaattc tccttcggga cctcaatttc cactttgtaa aatgagggtg gaggtgggaa 1260 taggatctcg aggagactat tggcatatga ttccaaggac tccagtgcct tttgaatggg 1320 cagaggtgag agagagagag agaaagagag agaatgaatg cagttgcatt gattcagtgc 1380 caaggtcact tccagaattc agagttgtga tgctctcttc tgacagccaa agatgaaaaa 1440 caaacagaaa aaaaaaagta aagagtctat ttatggctga catatttacg gctgacaaac 1500 tcctggaaga agctatgctg cttcccagcc tggcttcccc ggatgtttgg ctacctccac 1560 ccctccatct caaagaaata acatcatcca ttggggtaga aaaggagagg gtccgagggt 1620 ggtgggaggg atagaaatca catccgcccc aacttcccaa agagcagcat ccctcccccg 1680 acccatagcc atgtcttaaa gtcaccttcc gaagagaagt gaaaggttca aggacactgg 1740 ccttgcaggc ccgagggagc agccatcaca aactcacaga ccagcacatc ccttttgaga 1800 caccgccttc tgcccaccac tcacggacac atttctgcct agaaaacagc ttcttactgc 1860 tcttacatgt gatggcatat cttacactaa aagaatatta ttgggggaaa aactacaagt 1920 gctgtacata tgctgagaaa ctgcagagca taatagctgc cacccaaaaa tctttttgaa 1980 aatcatttcc agacaacctc ttactttctg tgtagttttt aattgttaaa aaaaaaaagt 2040 tttaaacaga agcacatgac atatgaaagc ctgcaggact ggtcgttttt ttggcaattc 2100 ttccacgtgg gacttgtcca caagaatgaa agtagtggtt tttaaagagt taagttacat 2160 atttattttc tcacttaagt tatttatgca aaagtttttc ttgtagagaa tgacaatgtt 2220 aatattgctt tatgaattaa cagtctgttc ttccagagtc cagagacatt gttaataaag 2280 acaatgaatc atgaccgaaa 9 2301 <210> 6 <211> 213

<212> PRT <213> Homo sapien <400> 6

Met Gin Leu Pro Leu Ala Leu Cys Leu lie Cys Leu Leu Val His Thr 1 5 10 15 103 WO 00/32773 7 PCT/US99/27990

Ala Phe Arg val 20 Val Glu Gly Gin Gly Trp Gin Ala 25 Phe Lys 30 Asn Asp Ala Thr Glu He lie Arg Glu Leu Gly Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro Pro Pro 35 40 45 Glu Leu Glu Asn Asn Lys Thr Met Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly Arg 50 55 60 Pro Pro His His Pro Phe Glu Thr Lys Asp Val Ser Glu Tyr Ser Cys 65 70 75 80 Arg Glu Leu His Phe Thr Arg Tyr Val Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg Ser 85 90 95 Ala Lys Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro Ala 100 105 110 Arg Leu Leu Pro Asn Ala He Gly Arg Gly Lys Trp Trp Arg Pro Ser 115 120 125 Gly Pro Asp Phe Arg Cys He Pro Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg Val 130 135 140 Gin Leu Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Glu Ala Pro Arg Ala Arg Lys Val Arg 145 150 155 160 Leu Val Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn Gin 165 170 175 Ser Glu Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Thr Glu Ala Ala Arg Pro Gin Lys Gly 180 185 190 Arg Lys Pro Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Ser Ala Lys Ala Asn Gin Ala Glu 195 200 205 Leu Glu Asn Ala Tyr 210 <210> 7 <211> 2301 <212> DNA <213> Homo sapien <400> 7 agagcctgtg ctactggaag gtggcgtgcc ctcctctggc tggtaccatg cagctcccac tggccctgtg tctcgtctgc ctgctggtac acacagcctt ccgtgtagtg gagggccagg ggtggcaggc gttcaagaat gatgccacgg aaatcatccg cgagctcgga gagtaccccg 60 120 180 WO 00/32773 104 PCT/US99/27990 agcctccacc ctccccacca tcacccgcta gctccggcca ggcgacctag agctgctgtg gcaagtgcaa aggccgctcg accaggccga gccccggccc atttcattgt atcccgggcg gagggaattg ttgctggtcc agggagcggt cccttgcacc caactgtaga tacacaattc taggatctcg cagaggtgag caaggtcact caaacagaaa tcctggaaga ccctccatct ggtgggaggg acccatagcc ccttgcaggc caccgccttc tcttacatgt gctgtacata aatcatttcc tttaaacaga ttccacgtgg atttattttc aatattgctt acaatgaatc ggagctggag cccctttgag cgtgaccgat gtgcggcccg tgggcccgac tcccggtggt gcgcctcacc gccgcagaag gctggagaac tgaacccgcg aaatgcctgc ccggcaaggc agagtcacag cacttcagag gtgggagtgg tcgctgccca tgtggtttct tccttcggga aggagactat agagagagag tccagaattc aaaaaaagta agctatgctg caaagaaata atagaaatca atgttttaaa ccgagggagc tgcccaccac gatggcatat tgctgagaaa agacaacctc agcacatgac gacttgtcca tcacttaagt tatgaattaa atgaccgaaa aacaacaaga accaaagacg gggccgtgcc gcgcgcctgc ttccgctgca gaggcgccgc cgcttccaca ggccggaagc gcctactaga ccccacattt aacccagggc ccccctcagc acactgagcc gaggcagaaa gaaagtccag tcagaaagcc agtcctggct cctcaatttc tggcatatga agaaagagag agagttgtga aagagtctat cttcccagcc acatcatcca catccgcccc gtcaccttcc agccatcaca tcacggacac cttacactaa ctgcagagca ttactttctg atatgaaagc caagaatgaa tatttatgca cagtctgttc g 8 ccatgaaccg tgtccgagta gcagcgccaa tgcccaacgc tccccgaccg gcgcgcgcaa accagtcgga cgcggccccg gcccgcccgc ctgtcctctg agggggctga ccgccagctg acgcagcccc tggaagcatt ggactggtta tgaggcgtgc ctgccactaa cactttgtaa ttccaaggac agaatgaatg tgctctcttc ttatggctga tggcttcccc ttggggtaga aacttcccaa gaagagaagt aactcacaga atttctgcct aagaatatta taatagctgc tgtagttttt ctgcaggact agtagtggtt aaagtttttc ttccagagtc ggcggagaac cagctgccgc gccggtcacc catcggccgc ctaccgcgcg ggtgcgcctg gctcaaggac cgcccggagc gcccctcccc cgcgtggttt gaccttccag aggggtccca gcctctgggg ttcaccgccc agaaagttgg ccagagcaca cttgctgtgt aatgagggtg tccagtgcct cagttgcatt tgacagccaa catatttacg ggatgtttgg aaaggagagg agagcagcat gaaaggttca ccagcacatc agaaaacagc ttgggggaaa cacccaaaaa aattgttaaa ggtcgttttt tttaaagagt ttgtagagaa cagagacatt ggagggcggc gagctgcact gagctggtgt ggcaagtggt cagcgcgtgc gtggcctcgt ttcgggaccg gccaaagcca accggcgggc gattgtttat gccctgagga cggggcaggg ccgcctacct tggggtttta ataagattcc agactggggg aaccttgaac gaggtgggaa tttgaatggg gattcagtgc agatgaaaaa gctgacaaac ctacctccac gtccgagggt ccctcccccg aggacactgg ccttttgaga ttcttactgc aactacaagt tctttttgaa aaaaaaaagt ttggcaattc taagttacat tgacaatgtt gttaataaag 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 780 B40 900 960 1020 1080 1140 1200 1260 1320 1380 1440 1500 1560 1620 1680 1740 1800 1860 1920 1980 2040 2100 2160 2220 2280 2301 9 WO 00/32773 105 PCT/US99/27990 <210> 8 <211> 213

<212> PRT <213> Homo sapien <400> 8

Met Gin Leu Pro Leu Ala Leu Cys 1 5

Ala Phe Arg Val Val Glu Gly Gin 20

Ala Thr Glu lie He Arg Glu Leu 35 40

Glu Leu Glu Asn Asn Lys Thr Met 50 55

Pro Pro His His Pro Phe Glu Thr 65 70

Arg Glu Leu His Phe Thr Arg Tyr 85

Ala Lys Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val 100

Arg Leu Leu Pro Asn Ala lie Gly 115 120

Gly Pro Asp Phe Arg Cys He Pro 130 135

Gin Leu Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Glu 145 150

Leu Val Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys 165

Ser Glu Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Thr 180

Arg Lys Pro Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg 195 200

Leu Glu Asn Ala Tyr

Leu Val Cys Leu Leu Val His Thr 10 15

Gly Trp Gin Ala Phe Lys Asn Asp 25 30

Gly Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro Pro Pro 45

Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly Arg 60

Lys Asp Val Ser Glu Tyr Ser Cys 75 80

Val Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg Ser 90 95

Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro Ala 105 110

Arg Gly Lys Trp Trp Arg Pro Ser 125

Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg Val 140

Ala Pro Arg Ala Arg Lys Val Arg 155 160

Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn Gin 170 175

Glu Ala Ala Arg Pro Gin Lys Gly 185 190

Ser Ala Lys Ala Asn Gin Ala Glu 205 210 106 PCT/US99/27990 WO 00/32773 10 <210> 9 <211> 642

<212> DNA <213> Cercopithecus pygerythrus <400> 9 atgcagctcc cactggccct gtgtcttgtc tgcctgctgg tacacgcagc cttccgtgta 60 gtggagggcc aggggtggca ggccttcaag aatgatgcca cggaaatcat ccccgagctc 120 ggagagtacc ccgagcctcc accggagctg gagaacaaca agaccatgaa ccgggcggag 180 aatggagggc ggcctcccca ccaccccttt gagaccaaag acgtgtccga gtacagctgc 240 cgagagctgc acttcacccg ctacgtgacc gatgggccgt gccgcagcgc caagccagtc 300 accgagttgg tgtgctccgg ccagtgcggc ccggcacgcc tgctgcccaa cgccatcggc 360 cgcggcaagt ggtggcgccc gagtgggccc gacttccgct gcatccccga ccgctaccgc 420 gcgcagcgtg tgcagctgct gtgtcccggt ggtgccgcgc cgcgcgcgcg caaggtgcgc 480 ctggtggcct cgtgcaagtg caagcgcctc acccgcttcc acaaccagtc ggagctcaag 540 gacttcggtc ccgaggccgc tcggccgcag aagggccgga agccgcggcc ccgcgcccgg 600 ggggccaaag ccaatcaggc cgagctggag aacgcctact ag 642 <210> 10 <211> 213

<212> PRT <213> Cercopithecus pygerythrus <400> 10

Met Gin Leu Pro Leu Ala Leu Cys Leu Val Cys Leu Leu Val His Ala 1 5 10 15 Ala Phe Arg Val Val Glu Gly Gin Gly Trp Gin Ala Phe Lys Asn Asp 20 25 30 Ala Thr Glu He lie Pro Glu Leu Gly Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro Pro Pro 35 40 45 Glu Leu Glu Asn Asn Lys Thr Met Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly Arg 50 55 60 Pro Pro His His Pro Phe Glu Thr Lys Asp Val Ser Glu Tyr Ser Cys 65 70 75 80 Arg Glu Leu His Phe Thr Arg Tyr Val Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg Ser 85 90 95 WO 00/32773 11 PCT/US99/27990 107

Ala Lys Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro Ala 100 105 110 Arg Leu Leu Pro Asn Ala He Gly Arg Gly Lys Trp Trp Arg Pro Ser 115 120 125 Gly Pro Asp Phe Arg Cys lie Pro Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg Val 130 135 140 Gin Leu Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Ala Ala Pro Arg Ala Arg Lys Val Arg 145 150 155 160 Leu Val Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn Gin 165 170 175 Ser Glu Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Arg Pro Gin Lys Gly 180 185 190 Arg Lys Pro Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Gly Ala Lys Ala Asn Gin Ala Glu 195 200 205 Leu Glu Asn Ala Tyr 210 <210> 11 <211> 638 <212> DNA <213> Mus musculus <400> 11 atgcagccct cactagcccc gtgcctcatc tgcctacttg tgcacgctgc cttctgtgct gtggagggcc aggggtggca agccttcagg aatgatgcca cagaggtcat cccagggctt ggagagtacc ccgagcctcc tcctgagaac aaccagacca tgaaccgggc ggagaatgga ggcagacctc cccaccatcc ctatgacgcc aaaggtgtgt ccgagtacag ctgccgcgag ctgcactaca cccgcttcct gacagacggc ccatgccgca gcgccaagcc ggtcaccgag ttggtgtgct ccggccagtg cggccccgcg cggctgctgc ccaacgccat cgggcgcgtg aagtggtggc gcccgaacgg accggatttc cgctgcatcc cggatcgcta ccgcgcgcag cgggtgcagc tgctgtgccc cgggggcgcg gcgccgcgct cgcgcaaggt gcgtctggtg gcctcgtgca agtgcaagcg cctcacccgc ttccacaacc agtcggagct caaggacttc gggccggaga ccgcgcggcc gcagaagggt cgcaagccgc ggcccggcgc ccggggagcc aaagccaacc aggcggagct ggagaacgcc tactagag 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 638 <210> 12 108 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 12 <211> 211

