An isolated nucleic acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:6 is an alternative splice variant of human kallikrien-2 gene (KLK-2). An expression vector containing the splice variant and a host cell transfected by the expression vector are provided. The nucleic acid is useful for determining the level of nucleic acid sequences of human kallikrien variants in a biological sample.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based on and claims the benefit of U.S. Continuation-in-Part application Ser. No. 09/701,238, filed Nov. 27, 2000, now abandoned, which is a .sctn.371 of PCT/lL00/00102, filed Feb. 18, 2000