<212> PRT <213> Mus musculus <400> 12

Met Gin Pro Ser Leu Ala Pro Cys Leu He Cys Leu Leu Val His Ala 15 10 15

Ala Phe Cys Ala Val Glu Gly Gin Gly Trp Gin Ala Phe Arg Asn Asp 20 25 30

Ala Thr Glu Val lie Pro Gly Leu Gly Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro Pro Pro 35 40 45

Glu Asn Asn Gin Thr Met Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly Arg Pro Pro 50 55 60

His His Pro Tyr Asp Ala Lys Asp Val Ser Glu Tyr Ser Cys Arg Glu 65 70 75 80

Leu His Tyr Thr Arg Phe Leu Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg Ser Ala Lys 85 90 95

Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro Ala Arg Leu 100 105 110

Leu Pro Asn Ala He Gly Arg Val Lys Trp Trp Arg Pro Asn Gly Pro 115 120 125

Asp Phe Arg Cys He Pro Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg Val Gin Leu 130 135 140

Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Ala Ala Pro Arg Ser Arg Lys Val Arg Leu Val 145 150 155 160

Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn Gin Ser Glu 165 170 175

Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Pro Glu Thr Ala Arg Pro Gin Lys Gly Arg Lys 180 185 190

Pro Arg Pro Gly Ala Arg Gly Ala Lys Ala Asn Gin Ala Glu Leu Glu 195 200 205

Asn Ala Tyr 210 <210> 13 <211> 674 PCT/US99/27990 109 WO 00/32773 13

<212> DNA <213> Rattus norvegicus <400> 13 gaggaccgag tgcccttcct ccttctggca ccatgcagct ctcactagcc ccttgccttg cctgcctgct tgtacatgca gccttcgttg ctgtggagag ccaggggtgg caagccttca agaatgatgc cacagaaatc atcccgggac tcagagagta cccagagcct cctcaggaac tagagaacaa ccagaccatg aaccgggccg agaacggagg cagacccccc caccatcctt atgacaccaa agacgtgtcc gagtacagct gccgcgagct gcactacacc cgcttcgtga ccgacggccc gtgccgcagt gccaagccgg tcaccgagtt ggtgtgctcg ggccagtgcg gccccgcgcg gctgctgccc aacgccatcg ggcgcgtgaa gtggtggcgc ccgaacggac ccgacttccg ctgcatcccg gatcgctacc gcgcgcagcg ggtgcagctg ctgtgccccg gcggcgcggc gccgcgctcg cgcaaggtgc gtctggtggc ctcgtgcaag tgcaagcgcc tcacccgctt ccacaaccag tcggagctca aggacttcgg acctgagacc gcgcggccgc agaagggtcg caagccgcgg ccccgcgccc ggggagccaa agccaaccag gcggagctgg agaacgccta ctag <21O> 14 <211> 213

<212> PRT <213> Rattus norvegicus 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 674 <400> 14

Met 1 Gin Leu Ser Leu 5 Ala Pro Cys Leu Ala 10 Cys Leu Leu Val His 15 Ala Ala Phe Val Ala Val Glu Ser Gin Gly Trp Gin Ala Phe Lys Asn Asp 20 25 30 Ala Thr Glu lie lie Pro Gly Leu Arg Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro Pro Gin 35 40 45 Glu Leu Glu Asn Asn Gin Thr Met Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly Arg 50 55 60 Pro Pro His His Pro Tyr Asp Thr Lys Asp Val Ser Glu Tyr Ser Cys 65 70 75 80 Arg Glu Leu His Tyr Thr Arg Phe Val Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg Ser 85 90 95 Ala Lys Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro Ala WO 00/32773 14 PCT/US99/27990 110 100 105 110

Arg Leu Leu 115 Pro Asn Ala He Gly 120 Arg Val Lys Trp Trp Arg 125 Pro Asn Gly Pro Asp Phe Arg Cys lie Pro Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg Val 130 135 140 Gin Leu Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Ala Ala Pro Arg Ser Arg Lys Val Arg 145 150 155 160 Leu Val Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn Gin 165 170 175 Ser Glu Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Pro Glu Thr Ala Arg Pro Gin Lys Gly 180 185 190 Arg Lys Pro Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Gly Ala Lys Ala Asn Gin Ala Glu 195 200 205

Leu Glu Asn Ala Tyr 210 <210> 15 <211> 532

<212> DNA <213> Bos torus <400> 15 agaatgatgc cacagaaatc atccccgagc tgggcgagta ccccgagcct ctgccagagc 60 tgaacaacaa gaccatgaac cgggcggaga acggagggag acctccccac cacccctttg 120 agaccaaaga cgcctccgag tacagctgcc gggagctgca cttcacccgc tacgtgaccg 180 atgggccgtg ccgcagcgcc aagccggtca ccgagctggt gtgctcgggc cagtgcggcc 240 cggcgcgcct gctgcccaac gccatcggcc gcggcaagtg gtggcgccca agcgggcccg 300 acttccgctg catccccgac cgctaccgcg cgcagcgggt gcagctgttg tgtcctggcg 360 gcgcggcgcc gcgcgcgcgc aaggtgcgcc tggtggcctc gtgcaagtgc aagcgcctca 420 ctcgcttcca caaccagtcc gagctcaagg acttcgggcc cgaggccgcg cggccgcaaa 480 cgggccggaa gctgcggccc cgcgcccggg gcaccaaagc cagccgggcc ga 532 <210> 16 <211> 176

<212> PRT <213> Bos torus 111 WO 00/32773 15 PCT/US99/27990 <400> 16

Asn Asp Ala Thr Glu lie lie Pro Glu Leu Gly Glu Tyr Pro Glu Pro 15 10 15

Leu Pro Glu Leu Asn Asn Lys Thr Met Asn Arg Ala Glu Asn Gly Gly 20 25 30

Arg Pro Pro His His Pro Phe Glu Thr Lys Asp Ala Ser Glu Tyr Ser 35 40 45

Cys Arg Glu Leu His Phe Thr Arg Tyr Val Thr Asp Gly Pro Cys Arg 50 55 60

Ser Ala Lys Pro Val Thr Glu Leu Val Cys Ser Gly Gin Cys Gly Pro 65 70 75 B0

Ala Arg Leu Leu Pro Asn Ala lie Gly Arg Gly Lys Trp Trp Arg Pro 85 90 95

Ser Gly Pro Asp Phe Arg Cys He Pro Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ala Gin Arg 100 105 110

Val Gin Leu Leu Cys Pro Gly Gly Ala Ala Pro Arg Ala Arg Lys Val 115 120 125

Arg Leu Val Ala Ser Cys Lys Cys Lys Arg Leu Thr Arg Phe His Asn 130 135 140

Gin Ser Glu Leu Lys Asp Phe Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Arg Pro Gin Thr 145 150 155 160

Gly Arg Lys Leu Arg Pro Arg Ala Arg Gly Thr Lys Ala Ser Arg Ala 165 170 175 <210> 17 <211> 35828

<212> DNA <213> Mus musculus <220> <221> misc_feature <222> (1) ... (35828)

<223> n = A,T,C or G <400> 17 112 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 16 cgcgttttgg tgagcagcaa tattgcgctt cgatgagcct tggcgttgag attgatacct 60 ctgctgcaca aaaggcaatc gaccgagctg gaccagcgca ttcgtgacac cgtctccttc 120 gaacttattc gcaatggagt gtcattcatc aaggacngcc tgatcgcaaa tggtgctatc 180 cacgcagcgg caatcgaaaa ccctcagccg gtgaccaata tctacaacat cagccttggt 240 atcctgcgtg atgagccagc gcagaacaag gtaaccgtca gtgccgataa gttcaaagtt 300 aaacctggtg ttgataccaa cattgaaacg ttgatcgaaa acgcgctgaa aaacgctgct 360 gaatgtgcgg cgctggatgt cacaaagcaa atggcagcag acaagaaagc gatggatgaa 420 ctggcttcct atgtccgcac ggccatcatg atggaatgtt tccccggtgg tgttatctgg 480 cagcagtgcc gtcgatagta tgcaattgat aattattatc atttgcgggt cctttccggc 540 gatccgcctt gttacggggc ggcgacctcg cgggttttcg ctatttatga aaattttccg 600 gtttaaggcg tttccgttct tcttcgtcat aacttaatgt ttttatttaa aataccctct 660 gaaaagaaag gaaacgacag gtgctgaaag cgagcttttt ggcctctgtc gtttcctttc 720 tctgtttttg tccgtggaat gaacaatgga agtcaacaaa aagcagagct tatcgatgat 780 aagcggtcaa acatgagaat tcgcggccgc ataatacgac tcactatagg gatcgacgcc 840 tactccccgc gcatgaagcg gaggagctgg actccgcatg cccagagacg ccccccaacc 900 cccaaagtgc ctgacctcag cctctaccag ctctggcttg ggcttgggcg gggtcaaggc 960 taccacgttc tcttaacagg tggctgggct gtctcttggc cgcgcgtcat gtgacagctg 1020 cctagttctg cagtgaggtc accgtggaat gtctgccttc gttgccatgg caacgggatg 1080 acgttacaat ctgggtgtgg agcttttcct gtccgtgtca ggaaatccaa ataccctaaa 1140 ataccctaga agaggaagta gctgagccaa ggctttcctg gcttctccag ataaagtttg 1200 acttagatgg aaaaaaacaa aatgataaag acccgagcca tctgaaaatt cctcctaatt 1260 gcaccactag gaaatgtgta tattattgag ctcgtatgtg ttcttatttt aaaaagaaaa 1320 ctttagtcat gttattaata agaatttctc agcagtggga gagaaccaat attaacacca 1380 agataaaagt tggcatgatc cacattgcag gaagatccac gttgggtttt catgaatgtg 1440 aagaccccat ttattaaagt cctaagctct gtttttgcac actaggaagc gatggccggg 1500 atggctgagg ggctgtaagg atctttcaat gtcttacatg tgtgtttcct gtcctgcacc 1560 taggacctgc tgcctagcct gcagcagagc cagaggggtt tcacatgatt agtctcagac 1620 acttgggggc aggttgcatg tactgcatcg cttatttcca tacggagcac ctactatgtg 1680 tcaaacacca tatggtgttc actcttcaga acggtggtgg tcatcatggt gcatttgctg 1740 acggttggat tggtggtaga gagctgagat atatggacgc actcttcagc attctgtcaa 1800 cgtggctgtg cattcttgct cctgagcaag tggctaaaca gactcacagg gtcagcctcc 1860 agctcagtcg ctgcatagtc ttagggaacc tctcccagtc ctccctacct caactatcca 1920 agaagccagg gggcttggcg gtctcaggag cctgcttgct gggggacagg ttgttgagtt 1980 ttatctgcag taggttgcct aggcatagtg tcaggactga tggctgcctt ggagaacaca 2040 tcctttgccc tctatgcaaa tctgaccttg acatgggggc gctgctcagc tgggaggatc 2100 aactgcatac ctaaagccaa gcctaaagct tcttcgtcca cctgaaactc ctggaccaag 2160 113 WO 00/32773 17 PCT/US99/27990 gggcttccgg cacatcctct caggccagtg agggagtctg tgtgagctgc actttccaat 2220 ctcagggcgt gagaggcaga gggaggtggg ggcagagcct tgcagctctt tcctcccatc 2280 tggacagcgc tctggctcag cagcccatat gagcacaggc acatccccac cccaccccca 2340 cctttcctgt cctgcagaat ttaggctctg ttcacggggg gggggggggg ggggcagtcc 2400 tatcctctct taggtagaca ggactctgca ggagacactg ctttgtaaga tactgcagtt 2460 taaatttgga tgttgtgagg ggaaagcgaa gggcctcttt gaccattcag tcaaggtacc 2520 ttctaactcc catcgtattg gggggctact ctagtgctag acattgcaga gagcctcaga 2580 actgtagtta ccagtgtggt aggattgatc cttcagggag cctgacatgt gacagttcca 2640 ttcttcaccc agtcaccgaa catttattca gtacctaccc cgtaacaggc accgtagcag 2700 gtactgaggg acggaccact caaagaactg acagaccgaa gccttggaat ataaacacca 2760 aagcatcagg ctctgccaac agaacactct ttaacactca ggccctttaa cactcaggac 2820 ccccaccccc accccaagca gttggcactg ctatccacat tttacagaga ggaaaaacta 2880 ggcacaggac gatataagtg gcttgcttaa gcttgtctgc atggtaaatg gcagggctgg 2940 attgagaccc agacattcca actctagggt ctatttttct tttttctcgt tgttcgaatc 3000 tgggtcttac tgggtaaact caggctagcc tcacactcat atccttctcc catggcttac 3060 gagtgctagg attccaggtg tgtgctacca tgtctgactc cctgtagctt gtctatacca 3120 tcctcacaac ataggaattg tgatagcagc acacacaccg gaaggagctg gggaaatccc 3180 acagagggct ccgcaggatg acaggcgaat gcctacacag aaggtgggga agggaagcag 3240 agggaacagc atgggcgtgg gaccacaagt ctatttgggg aagctgccgg taaccgtata 3300 tggctggggt gaggggagag gtcatgagat gaggcaggaa gagccacagc aggcagcggg 3360 tacgggctcc ttattgccaa gaggctcgga tcttcctcct cttcctcctt ccggggctgc 3420 ctgttcattt tccaccactg cctcccatcc aggtctgtgg ctcaggacat cacccagctg 3480 cagaaactgg gcatcaccca cgtcctgaat gctgccgagg gcaggtcctt catgcacgtc 3540 aacaccagtg ctagcttcta cgaggattct ggcatcacct acttgggcat caaggccaat 3600 gatacgcagg agttcaacct cagtgcttac tttgaaaggg ccacagattt cattgaccag 3660 gcgctggccc ataaaaatgg taaggaacgt acattccggc acccatggag cgtaagccct 3720 ctgggacctg cttcctccaa agaggccccc acttgaaaaa ggttccagaa agatcccaaa 3780 atatgccacc aactagggat taagtgtcct acatgtgagc cgatgggggc cactgcatat 3840 agtctgtgcc atagacatga caatggataa taatatttca gacagagagc aggagttagg 3900 tagctgtgct cctttccctt taattgagtg tgcccatttt tttattcatg tatgtgtata 3960 catgtgtgtg cacacatgcc ataggttgat actgaacacc gtcttcaatc gttccccacc 4020 ccaccttatt ttttgaggca gggtctcttc cctgatcctg gggctcattg gtttatctag 4080 gctgctggcc agtgagctct ggagttctgc ttttctctac ctccctagcc ctgggactgc 4140 aggggcatgt gctgggccag gcttttatgt cgcgttgggg atctgaactt aggtccctag 4200 gcctgagcac cgtaaagact ctgccacatc cccagcctgt ttgagcaagt gaaccattcc 4260 ccagaattcc cccagtgggg ctttcctacc cttttattgg ctaggcattc atgagtggtc 4320 114 WO 00/32773 18 PCT/US99/27990 acctcgccag aggaatgagt ggccacgact ggctcagggt cagcagccta gagatactgg 4380 gttaagtctt cctgccgctc gctccctgca gccgcagaca gaaagtagga ctgaatgaga 4440 gctggctagt ggtcagacag gacagaaggc tgagagggtc acagggcaga tgtcagcaga 4500 gcagacaggt tctccctctg tgggggaggg gtggcccact gcaggtgtaa ttggccttct 4560 ttgtgctcca tagaggcttc ctgggtacac agcagcttcc ctgtcctggt gattcccaaa 4620 gagaactccc taccactgga cttacagaag ttctattgac tggtgtaacg gttcaacagc 4680 tttggctctt ggtggacggt gcatactgct gtatcagctc aagagctcat tcacgaatga 4740 acacacacac acacacacac acacacacac acacaagcta attttgatat gccttaacta 4800 gctcagtgac tgggcatttc tgaacatccc tgaagttagc acacatttcc ctctggtgtt 4860 cctggcttaa caccttctaa atctatattt tatctttgct gccctgttac cttctgagaa 4920 gcccctaggg ccacttccct tcgcacctac attgctggat ggtttctctc ctgcagctct 4980 taaatctgat ccctctgcct ctgagccatg ggaacagccc aataactgag ttagacataa 5040 aaacgtctct agccaaaact tcagctaaat ttagacaata aatcttactg gttgtggaat 5100 ccttaagatt cttcatgacc tccttcacat ggcacgagta tgaagcttta ttacaattgt 5160 ttattgatca aactaactca taaaaagcca gttgtctttc acctgctcaa ggaaggaaca 5220 aaattcatcc ttaactgatc tgtgcacctt gcacaatcca tacgaatatc ttaagagtac 5280 taagattttg gttgtgagag tcacatgtta cagaatgtac agctttgaca aggtgcatcc 5340 ttgggatgcc gaagtgacct gctgttccag ccccctacct tctgaggctg ttttggaagc 5400 aatgctctgg aagcaacttt aggaggtagg atgctggaac agcgggtcac ttcagcatcc 5460 cgatgacgaa tcccgtcaaa gctgtacatt ctgtaacaga ctgggaaagc tgcagacttt 5520 aaggccaggg ccctatggtc cctcttaatc cctgtcacac ccaacccgag cccttctcct 5580 ccagccgttc tgtgcttctc actctggata gatggagaac acggccttgc tagttaaagg 5640 agtgaggctt cacccttctc acatggcagt ggttggtcat cctcattcag ggaactctgg 5700 ggcattctgc ctttacttcc tctttttgga ctacagggaa tatatgctga cttgttttga 5760 ccttgtgtat ggggagactg gatctttggt ctggaatgtt tcctgctagt ttttccccat 5820 cctttggcaa accctatcta tatcttacca ctaggcatag tggccctcgt tctggagcct 5880 gccttcaggc tggttctcgg ggaccatgtc cctggtttct ccccagcata tggtgttcac 5940 agtgttcact gcgggtggtt gctgaacaaa gcggggattg catcccagag ctccggtgcc 6000 ttgtgggtac actgctaaga taaaatggat actggcctct ctctgaccac ttgcagagct 6060 ctggtgcctt gtgggtacac tgctaagata aaatggatac tggcctctct ctatccactt 6120 gcaggactct agggaacagg aatccattac tgagaaaacc aggggctagg agcagggagg 6180 tagctgggca gctgaagtgc ttggcgacta accaatgaat accagagttt ggatctctag 6240 aatactctta aaatctgggt gggcagagtg gcctgcctgt aatcccagaa ctcgggaggc 6300 ggagacaggg aatcatcaga gcaaactggc taaccagaat agcaaaacac tgagctctgg 6360 gctctgtgag agatcctgcc ttaacatata agagagagaa taaaacattg aagaagacag 6420 tagatgccaa ttttaagccc ccacatgcac atggacaagt gtgcgtttga acacacatat 6480 115 WO 00/32773 19 PCT/US99/27990 gcactcatgt gaaccaggca tgcacactcg ggcttatcac acacataatt tgaaagagag 6540 agtgagagag gagagtgcac attagagttc acaggaaagt gtgagtgagc acacccatgc 6600 acacagacat gtgtgccagg gagtaggaaa ggagcctggg tttgtgtata agagggagcc 6660 atcatgtgtt tctaaggagg gcgtgtgaag gaggcgttgt gtgggctggg actggagcat 6720 ggttgtaact gagcatgctc cctgtgggaa acaggagggt ggccaccctg cagagggtcc 6780 cactgtccag cgggatcagt aaaagcccct gctgagaact ttaggtaata gccagagaga 6840 gaaaggtagg aaagtggggg gactcccatc tctgatgtag gaggatctgg gcaagtagag 6900 gtgcgtttga ggtagaaaga ggggtgcaga ggagatgctc ttaattctgg gtcagcagtt 6960 tctttccaaa taatgcctgt gaggaggtgt aggtggtggc cattcactca ctcagcagag 7020 ggatgatgat gcccggtgga tgctggaaat ggccgagcat caaccctggc tctggaagaa 7080 ctccatcttt cagaaggaga gtggatctgt gtatggccag cggggtcaca ggtgcttggg 7140 gcccctgggg gactcctagc actgggtgat gtttatcgag tgctcttgtg tgccaggcac 7200 tggcctgggg ctttgtttct gtctctgttt tgtttcgttt tttgagacag actcttgcta 7260 tgtatccgtg tcaatcttgg aatctcactg catagcccag gctgcggaga gaggggaggg 7320 caataggcct tgtaagcaag ccacacttca gagactagac tccaccctgc gaatgatgac 7380 aggtcagagc tgagttccgg aagatttttt ttccagctgc caggtggagt gtggagtggc 7440 agctagcggc aagggtagag ggcgagctcc ctgtgcagga gaaatgcaag caagagatgg 7500 caagccagtg agttaagcat tctgtgtggg gagcaggtgg atgaagagag aggctgggct 7560 ttcgcctctg gggggggggt gaggggtggg gatgaggtga gaggagggca gctccctgca 7620 gtgtgatgag atttttcctg acagtgacct ttggcctctc cctcccccac ttcccttctt 7680 tcctttcttc ccaccattgc tttccttgtc cttgagaaat tctgagtttc cacttcactg 7740 gtgatgcaga cggaaacaga agccgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt 7800 gtgtgtgtgt ttgtgtgtat gtgtgtgtgt gtgtttgtgt gtatgtgtgt cagtgggaat 7860 ggctcatagt ctgcaggaag gtgggcagga aggaataagc tgtaggctga ggcagtgtgg 7920 gatgcaggga gagaggagag gagggatacc agagaaggaa attaagggag ctacaagagg 7980 gcattgttgg ggtgtgtgtg tgtgtgtgtt gtttatattt gtattggaaa tacattcttt 8040 taaaaaatac ttatccattt atttattttt atgtgcacgt gtgtgtgcct gcatgagttc 8100 atgtgtgcca cgtgtgtgcg ggaacccttg gaggccacaa gggggcatct gatcccctgg 8160 aactggagtt ggaggaggtt gtgagtcccc tgacatgttt gctgggaact gaaccccggt 8220 cctatgcaag agcaggaagt gcagttatct gctgagccat ctctccagtc ctgaaatcca 8280 ttctcttaaa atacacgtgg cagagacatg atgggattta cgtatggatt taatgtggcg 8340 gtcattaagt tccggcacag gcaagcacct gtaaagccat caccacaacc gcaacagtga 8400 atgtgaccat cacccccatg ttcttcatgt cccctgtccc ctccatcctc cattctcaag 8460 cacctcttgc tctgcctctg tcgctggaga acagtgtgca tctgcacact cttatgtcag 8520 tgaagtcaca cagcctgcac cccttcctgg tctgagtatt tgggttctga ctctgctatc 8580 acacactact gtactgcatt ctctcgctct ctttttttaa acatattttt atttgtttgt 8640 116 WO 00/32773 20 PCT/US99/27990 gtgtatgcac atgtgccaca tgtgtacaga tactatggag gccagaagag gccatggccg 8700 tccctggagc tggagttaca ggcagcgtgt gagctgcctg gtgtgggtgc tgggaaccaa 8760 acttgaatct aaagcaagca cttttaactg ctgaggcagc tctcagtacc cttcttcatt 8820 tctccgcctg ggttccattg tatggacaca tgtagctaga atatcttgct tatctaatta 8880 tgtacattgt tttgtgctaa gagagagtaa tgctctatag cctgagctgg cctcaacctt 8940 gccatcctcc tgcctcagcc tcctcctcct gagtgctagg atgacaggcg agtggtaact 9000 tacatggttt catgttttgt tcaagactga aggataacat tcatacagag aaggtctggg 9060 tcacaaagtg tgcagttcac tgaatggcac aacccgtgat caagaaacaa aactcagggg 9120 ctggagagat ggcactgact gctcttccag aggtccggag ttcaattccc agcaaccaca 9180 tggtggctca cagccatcta taacgagatc tgacgccctc ttctggtgtg tctgaagaca 9240 gctacagtgt actcacataa aataaataaa tctttaaaac acacacacac acacaattac 9300 caccccagaa agcccactcc atgttccctc ccacgtctct gcctacagta ctcccaggtt 9360 accactgttc aggcttctaa caacctggtt tacttgggcc tcttttctgc tctgtggagc 9420 cacacatttg tgtgcctcat acacgttctt tctagtaagt tgcatattac tctgcgtttt 9480 tacatgtatt tatttattgt agttgtgtgt gcgtgtgggc ccatgcatgg cacagtgtgt 9540 ggggatgtca gagtattgtg aacaggggac agttcttttc ttcaatcatg tgggttccag 9600 aggttgaact caggtcatca tgtgtggcag caaatgcctt tacccactga gacatctcca 9660 tattcttttt ttttcccctg aggtgggggc ttgttccata gcccaaactg gctttgcact 9720 tgcagttcaa agtgactccc tgtctccacc tcttagagta ttggaattac gatgtgtact 9780 accacacctg actggatcat taattctttg atgggggcgg ggaagcgcac atgctgcagg 9840 tgaagggatg actggactgg acatgagcgt ggaagccaga gaacagcttc agtctaatgc 9900 tctcccaact gagctatttc ggtttgccag agaacaactt acagaaagtt ctcagtgcca 9960 tgtggattcg gggttggagt tcaactcatc agcttgacat tggctcctct acccactgag 10020 ccttctcact actctctacc tagatcatta attctttttt aaaaagactt attagggggc 10080 tggagagatg gctcagccgt taagagcacc gaatgccctt ccagaggtcc tgagttcaat 10140 tcccagcatg ccattgctgg gcagtagggg gcgcaggtgt tcaacgtgag tagctgttgc 10200 cagttttccg cggtggagaa cctcttgaca ccctgctgtc cctggtcatt ctgggtgggt 10260 gcatggtgat atgcttgttg tatggaagac tttgactgtt acagtgaagt tgggcttcca 10320 cagttaccac gtctcccctg tttcttgcag gccgggtgct tgtccattgc cgcgagggct 10380 acagccgctc cccaacgcta gttatcgcct acctcatgat gcggcagaag atggacgtca 10440 agtctgctct gagtactgtg aggcagaatc gtgagatcgg ccccaacgat ggcttcctgg 10500 cccaactctg ccagctcaat gacagactag ccaaggaggg caaggtgaaa ctctagggtg 10560 cccacagcct cttttgcaga ggtctgactg ggagggccct ggcagccatg tttaggaaac 10620 acagtatacc cactccctgc accaccagac acgtgcccac atctgtccca ctctggtcct 10680 cgggggccac tccaccctta gggagcacat gaagaagctc cctaagaagt tctgctcctt 10740 agccatcctt tcctgtaatt tatgtctctc cctgaggtga ggttcaggtt tatgtccctg 10800 117 WO 00/32773 21 PCT/US99/27990 tctgtggcat agatacatct cagtgaccca gggtgggagg gctatcaggg tgcatggccc 10860 gggacacggg cactcttcat gacccctccc ccacctgggt tcttcctgtg tggtccagaa 10920 ccacgagcct ggtaaaggaa ctatgcaaac acaggccctg acctccccat gtctgttcct 10980 ggtcctcaca gcccgacacg ccctgctgag gcagacgaat gacattaagt tctgaagcag 11040 agtggagata gattagtgac tagatttcca aaaagaagga aaaaaaaggc tgcattttaa 11100 aattatttcc ttagaattaa agatactaca taggggccct tgggtaagca aatccatttt 11160 tcccagaggc tatcttgatt ctttggaatg tttaaagtgt gccttgccag agagcttacg 11220 atctatatct gctgcttcag agccttccct gaggatggct ctgttccttt gcttgttaga 11280 agagcgatgc cttgggcagg gtttccccct tttcagaata cagggtgtaa agtccagcct 11340 attacaaaca aacaaacaaa caaacaaaca aaggacctcc atttggagaa ttgcaaggat 11400 tttatcctga attatagtgt tggtgagttc aagtcatcac gccaagtgct tgccatcctg 11460 gttgctattc taagaataat taggaggagg aacctagcca attgcagctc atgtccgtgg 11520 gtgtgtgcac gggtgcatat gttggaaggg gtgcctgtcc ccttggggac agaaggaaaa 11580 tgaaaggccc ctctgctcac cctggccatt tacgggaggc tctgctggtt ccacggtgtc 11640 tgtgcaggat cctgaaactg actcgctgga cagaaacgag acttggcggc accatgagaa 11700 tggagagaga gagagcaaag aaagaaacag cctttaaaag aactttctaa gggtggtttt 11760 tgaacctcgc tggaccttgt atgtgtgcac atttgccaga gattgaacat aatcctcttg 11820 ggacttcacg ttctcattat ttgtatgtct ccggggtcac gcagagccgt cagccaccac 11880 cccagcaccc ggcacatagg cgtctcataa aagcccattt tatgagaacc agagctgttt 11940 gagtaccccg tgtatagaga gagttgttgt cgtggggcac ccggatccca gcagcctggt 12000 tgcctgcctg taggatgtct tacaggagtt tgcagagaaa ccttccttgg agggaaagaa 12060 atatcaggga tttttgttga atatttcaaa ttcagcttta agtgtaagac tcagcagtgt 12120 tcatggttaa ggtaaggaac atgccttttc cagagctgct gcaagaggca ggagaagcag 12180 acctgtctta ggatgtcact cccagggtaa agacctctga tcacagcagg agcagagctg 12240 tgcagcctgg atggtcattg tcccctattc tgtgtgacca cagcaaccct ggtcacatag 12300 ggctggtcat cctttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttg gcccagaatg aagtgaccat 12360 agccaagttg tgtacctcag tctttagttt ccaagcggct ctcttgctca atacaatgtg 12420 catttcaaaa taacactgta gagttgacag aactggttca tgtgttatga gagaggaaaa 12480 gagaggaaag aacaaaacaa aacaaaacac cacaaaccaa aaacatctgg gctagccagg 12540 catgattgca atgtctacag gcccagttca tgagaggcag agacaggaag accgccgaaa 12600 ggtcaaggat agcatggtct acgtatcgag actccagcca gggctacggt cccaagatcc 12660 taggttttgg attttgggct ttggtttttg agacagggtt tctctgtgta gccctggctg 12720 tcctggaact cgctctgtag accaggctgg cctcaaactt agagatctgc ctgactctgc 12780 ctttgagggc tgggacgaat gccaccactg cccaactaag attccattaa aaaaaaaaaa 12840 agttcaagat aattaagagt tgccagctcg ttaaagctaa gtagaagcag tctcaggcct 12900 gctgcttgag gctgttcttg gcttggacct gaaatctgcc cccaacagtg tccaagtgca 12960 118 WO 00/32773 22 PCT/US99/27990 catgactttg agccatctcc agagaaggaa gtgaaaattg tggctcccca gtcgattggg 13020 acacagtctc tctttgtcta ggtaacacat ggtgacacat agcattgaac tctccactct 13080 gagggtgggt ttccctcccc ctgcctcttc tgggttggtc accccatagg acagccacag 13140 gacagtcact agcacctact ggaaacctct ttgtgggaac atgaagaaag agcctttggg 13200 agattcctgg ctttccatta gggctgaaag tacaacggtt cttggttggc tttgcctcgt 13260 gtttataaaa ctagctacta ttcttcaggt aaaataccga tgttgtggaa aagccaaccc 13320 cgtggctgcc cgtgagtagg gggtggggtt gggaatcctg gatagtgttc tatccatgga 13380 aagtggtgga ataggaatta agggtgttcc cccccccccc aacctcttcc tcagacccag 13440 ccactttcta tgacttataa acatccaggt aaaaattaca aacataaaaa tggtttctct 13500 tctcaatctt ctaaagtctg cctgcctttt ccaggggtag gtctgtttct ttgctgttct 13560 attgtcttga gagcacagac taacacttac caaatgaggg aactcttggc ccatactaag 13620 gctcttctgg gctccagcac tcttaagtta ttttaagaat tctcacttgg cctttagcac 13680 acccgccacc cccaagtggg tgtggataat gccatggcca gcagggggca ctgttgaggc 13740 gggtgccttt ccaccttaag ttgcttatag tatttaagat gctaaatgtt ttaatcaaga 13800 gaagcactga tcttataata cgaggataag agattttctc acaggaaatt gtctttttca 13860 taattctttt acaggctttg tcctgatcgt agcatagaga gaatagctgg atatttaact 13920 tgtattccat tttcctctgc cagcgttagg ttaactccgt aaaaagtgat tcagtggacc 13980 gaagaggctc agagggcagg ggatggtggg gtgaggcaga gcactgtcac ctgccaggca 14040 tgggaggtcc tgccatccgg gaggaaaagg aaagtttagc ctctagtcta ccaccagtgt 14100 taacgcactc taaagttgta accaaaataa atgtcttaca ttacaaagac gtctgttttg 14160 tgtttccttt tgtgtgtttg ggctttttat gtgtgcttta taactgctgt ggtggtgctg 14220 ttgttagttt tgaggtagga tctcaggctg gccttgaact tctgatcgcc tgcccctgcc 14280 cctgcccctg cccctgtccc tgcctccaag tgctaggact aaaagcacat gccaccacac 14340 cagtacagca tttttctaac atttaaaaat aatcacctag gggctggaga gagggttcca 14400 gctaagagtg cacactgctc ttgggtagga cctgagttta gttcccagaa cctatactgg 14460 gtggctccag gtccagagga tccaggacct ctggcctcca tgggcatctg ctcttagcac 14520 atacccacat acagatacac acataaaaat aaaatgaagc ctttaaaaac ctcctaaaac 14580 ctagcccttg gaggtacgac tctggaaagc tggcatactg tgtaagtcca tctcatggtg 14640 ttctggctaa cgtaagactt acagagacag aaaagaactc agggtgtgct gggggttggg 14700 atggaggaag agggatgagt agggggagca cggggaactt gggcagtgaa aattctttgc 14760 aggacactag aggaggataa ataccagtca ttgcacccac tactggacaa ctccagggaa 14820 ttatgctggg tgaaaagaga aggccccagg tattggctgc attggctgca tttgcgtaac 14880 atttttttaa attgaaaaga aaaagatgta aatcaaggtt agatgagtgg ttgctgtgag 14940 ctgagagctg gggtgagtga gacatgtgga caactccatc aaaaagcgac agaaagaacg 15000 ggctgtggtg acagctacct ctaatctcca cctccgggag gtgatcaagg ttagccctca 15060 gctagcctgt ggtgcatgag accctgtttc aaaaacttta ataaagaaat aatgaaaaaa 15120 WO 00/32773 23 PCT/US99/27990 119 gacatcaggg cagatccttg gggccaaagg cggacaggcg agtctcgtgg taaggtcgtg 15180 tagaagcgga tgcatgagca cgtgccgcag gcatcatgag agagccctag gtaagtaagg 15240 atggatgtga gtgtgtcggc gtcggcgcac tgcacgtcct ggctgtggtg ctggactggc 15300 atctttggtg agctgtggag gggaaatggg tagggagatc ataaaatccc tccgaattat 15360 ttcaagaact gtctattaca attatctcaa aatattaaaa aaaaagaaga attaaaaaac 15420 aaaaaaccta tccaggtgtg gtggtgtgca cctatagcca cgggcacttg gaaagctgga 15480 gcaagaggat ggcgagtttg aaggtatctg gggctgtaca gcaagaccgt cgtccccaaa 15540 ccaaaccaaa cagcaaaccc attatgtcac acaagagtgt ttatagtgag cggcctcgct 15600 gagagcatgg ggtgggggtg ggggtggggg acagaaatat ctaaactgca gtcaataggg 15660 atccactgag accctggggc ttgactgcag cttaaccttg ggaaatgata agggttttgt 15720 gttgagtaaa agcatcgatt actgacttaa cctcaaatga agaaaaagaa aaaaagaaaa 15780 caacaaaagc caaaccaagg ggctggtgag atggctcagt gggtaagagc acccgactgc 15840 tcttccgaag gtccagagtt caaatcccag caaccacatg gtggctcaca accatctgta 15900 acgagatatg atgccctctt ctggtgtgtc tgaagacagc tacagtgtac ttacatataa 15960 taaataaatc ttaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaagccaaa ccgagcaaac caggccccca 16020 aacagaaggc aggcacgacg gcaggcacca cgagccatcc tgtgaaaagg cagggctacc 16080 catgggccga ggagggtcca gagagatagg ctggtaagct cagtttctct gtataccctt 16140 tttcttgttg acactacttc aattacagat aaaataacaa ataaacaaaa tctagagcct 16200 ggccactctc tgctcgcttg atttttcctg ttacgtccag caggtggcgg aagtgttcca 16260 aggacagatc gcatcattaa ggtggccagc ataatctccc atcagcaggt ggtgctgtga 16320 gaaccattat ggtgctcaca gaatcccggg cccaggagct gccctctccc aagtctggag 16380 caataggaaa gctttctggc ccagacaggg ttaacagtcc acattccaga gcaggggaaa 16440 aggagactgg aggtcacaga caaaagggcc agcttctaac aacttcacag ctctggtagg 16500 agagatagat cacccccaac aatggccaca gctggttttg tctgccccga aggaaactga 16560 cttaggaagc aggtatcaga gtccccttcc tgaggggact tctgtctgcc ttgtaaagct 16620 gtcagagcag ctgcattgat gtgtgggtga cagaagatga aaaggaggac ccaggcagat 16680 cgccacagat ggaccggcca cttacaagtc gaggcaggtg gcagagcctt gcagaagctc 16740 tgcaggtgga cgacactgat tcattaccca gttagcatac cacagcgggc taggcggacc 16800 acagcctcct tcccagtctt cctccagggc tggggagtcc tccaaccttc tgtctcagtg 16860 cagcttccgc cagcccctcc tccttttgca cctcaggtgt gaaccctccc tcctctcctt 16920 ctccctgtgg catggccctc ctgctactgc aggctgagca ttggatttct ttgtgcttag 16980 atagacctga gatggctttc tgatttatat atatatatcc atcccttgga tcttacatct 17040 aggacccaga gctgtttgtg ataccataag aggctgggga gatgatatgg taagagtgct 17100 tgctgtacaa gcatgaagac atgagttcga atccccagca accatgtgga aaaataacct 17160 tctaacctca gagttgaggg gaaaggcagg tggattctgg gggcttactg gccagctagc 17220 cagcctaacc taaatgtctc agtcagagat cctgtctcag ggaataactt gggagaatga 17280 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 120 ctgagaaaga cacctcctca ggtctcccat 24 gcacccacac agacacacgg ggggggggta 17340 atgtaataag ctaagaaata atgagggaaa tgattttttg ctaagaaatg aaattctgtg 17400 ttggccgcaa gaagcctggc cagggaagga actgcctttg gcacaccagc ctataagtca 17460 ccatgagttc cctggctaag aatcacatgt aatggagccc aggtccctct tgcctggtgg 17520 ttgcctctcc cactggtttt gaagagaaat tcaagagaga tctccttggt cagaattgta 17580 ggtgctgagc aatgtggagc tggggtcaat gggattcctt taaaggcatc cttcccaggg 17640 ctgggtcata cttcaatagt agggtgcttg cacagcaagc gtgagaccct aggttagagt 17700 ccccagaatc tgcccccaac cccccaaaaa ggcatccttc tgcctctggg tgggtggggg 17760 gagcaaacac ctttaactaa gaccattagc tggcaggggt aacaaatgac cttggctaga 17820 ggaatttggt caagctggat tccgccttct gtagaagccc cacttgtttc ctttgttaag 17880 ctggcccaca gtttgttttg agaatgcctg aggggcccag ggagccagac aattaaaagc 17940 caagctcatt ttgatatctg aaaaccacag cctgactgcc ctgcccgtgg gaggtactgg 18000 gagagctggc tgtgtccctg cctcaccaac gccccccccc ccaacacaca ctcctcgggt 18060 cacctgggag gtgccagcag caatttggaa gtttactgag cttgagaagt cttgggaggg 18120 ctgacgctaa gcacacccct tctccacccc cccccacccc acccccgtga ggaggagggt 18180 gaggaaacat gggaccagcc ctgctccagc ccgtccttat tggctggcat gaggcagagg 18240 gggctttaaa aaggcaaccg tatctaggct ggacactgga gcctgtgcta ccgagtgccc 18300 tcctccacct ggcagcatgc agccctcact agccccgtgc ctcatctgcc tacttgtgca 18360 cgctgccttc tgtgctgtgg agggccaggg gtggcaagcc ttcaggaatg atgccacaga 18420 ggtcatccca gggcttggag agtaccccga gcctcctcct gagaacaacc agaccatgaa 18480 ccgggcggag aatggaggca gacctcccca ccatccctat gacgccaaag gtacgggatg 18540 aagaagcaca ttagtggggg ggggggtcct gggaggtgac tggggtggtt ttagcatctt 18600 cttcagaggt ttgtgtgggt ggctagcctc tgctacatca gggcagggac acatttgcct 18660 ggaagaatac tagcacagca ttagaacctg gagggcagca ttggggggct ggtagagagc 18720 acccaaggca gggtggaggc tgaggtcagc cgaagctggc attaacacgg gcatgggctt 18780 gtatgatggt ccagagaatc tcctcctaag gatgaggaca caggtcagat ctagctgctg 18840 accagtgggg aagtgatatg gtgaggctgg atgccagatg ccatccatgg ctgtactata 18900 tcccacatga ccaccacatg aggtaaagaa ggccccagct tgaagatgga gaaaccgaga 18960 ggctcctgag ataaagtcac ctgggagtaa gaagagctga gactggaagc tggtttgatc 19020 cagatgcaag gcaaccctag attgggtttg ggtgggaacc tgaagccagg aggaatccct 19080 ttagttcccc cttgcccagg gtctgctcaa tgagcccaga gggttagcat taaaagaaca 19140 gggtttgtag gtggcatgtg acatgagggg cagctgagtg aaatgtcccc tgtatgagca 19200 caggtggcac cacttgccct gagcttgcac cctgacccca gctttgcctc attcctgagg 19260 acagcagaaa ctgtggaggc agagccagca cagagagatg cctggggtgg gggtgggggt 19320 atcacgcacg gaactagcag caatgaatgg ggtggggtgg cagctggagg gacactccag 19380 agaaatgacc ttgctggtca ccatttgtgt gggaggagag ctcattttcc agcttgccac 19440 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 121 cacatgctgt ccctcctgtc tcctagccag 25 taagggatgt ggaggaaagg gccaccccaa 19500 aggagcatgc aatgcagtca cgtttttgca gaggaagtgc ttgacctaag ggcactattc 19560 ttggaaagcc ccaaaactag tccttccctg ggcaaacagg cctcccccac ataccacctc 19620 tgcaggggtg agtaaattaa gccagccaca gaagggtggc aaggcctaca cctcccccct 19680 gttgtgcccc cccccccccc gtgaaggtgc atcctggcct ctgcccctct ggctttggta 19740 ctgggatttt ttttttcctt ttatgtcata ttgatcctga caccatggaa cttttggagg 19800 tagacaggac ccacacatgg attagttaaa agcctcccat ccatctaagc tcatggtagg 19860 agatagagca tgtccaagag aggagggcag gcatcagacc tagaagatat ggctgggcat 19920 ccaacccaat ctccttcccc ggagaacaga ctctaagtca gatccagcca cccttgagta 19980 accagctcaa ggtacacaga acaagagagt ctggtataca gcaggtgcta aacaaatgct 20040 tgtggtagca aaagctatag gttttgggtc agaactccga cccaagtcgc gagtgaagag 20100 cgaaaggccc tctactcgcc accgccccgc ccccacctgg ggtcctataa cagatcactt 20160 tcacccttgc gggagccaga gagccctggc atcctaggta gccccccccg cccccccccc 20220 gcaagcagcc cagccctgcc tttggggcaa gttcttttct cagcctggac ctgtgataat 20280 gagggggttg gacgcgccgc ctttggtcgc tttcaagtct aatgaattct tatccctacc 20340 acctgccctt ctaccccgct cctccacagc agctgtcctg atttattacc ttcaattaac 20400 ctccactcct ttctccatct cctgggatac cgcccctgtc ccagtggctg gtaaaggagc 20460 ttaggaagga ccagagccag gtgtggctag aggctaccag gcagggctgg ggatgaggag 20520 ctaaactgga agagtgtttg gttagtaggc acaaagcctt gggtgggatc cctagtaccg 20580 gagaagtgga gatgggcgct gagaagttca agaccatcca tccttaacta cacagccagt 20640 ttgaggccag cctgggctac ataaaaaccc aatctcaaaa gctgccaatt ctgattctgt 20700 gccacgtagt gcccgatgta atagtggatg aagtcgttga atcctggggc aacctatttt 20760 acagatgtgg ggaaaagcaa ctttaagtac cctgcccaca gatcacaaag aaagtaagtg 20820 acagagctcc agtgtttcat ccctgggttc caaggacagg gagagagaag ccagggtggg 20880 atctcactgc tccccggtgc ctccttccta taatccatac agattcgaaa gcgcagggca 20940 ggtttggaaa aagagagaag ggtggaagga gcagaccagt ctggcctagg ctgcagcccc 21000 tcacgcatcc ctctctccgc agatgtgtcc gagtacagct gccgcgagct gcactacacc 21060 cgcttcctga cagacggccc atgccgcagc gccaagccgg tcaccgagtt ggtgtgctcc 21120 ggccagtgcg gccccgcgcg gctgctgccc aacgccatcg ggcgcgtgaa gtggtggcgc 21180 ccgaacggac cggatttccg ctgcatcccg gatcgctacc gcgcgcagcg ggtgcagctg 21240 ctgtgccccg ggggcgcggc gccgcgctcg cgcaaggtgc gtctggtggc ctcgtgcaag 21300 tgcaagcgcc tcacccgctt ccacaaccag tcggagctca aggacttcgg gccggagacc 21360 gcgcggccgc agaagggtcg caagccgcgg cccggcgccc ggggagccaa agccaaccag 21420 gcggagctgg agaacgccta ctagagcgag cccgcgccta tgcagccccc gcgcgatccg 21480 attcgttttc agtgtaaagc ctgcagccca ggccaggggt gccaaacttt ccagaccgtg 21540 tggagttccc agcccagtag agaccgcagg tccttctgcc cgctgcgggg gatggggagg 21600 WO 00/32773 26 PCT/US99/27990 122 gggtggggtt cccgcgggcc aggagaggaa gcttgagtcc cagactctgc ctagccccgg 21660 gtgggatggg ggtctttcta ccctcgccgg acctatacag gacaaggcag tgtttccacc 21720 ttaaagggaa gggagtgtgg aacgaaagac ctgggactgg ttatggacgt acagtaagat 21780 ctactccttc cacccaaatg taaagcctgc gtgggctaga tagggtttct gaccctgacc 21840 tggccactga gtgtgatgtt gggctacgtg gttctctttt ggtacggtct tctttgtaaa 21900 atagggaccg gaactctgct gagattccaa ggattggggt accccgtgta gactggtgag 21960 agagaggaga acaggggagg ggttagggga gagattgtgg tgggcaaccg cctagaagaa 22020 gctgtttgtt ggctcccagc ctcgccgcct cagaggtttg gcttccccca ctccttcctc 22080 tcaaatctgc cttcaaatcc atatctggga tagggaaggc cagggtccga gagatggtgg 22140 aagggccaga aatcacactc ctggcccccc gaagagcagt gtcccgcccc caactgcctt 22200 gtcatattgt aaagggattt tctacacaac agtttaaggt cgttggagga aactgggctt 22260 gccagtcacc tcccatcctt gtcccttgcc aggacaccac ctcctgcctg ccacccacgg 22320 acacatttct gtctagaaac agagcgtcgt cgtgctgtcc tctgagacag catatcttac 22380 attaaaaaga ataatacggg gggggggggc ggagggcgca agtgttatac atatgctgag 22440 aagctgtcag gcgccacagc accacccaca atctttttgt aaatcatttc cagacacctc 22500 ttactttctg tgtagatttt aattgttaaa aggggaggag agagagcgtt tgtaacagaa 22560 gcacatggag gggggggtag gggggttggg gctggtgagt ttggcgaact ttccatgtga 22620 gactcatcca caaagactga aagccgcgtt ttttttttta agagttcagt gacatattta 22680 ttttctcatt taagttattt atgccaacat ttttttcttg tagagaaagg cagtgttaat 22740 atcgctttgt gaagcacaag tgtgtgtggt tttttgtttt ttgttttttc cccgaccaga 22800 ggcattgtta ataaagacaa tgaatctcga gcaggaggct gtggtcttgt tttgtcaacc 22860 acacacaatg tctcgccact gtcatctcac tcccttccct tggtcacaag acccaaacct 22920 tgacaacacc tccgactgct ctctggtagc ccttgtggca atacgtgttt cctttgaaaa 22980 gtcacattca tcctttcctt tgcaaacctg gctctcattc cccagctggg tcatcgtcat 23040 accctcaccc cagcctccct ttagctgacc actctccaca ctgtcttcca aaagtgcacg 23100 tttcaccgag ccagttccct ggtccaggtc atcccattgc tcctccttgc tccagaccct 23160 tctcccacaa agatgttcat ctcccactcc atcaagcccc agtggccctg cggctatccc 23220 tgtctcttca gttagctgaa tctacttgct gacaccacat gaattccttc ccctgtctta 23280 aggttcatgg aactcttgcc tgcccctgaa ccttccagga ctgtcccagc gtctgatgtg 23340 tcctctctct tgtaaagccc caccccacta tttgattccc aattctagat cttcccttgt 23400 tcattccttc acgggatagt gtctcatctg gccaagtcct gcttgatatt gggataaatg 23460 caaagccaag tacaattgag gaccagttca tcattgggcc aagctttttc aaaatgtgaa 23520 ttttacacct atagaagtgt aaaagccttc caaagcagag gcaatgcctg gctcttcctt 23580 caacatcagg gctcctgctt tatgggtctg gtggggtagt acattcataa acccaacact 23640 aggssftstg3 aagcaagatg attgggagtt cgaggccaat cttggctatg aggccctgtc 23700 tcaacctctc ctccctccct ccagggtttt gttttgtttt gtttttttga tttgaaactg 23760 WO 00/32773 27 PCT/US99/27990 123 caacacttta aatccagtca agtgcatctt tgcgtgaggg gaactctatc cctaatataa 23820 gcttccatct tgatttgtgt atgtgcacac tgggggttga acctgggcct ttgtacctgc 23880 cgggcaagct ctctactgct ctaaacccag ccctcactgg ctttctgttt caactcccaa 23940 tgaattcccc taaatgaatt atcaatatca tgtctttgaa aaataccatt gagtgctgct 24000 ggtgtccctg tggttccaga ttccaggaag gacttttcag ggaatccagg catcctgaag 240G0 aatgtcctag agcaggaggc catggagacc ttggccagcc ccacaaggca gtgtggtgca 24120 gagggtgagg atggaggcag gcttgcaatt gaagctgaga cagggtactc aggattaaaa 24180 agcttccccc aaaacaattc caagatcagt tcctggtact tgcacctgtt cagctatgca 24240 gagcccagtg ggcataggtg aagacaccgg ttgtactgtc atgtactaac tgtgcttcag 24300 agccggcaga gacaaataat gttatggtga ccccagggga cagtgattcc agaaggaaca 24360 cagaagagag tgctgctaga ggctgcctga aggagaaggg gtcccagact ctctaagcaa 24420 agactccact cacataaaga cacaggctga gcagagctgg ccgtggatgc agggagccca 24480 tccaccatcc tttagcatgc ccttgtattc ccatcacatg ccagggatga ggggcatcag 24540 agagtccaag tgatgcccaa acccaaacac acctaggact tgctttctgg gacagacaga 24600 tgcaggagag actaggttgg gctgtgatcc cattaccaca aagagggaaa aaacaaaaaa 24660 caaacaaaca aacaaaaaaa aacaaaacaa aacaaaaaaa aacccaaggt ccaaattgta 24720 ggtcaggtta gagtttattt atggaaagct atattctacc tccatggggt ctacaaggct 24780 ggcgcccatc agaaagaaca aacaacaggc tgatctggga ggggtggtac tctatggcag 24840 ggagcacgtg tgcttggggt acagccagac acggggcttg tattaatcac agggcttgta 24900 ttaataggct gagagtcaag cagacagaga gacagaagga aacacacaca cacacacaca 24960 cacacacaca cacacacaca catgcacaca ccactcactt ctcactcgaa gagcccctac 25020 ttacattcta agaacaaacc attcctcctc ataaaggaga caaagttgca gaaacccaaa 25080 agagccacag ggtccccact ctctttgaaa tgacttggac ttgttgcagg gaagacagag 25140 gggtctgcag aggcttcctg ggtgacccag agccacagac actgaaatct ggtgctgaga 25200 cctgtataaa ccctcttcca caggttccct gaaaggagcc cacattcccc aaccctgtct 25260 cctgaccact gaggatgaga gcacttgggc cttccccatt cttggagtgc accctggttt 25320 ccccatctga gggcacatga ggtctcaggt cttgggaaag ttccacaagt attgaaagtg 25380 ttcttgtttt gtttgtgatt taatttaggt gtatgagtgc ttttgcttga atatatgcct 25440 gtgtagcatt tacaagcctg gtgcctgagg agatcagaag atggcatcag ataccctgga 25500 actggacttg cagacagtta tgagccactg tgtgggtgct aggaacagaa cctggatcct 25560 ccggaagagc agacagccag cgctcttagc cactaagcca tcactgaggt tctttctgtg 25620 gctaaagaga caggagacaa aggagagttt cttttagtca ataggaccat gaatgttcct 25680 cgtaacgtga gactagggca gggtgatccc ccagtgacac cgatggccct gtgtagttat 25740 tagcagctct agtcttattc cttaataagt cccagtttgg ggcaggagat atgtattccc 25800 tgctttgaag tggctgaggt ccagttatct acttccaagt acttgtttct ctttctggag 25860 ttggggaagc tccctgcctg cctgtaaatg tgtccattct tcaaccttag acaagatcac 25920 124 WO 00/32773 28 PCT/US99/27990 tttccctgag cagtcaggcc agtccaaagc ccttcaattt agctttcata aggaacaccc 25980 cttttgttgg gtggaggtag cacttgcctt gaatcccagc attaagaagg cagagacagt 26040 cggatctctg tgagttcaca gccagcctgg tctacggagt gagttccaag acagccaggc 26100 ctacacagag aaaccctgtc tcgaaaaaaa caaaaacaaa agaaataaag aaaaagaaaa 26160 caaaaacgaa caaacagaaa aacaagccag agtgtttgtc cccgtatttt attaatcata 26220 tttttgcccc tttgccattt tagactaaaa gactcgggaa agcaggtctc tctctgtttc 26280 tcatccggac acacccagaa ccagatgtat ggaagatggc taatgtgctg cagttgcaca 26340 tctggggctg ggtggattgg ttagatggca tgggctgggt gtggttacga tgactgcagg 26400 agcaaggagt atgtggtgca tagcaaacga ggaagtttgc acagaacaac actgtgtgta 26460 ctgatgtgca ggtatgggca catgcaagca gaagccaagg gacagcctta gggtagtgtt 26520 tccacagacc cctcccccct tttaacatgg gcatctctca ttggcctgga gcttgccaac 26580 tgggctgggc tggctagctt gtaggtccca gggatctgca tatctctgcc tccctagtgc 26640 tgggattaca gtcatatatg agcacacctg gcttttttat gtgggttctg ggctttgaac 26700 ccagatctga gtgcttgcaa ggcaatcggt tgaatgactg cttcatctcc ccagaccctg 26760 ggattctact ttctattaaa gtatttctat taaatcaatg agcccctgcc cctgcactca 26820 gcagttctta ggcctgctga gagtcaagtg gggagtgaga gcaagcctcg agaccccatc 26880 agcgaagcag aggacaaaga aatgaaaact tgggattcga ggctcgggat atggagatac 26940 agaaagggtc agggaaggaa atgaaccaga tgaatagagg caggaagggt agggccctgc 27000 atacatggaa cctggtgtac atgttatctg catggggttt gcattgcaat ggctcttcag 27060 caggttcacc acactgggaa acagaagcca aaaagaagag taggtggtgt tggagtcaga 27120 tactgtcagt catgcctgaa gaaatggaag caattaacga tgcgccgcaa ttaggatatt 27180 agctccctga agaaaggcaa gaagctgggc tgtgggcact gaagggagct ttgaatgatg 27240 tcacattctc tgtatgccta gcagggcagt attggagact gagacttgac ttgtgtgtcc 27300 atatgattcc tccttttcct acagtcatct ggggctcctg agcttcgtcc ttgtccaaga 27360 acctggagct ggcagtgggc agctgcagtg atagatgtct gcaagaaaga tctgaaaaga 27420 gggaggaaga tgaaggaccc agaggaccac cgacctctgc tgcctgacaa agctgcagga 27480 ccagtctctc ctacagatgg gagacagagg cgagagatga atggtcaggg gaggagtcag 27540 agaaaggaga gggtgaggca gagaccaaag gagggaaaca cttgtgctct acagctactg 27600 actgagtacc agctgcgtgg cagacagcca atgccaaggc tcggctgatc atggcacctc 27660 gtgggactcc tagcccagtg ctggcagagg ggagtgctga atggtgcatg gtttggatat 27720 gatctgaatg tggtccagcc ctagtttcct tccagttgct gggataaagc accctgacca 27780 aagctacttt tttgtctgtt tgttttggtt tggttttgtt tggtttttcg aggcagggtt 27840 tctctgtatc accctagctg tcctggaact cactctgtag accaggctgg cctcgaactc 27900 agaaatcccc ctgcctctgc ctcctaagtg ctggaattaa aggcctgcgc caccactgcc 27960 ggcccaaagc tactttaaga gagagagagg aatgtataag tattataatt ccaggttata 28020 gttcattgct gtagaattgg agtcttcata ttccaggtaa tctcccacag acatgccaca 28080 125 WO 00/32773 29 PCT/US99/27990 aaacaacctg ttctacgaaa tctctcatgg actcccttcc ccagtaattc taaactgtgt 28140 caaatctaca agaaatagtg acagtcacag tctctaacgt tttgggcatg agtctgaagt 28200 ctcattgcta agtactggga agatgaaaac tttacctagt gtcagcattt ggagcagagc 28260 ctttgggatt tgagatggtc ttttgcagag ctcctaatgg ctacatggag agagggggcc 28320 tgggagagac ccatacacct tttgctgcct tatgtcacct gacctgctcc ttgggaagct 28380 ctagcaagaa ggccttccct ggatcaccca ccaccttgca cctccagaac tcagagccaa 28440 attaaacttt cttgttactg tcgtcaaagc acagtcggtc tgggttgtat cactgtcaat 28500 gggaaacaga cttgcctgga tggataactt gtacattgca taatgtctag aaatgaaaag 28560 tcctatagag aaaaagaaaa ttagctggca cacagataga ggccctggag gaggctggct 28620 ttgtcctccc cgaggaggtg gcgagtaagg tgtaaatgtt catggatgta aatgggccca 28680 tatatgaggg tctggggtaa caagaaggcc tgtgaatata aagcactgaa ggtatgtcta 28740 gtctggagaa ggtcactaca gagagttctc caactcagtg cccatacaca cacacacaca 28800 cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca ccacaaagaa aaaaaggaag aaaaatctga 28860 gagcaagtac agtacttaaa attgtgtgat tgtgtgtgtg actctgatgt cacatgctca 28920 tcttgcccta tgagttgaaa accaaatggc ccctgagagg cataacaacc acactgttgg 28980 ctgtgtgctc acgtttttct taaagcgtct gtctggtttg ctgctagcat caggcagact 29040 tgcagcagac tacatatgct cagccctgaa gtccttctag ggtgcatgtc tcttcagaat 29100 ttcagaaagt catctgtggc tccaggaccg cctgcactct ccctctgccg cgaggctgca 29160 gactctaggc tggggtggaa gcaacgctta cctctgggac aagtataaca tgttggcttt 29220 tctttccctc tgtggctcca acctggacat aaaatagatg caagctgtgt aataaatatt 29280 tcctcccgtc cacttagttc tcaacaataa ctactctgag agcacttatt aataggtggc 29340 ttagacataa gctttggctc attcccccac tagctcttac ttctttaact ctttcaaacc 29400 attctgtgtc ttccacatgg ttagttacct ctccttccat cctggttcgc ttcttccttc 29460 gagtcgccct cagtgtctct aggtgatgct tgtaagatat tctttctaca aagctgagag 29520 tggtggcact ctgggagttc aaagccagcc tgatctacac agcaagctcc aggatatcca 29580 gggcaatgtt gggaaaacct ttctcaaaca aaaagagggg ttcagttgtc aggaggagac 29640 ccatgggtta agaagtctag acgagccatg gtgatgcata cctttcatcc aagcacttag 29700 gaggcaaaga aaggtgaaac tctttgactt tgaggccagc taggttacat agtgataccc 29760 tgcttagtgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtaatt taaaagtcta 29820 aaaatgcatt cttttaaaaa tatgtataag tatttgcctg cacatatgta tgtatgtatg 29880 tataccatgt gtgtgtctgg tgctgaagga ctaggcatag actccctaga actagagtca 29940 tagacagttg tgacactccc caacccccca ccatgtgggt gcttgaagct aaactcctgt 30000 cctttgtaaa gcagcaggtg tctatgaacc ctgaaccatc tctccagtct ccagatgtgc 30060 attctcaaag aggagtcctt catatttccc taaactgaac atccttatca gtgagcatcc 30120 tcgagtcacc aaagctactg caaaccctct tagggaacat tcactattca cttctacttg 30180 gctcatgaaa cttaagtaca cacacacaaa cacacacaca cacacagagt catgcactca 30240 WO 00/32773 30 PCT/US99/27990 126 caaaagcatg catgtacacc attcttatta gactatgctt tgctaaaaga ctttcctaga 30300 tactttaaaa catcacttct gccttttggt gggcaggttc caagattggt actggcgtac 30360 tggaaactga acaaggtaga gatctagaaa tcacagcagg tcagaagggc cagcctgtac 30420 aagagagagt tccacacctt ccaggaacac tgagcagggg gctgggacct tgcctctcag 30480 cccaagaaac tagtgcgttt cctgtatgca tgcctctcag agattccata agatctgcct 30540 tctgccataa gatctcctgc atccagacaa gcctagggga agttgagagg ctgcctgagt 30600 ctctcccaca ggccccttct tgcctggcag tattttttta tctggaggag aggaatcagg 30660 gtgggaatga tcaaatacaa ttatcaagga aaaagtaaaa aacatatata tatatatatt 30720 aactgatcta gggagctggc tcagcagtta agagttctgg ctgcccttgc ttcagatctt 30780 gctttgattc ccagcaccca catgatggct ttcaactgta tctctgcttc caggggatcc 30840 aacagcctct tctgacctcc atagacaaga cctagtcctc tgcaagagca ccaaatgctc 30900 ttatctgttg atccatctct ctagcctcat gccagatcat ttaaaactac tggacactgt 30960 cccattttac gaagatgtca ctgcccagtc atttgccatg agtggatatt tcgattcttt 31020 ctatgttctc acccttgcaa tttataagaa agatatctgc atttgtctcc tgagagaaca 31080 aagggtggag ggctactgag atggctctag gggtaaaggt gcttgccaca aaatctgaca 31140 acttaagttt ggtcttggaa tccacatggt ggagagagag aagagattcc cgtaagttgt 31200 cctcaaactt cccacacatg tgctgtggct tatgtgtaac cccaataagt aaagatagtt 31260 ttaaacacta cataaggtag ggtttcttca tgaccccaag gaatgatgcc cctgatagag 31320 cttatgctga aaccccatct ccattgtgcc atctggaaag agacaattgc atcccggaaa 31380 cagaatcttc atgaatggat taatgagcta ttaagaaagt ggcttggtta ttgcacatgc 31440 tggcggcgta atgacctcca ccatgatgtt atccagcatg aaggtcctca ccagaagtca 31500 tacaaatctt cttaggcttc cagagtcgtg agcaaaaaaa gcacacctct aaataaatta 31560 actagcctca ggtagttaac caccgaaaat gaaccaaggc agttctaata caaaaccact 31620 tcccttccct gttcaaacca cagtgcccta ttatctaaaa gataaacttc aagccaagct 31680 tttaggttgc cagtatttat gtaacaacaa ggcccgttga cacacatctg taactcctag 31740 tactgggcct caggggcaga gacaggtgga gccctggagt ttgaattcca ggttctgtga 31800 gaaactctgt ctgaaaagac aatatggtga gtgacccggg aggatatctg atattgactt 31860 ctggccaaca cacagccatc tctgcacatc tgtagttgca agccttttgc actaagtttg 31920 gccagagtca gagtttgcaa gtgtttgtgg actgaatgca cgtgttgctg gtgatctaca 31980 aagtcaccct ccttctcaag ctagcagcac tggcttcggc cagctgctca ttcaagcctc 32040 tttgcagagt catcacgggg atgggggagc agggcccctc cctagaacac caagcctgtg 32100 gttgtttatt caggacatta ttgagggcca agatgacaga taactctatc acttggccaa 32160 cagtcgggtg ttgcggtgtt aggttatttc tgtgtctgca gaaaacagtg caacctggac 32220 aaaagaaata aatgatatca tttttcattc aggcaactag attccgtggt acaaaaggct 32280 ccctggggaa cgaggccggg acagcgcggc tcctgagtcg ctatttccgt ctgtcaactt 32340 ctctaatctc ttgatttcct ccctctgtct gtttccttcc tcttgctggg gcccagtgga 32400 127 WO 00/32773 31 PCT/US99/27990 gtctgtgtac tcacagggag gagggtggca aagccctggt cctctacggg ctgggggaag 32460 gggggaagct gtcggcccag tgactttttc ccctttctct ttttcttaga aaccagtctc 32520 aatttaagat aatgagtctc ctcattcacg tgtgctcact attcataggg acttatccac 32580 ccccgccctg tcaatctggc taagtaagac aagtcaaatt taaaagggaa cgtttttcta 32640 aaaatgtggc tggaccgtgt gccggcacga aaccagggat ggcggtctaa gttacatgct 32700 ctctgccagc cccggtgcct tttcctttcg gaaaggagac ccggaggtaa aacgaagttg 32760 ccaacttttg atgatggtgt gcgccgggtg actctttaaa atgtcatcca tacctgggat 32820 agggaaggct cttcagggag tcatctagcc ctcccttcag gaaaagattc cacttccggt 32880 ttagttagct tccacctggt cccttatccg ctgtctctgc ccactagtcc tcatccatcc 32940 ggtttccgcc ctcatccacc ttgccctttt agttcctaga aagcagcacc gtagtcttgg 33000 caggtgggcc attggtcact ccgctaccac tgttaccatg gccaccaagg tgtcatttaa 33060 atatgagctc actgagtcct gcgggatggc ttggttggta atatgcttgc tgcaaaatcg 33120 tgagaactgg agttcaattc ccagcacatg gatgtatttc cagcacctgg aaggcaggga 33180 gcagagatct taaagctcct ggccagacag cccagcctaa ttagtaatca gtgagagacc 33240 ctgtctcaag aaacaagatg gaacatcaaa ggtcaacctc ttgtctccac acacacaaat 33300 acacacatgc acatacatcc acacacaggc aaacacatgc acacacctga acaccctcca 33360 caaatacata cataaaaaaa taaatacata cacacataca tacatacacc aacattccct 33420 ctccttagtc tcctggctac gctcttgtca cccccactaa ggcttcaact tcttctattt 33480 cttcatcttg actcctctgt actttgcatg ccttttccag caaaggcttt tctttaaatc 33540 tccgtcattc ataaactccc tctaaatttc ttcccctgcc cttttctttc tctctaggga 33600 gataaagaca cacactacaa agtcaccgtg ggaccagttt attcacccac ccacccctgc 33660 ttctgttcat ccggccagct aagtagtcca acctctctgg tgctgtaccc tggaccctgg 33720 cttcaccaca gctcctccat gctacccagc cctgcaaacc ttcagcctag cctctggttc 33780 tccaaccagc acaggcccag tctggcttct atgtcctaga aatctccttc attctctcca 33840 tttccctcct gaatctacca ccttctttct cccttctcct gacctctaat gtcttggtca 33900 aacgattaca aggaagccaa tgaaattagc agtttggggt acctcagagt cagcagggga 33960 gctgggatga attcacattt ccaggccttt gctttgctcc ccggattctg acaggcagtt 34020 ccgaagctga gtccaggaag ctgaatttaa aatcacactc cagctgggtt ctgaggcagc 34080 cctaccacat cagctggccc tgactgagct gtgtctgggt ggcagtggtg ctggtggtgc 34140 tggtggtgct ggtggtggtg gtggtggtgg tggtggtggt ggtggtggtg tgtgtgtgtg 34200 ttttctgctt ttacaaaact tttctaattc ttatacaaag gacaaatctg cctcatatag 34260 gcagaaagat gacttatgcc tatataagat ataaagatga ctttatgcca cttattagca 34320 atagttactg tcaaaagtaa ttctatttat acacccttat acatggtatt gcttttgttg 34380 gagactctaa aatccagatt atgtatttaa aaaaaaattc cccagtcctt aaaaggtgaa 34440 gaatggaccc agatagaagg tcacggcaca agtatggagt cggagtgtgg agtcctgcca 34500 atggtctgga cagaagcatc cagagagggt ccaagacaaa tgcctcgcct cctaaggaac 34560 WO 00/32773 32 PCT/US99/27990 128 actggcagcc ctgatgaggt accagagatt gctaagtgga ggaatacagg atcagaccca 34620 tggaggggct taaagcgtga ctgtagcagc cctccgctga ggggctccag gtgggcgccc 34680 aaggtgctgc agtgggagcc acatgagagg tgatgtcttg gagtcacctc gggtaccatt 34740 gtttagggag gtggggattt gtggtgtgga gacaggcagc ctcaaggatg cttttcaaca 34800 atggttgatg agttggaact aaaacagggg ccatcacact ggctcccata gctctgggct 34860 tgccagcttc cacatctgcc ccccaccccc tgtctggcac cagctcaagc tctgtgattc 34920 tacacatcca aaagaggaag agtagcctac tgggcatgcc acctcttctg gaccatcagg 34980 tgagagtgtg gcaagcccta ggctcctgtc caggatgcag ggctgccaga taggatgctc 35040 agctatctcc tgagctggaa ctattttagg aataaggatt atgcccgccc ggggttggcc 35100 agcaccccag cagcctgtgc ttgcgtaaaa gcaagtgctg ttgatttatc taaaaacaga 35160 gccgtggacc cacccacagg acaagtatgt atgcatctgt ttcatgtatc tgaaaagcga 35220 cacaaccatt tttcacatca tggcatcttc ctaaccccca ttcttttttg ttttgttttt 35280 ttgagacagg gtttctctgt gtagtcctgg ctgtcctgga actcactttg tagaccaggc 35340 tggcctcgaa ctcagaaatc ctgggattaa aggtgtgtgc caccacgccc ggccctaacc 35400 cccattctta atggtgatcc agtggttgaa atttcgggcc acacacatgt ccattaggga 35460 ttagctgctg tcttctgagc tacctggtac aatctttatc ccctggggcc tgggctcctg 35520 atccctgact cgggcccgat caagtccagt tcctgggccc gatcaagtcc agttcctggg 35580 cccgaacaag tccagtccct agctcgatta gctcatcctg gctccctggc ctgttcttac 35640 ttacactctt ccccttgctc tggacttgtt gctttcttta ctcaagttgt ctgccacagt 35700 ccctaagcca cctctgtaag acaactaaga taatacttcc ctcaagcacg gaaagtcctg 35760 agtcaccaca ccctctggag gtgtgtggac acatgttcat gcgtgtggtt gcgcttacgt 35820 acgtgtgc 35828 <210> 18 <211> 9301 <212> DNA <213> Homo sapien <400> 18 tagaggagaa gtctttgggg agggtttgct ctgagcacac ccctttccct ccctccgggg 60 ctgagggaaa catgggacca gccctgcccc agcctgtcct cattggctgg catgaagcag 120 agaggggctt taaaaaggcg accgtgtctc ggctggagac cagagcctgt gctactggaa 180 ggtggcgtgc cctcctctgg ctggtaccat gcagctccca ctggccctgt gtctcgtctg 240 cctgctggta cacacagcct tccgtgtagt ggagggccag gggtggcagg cgttcaagaa 300 tgatgccacg gaaatcatcc ccgagctcgg agagtacccc gagcctccac cggagctgga 360 gaacaacaag accatgaacc gggcggagaa cggagggcgg cctccccacc acccctttga 420 WO 00/32773 129 PCT/US99/27990 gaccaaaggt atggggtgga ggagagaatt cttagtaaaa gatcctgggg aggttttaga 480 aacttctctt tgggaggctt ggaagactgg ggtagaccca gtgaagattg ctggcctctg 540 ccagcactgg tcgaggaaca gtettgcctg gaggtggggg aagaatggct cgctggtgca 600 gccttcaaat tcaggtgcag aggcatgagg caacagacgc tggtgagagc ccagggcagg 660 gaggacgctg gggtggtgag ggtatggcat cagggcatca gaacaggctc aggggctcag 720 aaaagaaaag gtttcaaaga atctcctcct gggaatatag gagccacgtc cagctgctgg 780 taccactggg aagggaacaa ggtaagggag cctcccatcc aCagaacagc acctgtgggg 840 caccggacac tctatgctgg tggtggctgt ccccaccaca cagacccaca tcatggaatc 900 cccaggaggt gaacccccag ctcgaagggg aagaaacagg ttccaggcac tcagtaactt 960 ggtagtgaga agagctgagg tgtgaacctg gtttgatcca actgcaagat agccctggtg 1020 tgtggggggg tgtgggggac agatctccac aaagcagtgg ggaggaaggc cagagaggca 1080 cccctgcagt gtgcattgcc catggcctgc ccagggagct ggcacttgaa ggaatgggag 1140 ttttcggcac agttttagcc cctgacatgg gtgcagctga gtccaggccc tggaggggag 1200 agcagcatcc tctgtgcagg agtagggaca tctgtcctca gcagccaccc cagtcccaac 1260 cttgcctcat tccaggggag ggagaaggaa gaggaaccct gggttcctgg tcaggcctgc 1320 acagagaagc ccaggtgaca gtgtgcatct ggctctataa ttggcaggaa tcctgaggcc 1380 atgggggcgt ctgaaatgac acttcagact aagagcttcc ctgtcctctg gccattatcc 1440 aggtggcaga gaagtccact gcccaggctc ctggacccca gccctccccg cctcacaacc 1500 tgttgggact atggggtgct aaaaagggca actgcatggg aggccagcca ggaccctccg 1560 tcttcaaaat ggaggacaag ggcgcctccc cccacagctc cccttctagg caaggtcagc 1620 tgggctccag cgactgcctg aagggctgta aggaacccaa acacaaaatg tccaccttgc 1680 tggactccca cgagaggcca cagcccctga ggaagccaca tgctcaaaac aaagtcatga 1740 tctgcagagg aagtgcctgg cctaggggcg ctattctcga aaagccgcaa aatgccccct 1800 tccctgggca aatgcccccc tgaccacaca cacattccag ccctgcagag gtgaggatgc 1860 aaaccagccc acagaccaga aagcagcccc agacgatggc agtggccaca tctcccctgc 1920 tgtgcttgct cttcagagtg ggggtggggg gtggccttct ctgtcccctc tctggtttgg 1980 tcttaagact atttttcatt ctttcttgtc acattggaac tatccccatg aaacctttgg 2040 gggtggactg gtactcacac gacgaccagc tatttaaaaa gctcccaccc atctaagtcc 2100 accataggag acatggtcaa ggtgtgtgca ggggatcagg ccaggcctcg gagcccaatc 2160 tctgcctgcc cagggagtat caccatgagg cgcccattca gataacacag aacaagaaat 2220 gtgcccagca gagagccagg tcaatgtttg tggcagctga acctgtaggt tttgggtcag 2280 agctcagggc ccctatggta ggaaagtaac gacagtaaaa agcagccctc agctccatcc 2340 cccagcccag cctcccatgg atgctcgaac gcagagcctc cactcttgcc ggagccaaaa 2400 ggtgctggga ccccagggaa gtggagtccg gagatgcagc ccagcctttt gggcaagttc 2460 ttttctctgg ctgggcctca gtattctcat tgataatgag ggggttggac acactgcctt 2520 tgattccttt caagtctaat gaattcctgt cctgatcacc tccccttcag tccctcgcct 2580 130 WO 00/32773 34 PCT/US99/27990 ccacagcagc tgccctgatt tattaccttc aattaacctc tactcctttc tccatcccct 2640 gtccacccct cccaagtggc tggaaaagga atttgggaga agccagagcc aggcagaagg 2700 tgtgctgagt acttaccctg cccaggccag ggaccctgcg gcacaagtgt ggcttaaatc 2760 ataagaagac cccagaagag aaatgataat aataatacat aacagccgac gctttcagct 2820 atatgtgcca aatggtattt tctgcattgc gtgtgtaatg gattaactcg caatgcttgg 2880 ggcggcccat tttgcagaca ggaagaagag agaggttaag gaacttgccc aagatgacac 2940 ctgcagtgag cgatggagcc ctggtgtttg aaccccagca gtcatttggc tccgagggga 3000 cagggtgcgc aggagagctt tccaccagct ctagagcatc tgggaccttc ctgcaataga 3060 tgttcagggg caaaagcctc tggagacagg cttggcaaaa gcagggctgg ggtggagaga 3120 gacgggccgg tccagggcag gggtggccag gcgggcggcc accctcacgc gcgcctctct 3180 ccacagacgt gtccgagtac agctgccgcg agctgcactt cacccgctac gtgaccgatg 3240 ggccgtgccg cagcgccaag ccggtcaccg agctggtgtg ctccggccag tgcggcccgg 3300 cgcgcctgct gcccaacgcc atcggccgcg gcaagtggtg gcgacctagt gggcccgact 3360 tccgctgcat ccccgaccgc taccgcgcgc agcgcgtgca gctgctgtgt cccggtggtg 3420 aggcgccgcg cgcgcgcaag gtgcgcctgg tggcctcgtg caagtgcaag cgcctcaccc 3480 gcttccacaa ccagtcggag ctcaaggact tcgggaccga ggccgctcgg ccgcagaagg 3540 gccggaagcc gcggccccgc gcccggagcg ccaaagccaa ccaggccgag ctggagaacg 3600 cctactagag cccgcccgcg cccctcccca ccggcgggcg ccccggccct gaacccgcgc 3660 cccacatttc tgtcctctgc gcgtggtttg attgtttata tttcattgta aatgcctgca 3720 acccagggca gggggctgag accttccagg ccctgaggaa tcccgggcgc cggcaaggcc 3780 cccctcagcc cgccagctga ggggtcccac ggggcagggg agggaattga gagtcacaga 3840 cactgagcca cgcagccccg cctctggggc cgcctacctt tgctggtccc acttcagagg 3900 aggcagaaat ggaagcattt tcaccgccct ggggttttaa gggagcggtg tgggagtggg 3960 aaagtccagg gactggttaa gaaagttgga taagattccc ccttgcacct cgctgcccat 4020 cagaaagcct gaggcgtgcc cagagcacaa gactgggggc aactgtagat gtggtttcta 4080 gtcctggctc tgccactaac ttgctgtgta accttgaact acacaattct ccttcgggac 4140 ctcaatttcc actttgtaaa atgagggtgg aggtgggaat aggatctcga ggagactatt 4200 ggcatatgat tccaaggact ccagtgcctt ttgaatgggc agaggtgaga gagagagaga 4260 gaaagagaga gaatgaatgc agttgcattg attcagtgcc aaggtcactt ccagaattca 4320 gagttgtgat gctctcttct gacagccaaa gatgaaaaac aaacagaaaa aaaaaagtaa 4380 agagtctatt tatggctgac atatttacgg ctgacaaact cctggaagaa gctatgctgc 4440 ttcccagcct ggcttccccg gatgtttggc tacctccacc cctccatctc aaagaaataa 4500 catcatccat tgasgtagaa aaggagaggg tccgagggtg gtgggaggga tagaaatcac 4560 atccgcccca acttcccaaa gagcagcatc cctcccccga cccatagcca tgttttaaag 4620 tcaccttccg aagagaagtg aaaggttcaa ggacactggc cttgcaggcc cgagggagca 4680 gccatcacaa actcacagac cagcacatcc cttttgagac accgccttct gcccaccact 4740 131 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 35 cacggacaca tttctgccta gaaaacagct tcttactgct cttacatgtg atggcatatc 4800 ttacactaaa agaatattat tgggggaaaa actacaagtg ctgtacatat gctgagaaac 4860 tgcagagcat aatagctgcc acccaaaaat ctttttgaaa atcatttcca gacaacctct 4920 tactttctgt gtagttttta attgttaaaa aaaaaaagtt ttaaacagaa gcacatgaca 4980 tatgaaagcc tgcaggactg gtcgtttttt tggcaattct tccacgtggg acttgtccac 5040 aagaatgaaa gtagtggttt ttaaagagtt aagttacata tttattttct cacttaagtt 5100 atttatgcaa aagtttttct tgtagagaat gacaatgtta atattgcttt atgaattaac 5160 agtctgttct tccagagtcc agagacattg ttaataaaga caatgaatca tgaccgaaag 5220 gatgtggtct cattttgtca accacacatg acgtcatttc tgtcaaagtt gacacccttc 5280 tcttggtoac tagagctcca accttggaca cacctttgac tgctctctgg tggcccttgt 5340 ggcaattatg tcttcctttg aaaagtcatg tttatccctt cctttccaaa cccagaccgc 5400 atttcttcac ccagggcatg gtaataacct cagccttgta tccttttagc agcctcccct 5460 ccatgctggc ttccaaaatg ctgttctcat tgtatcactc ccctgctcaa aagccttcca 5520 tagctccccc ttgcccagga tcaagtgcag tttccctatc tgacatggga ggccttctct 5580 gcttgactcc cacctcccac tccaccaagc ttcctactga ctccaaatgg tcatgcagat 5640 ccctgcttcc ttagtttgcc atccacactt agcaccccca ataactaatc ctctttcttt 5700 aggattcaca ttacttgtca tctcttcccc taaccttcca gagatgttcc aatctcccat 5760 gatccctctc tcctctgagg ttccagcccc ttttgtctac accactactt tggttcctaa 5820 ttctgttttc catttgacag tcattcatgg aggaccagcc tggccaagtc ctgcttagta 5880 ctggcataga caacacaaag ccaagtacaa ttcaggacca gctcacagga aacttcatct 5940 tcttcgaagt gtggatttga tgcctcctgg gtagaaatgt aggatcttca aaagtgggcc 6000 agcctcctgc acttctctca aagtctcgcc tccccaaggt gtcttaatag tgctggatgc 6060 tagctgagtt agcatcttca gatgaagagt aaccctaaag ttactcttca gttgccctaa 6120 ggtgggatgg tcaactggaa agctttaaat taagtccagc ctaccttggg ggaacccacc 6180 cccacaaaga aagctgaggt ccctcctgat gacttgtcag tttaactacc aataacccac 6240 ttgaattaat catcatcatc aagtctttga taggtgtgag tgggtatcag tggccggtcc 6300 cttcctgggg ctccagcccc cgaggaggcc tcagtgagcc cctgcagaaa atccatgcat 6360 catgagtgtc tcagggccca gaatatgaga gcaggtagga aacagagaca tcttccatcc 6420 ctgagaggca gtgcggtcca gtgggtgggg acacgggctc tgggtcaggt ttgtgttgtt 6480 tgtttgtttg ttttgagaca gagtctcgct ctattgccca ggctggagtg cagtgtcaca 6540 atctcggctt actgcaactt ctgccttccc ggattcaagt gattctcctg cctcagcctc 6600 cagagtagct gggattacag gtgcgtgcca ccacgcctgg ctaatttttg tatttttgat 6660 agagacgggg tttcaccatg ttggccaggc tagtctcgaa ctcttgacct caagtgatct 6720 gcctgcctcg gcctcccaaa gtgctgggat tacaggcgtg agccaccaca cccagcccca 6780 ggttggtgtt tgaatctgag gagactgaag caccaagggg ttaaatgttt tgcccacagc 6840 catacttggg ctcagttcct tgccctaccc ctcacttgag ctgcttagaa cctggtgggc 6900 WO 00/32773 36 PCT/US99/27990 132 acatgggcaa taaccaggtc acactgtttt gtaccaagtg ttatgggaat ccaagatagg 6960 agtaatttgc tctgtggagg ggatgaggga tagtggttag ggaaagcttc acaaagtggg 7020 tgttgcttag agattttcca ggtggagaag ggggcttcta ggcagaaggc atagcccaag 7080 caaagactgc aagtgcatgg ctgctcatgg gtagaagaga atccaccatt cctcaacatg 7140 taccgagtcc ttgccatgtg caaggcaaca tgggggtacc aggaattcca agcaatgtcc 7200 aaacctaggg tctgctttct gggacctgaa gatacaggat ggatcagccc aggctgcaat 7260 cccattacca cgagggggaa aaaaacctga aggctaaatt gtaggtcggg ttagaggtta 7320 tttatggaaa gttatattct acctacatgg ggtctataag cctggcgcca atcagaaaag 7380 gaacaaacaa cagacctagc tgggaggggc agcattttgt tgtagggggc ggggcacatg 7440 ttctgggggt acagccagac tcagggcttg tattaatagt ctgagagtaa gacagacaga 7500 gggatagaag gaaataggtc cctttctctc tctctctctc tctctctctc actctctctc 7560 tctctcacac acacacacag acacacacac acgctctgta ggggtctact tatgctccaa 7620 gtacaaatca ggccacattt acacaaggag gtaaaggaaa agaacgttgg aggagccaca 7680 ggaccccaaa attccctgtt ttccttgaat caggcaggac ttacgcagct gggagggtgg 7740 agagcctgca gaagccacct gcgagtaagc caagttcaga gtcacagaca ccaaaagctg 7800 gtgccatgtc ccacacccgc ccacctccca cctgctcctt gacacagccc tgtgctccac 7860 aacccggctc ccagatcatt gattatagct ctggggcctg caccgtcctt cctgccacat 7920 ccccacccca ttcttggaac ctgccctctg tcttctccct tgtccaaggg caggcaaggg 7980 ctcagctatt gggcagcttt gaccaacagc tgaggctcct tttgtggctg gagatgcagg 8040 aggcagggga atattcctct tagtcaatgc gaccatgtgc ctggtttgcc cagggtggtc 8100 tcgtttacac ctgtaggcca agcgtaatta ttaacagctc ccacttctac tctaaaaaat 8160 gacccaatct gggcagtaaa ttatatggtg cccatgctat taagagctgc aacttgctgg 8220 gcgtggtggc tcacacctgt aatcccagta ctttgggacg tcaaggcggg tggatcacct 8280 gaggtcacga gttagagact ggcctggcca gcatggcaaa accccatctt tactaaaaat 8340 acaaaaatta gcaaggcatg gtggcatgca cctgtaatcc caggtactcg ggaggctgag 8400 acaggagaat ggcttgaacc caggaggcag aggttgcagt gagccaagat tgtgccactg 8460 ccctccagcc ctggcaacag agcaagactt catctcaaaa gaaaaaggat actgtcaatc 8520 actgcaggaa gaacccaggt aatgaatgag gagaagagag gggctgagtc accatagtgg 8580 cagcaccgac tcctgcagga aaggcgagac actgggtcat gggtactgaa gggtgccctg 8640 aatgacgttc tgctttagag accgaacctg agccctgaaa gtgcatgcct gttcatgggt 8700 gagagactaa attcatcatt ccttggcagg tactgaatcc tttcttacgg ctgccctcca 8760 atgcccaatt tccctacaat tgtctggggt gcctaagctt ctgcccacca agagggccag 8820 agctggcagc gagcagctgc aggtaggaga gataggtacc cataagggag gtgggaaaga 8880 gagatggaag gagaggggtg cagagcacac acctcccctg cctgacaact tcctgagggc 8940 tggtcatgcc agcagattta aggcggaggc aggggagatg gggcgggaga ggaagtgaaa 9000 aaggagaggg tggggatgga gaggaagaga gggtgatcat tcattcattc cattgctact 9060 WO 00/32773 133 PCT/US99/27990 37 gactggatgc cagctgtgag ccaggcacca ccctagctct gggcatgtgg ttgtaatctt 9120 ggagcctcat ggagctcaca gggagtgctg gcaaggagat ggataatgga cggataacaa 9180 ataaacattt agtacaatgt ccgggaatgg aaagttctcg aaagaaaaat aaagctggtg 9240 agcatataga cagccctgaa ggcggccagg ccaggcattt ctgaggaggt ggcatttgag 9300 c 9301 <210> 19 <2ll> 21

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 19 ccggagctgg agaacaacaa g 21 <210> 20 <211> 19

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> PRimer for PCR <400> 20 gcactggccg gagcacacc 19 <210> 21 <211> 23

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR 134 PCT/US99/27990 WO 00/32773 38 <400> 21 aggccaaccg cgagaagatg acc 23 <210> 22 <211> 21

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 22 gaagtccagg gcgacgtagc a 21 <210> 23 <211> 25

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 23 aagcttggta ccatgcagct cccac 25 <210> 24 <211> 50

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 24 aagcttctac ttgtcatcgt cgtccttgta gtcgtaggcg ttctccagct 50 135 PCT/IJS99/27990 WO 00/32773 39 <210> 25 <211> 19

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 25 gcactggccg gagcacacc 19 <210> 26 <211> 39

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 26 gtcgtcggat ccatggggtg gcaggcgttc aagaatgat 39 <210> 27 <211> 57

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 27 gtcgtcaagc ttctacttgt catcgtcctt gtagtcgtag gcgttctcca gctcggc 57 <210> 28 <211> 29

<212> DNA 136 PCT/US99/27990 WO 00/32773 40 <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 28 gacttggatc ccaggggtgg caggcgttc 29 <210> 29 <211> 29

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 29 agcataagct tctagtaggc gttctccag 29 <210> 30 <211> 29

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 30 gacttggatc cgaagggaaa aagaaaggg 29 <210> 31 <211> 29

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220> 137 WO 00/32773 PCT/US99/27990 41

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 31 agcataagct tttaatccaa atcgatgga 29 <210> 32 <211> 33

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 32 actacgagct cggccccacc acccatcaac aag 33 <210> 33 <211> 34

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 33 acttagaagc tttcagtcct cagccccctc ttcc 34 <210> 34 <211> 66

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 34 WO 00/32773 138 PCT/US99/27990 42 aatctggatc cataacttcg tatagcatac attatacgaa gttatctgca gcccct ggattcgagg 60 66 <21O> 35 <211> 82

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 35 aatctgaatt ccaccggtgt taattaaata acttcgtata atgtatgcta tacgaagtta 60 tagatctaga gtcagcttct ga 82 <210> 36 <211> 62

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 36 atttaggtga cactatagaa ctcgagcagc tgaagcttaa ccacatggtg gctcacaacc at <210> 37 <211> 54

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 37 60 62 WO 00/32773 139 PCT/US99/27990 43 aacgacggcc agtgaatccg taatcatggt catgctgcca ggtggaggag ggca 54 <210> 38 <211> 31

<212> DMA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<22 3 > Primer for PCR <400> 38 attaccaccg gtgacacccg cttcctgaca g 31 <210> 39 <211> 61

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 39 attacttaat taaacatggc gcgccatatg gccggcccct aattgcggcg catcgttaat 60 t 61 <210> 40 <211> 34

<212> DNA <213> Artificial Sequence <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 40 attacggccg gccgcaaagg aattcaagat ctga 34 <210=> 41 140 PCT/US99/27990 WO 00/32773 44 <211> 34

<212> DNA <213> ArtificialSequence 5 <220>

<223> Primer for PCR <400> 41 attacggcgc gcccctcaca ggccgcaccc agct 34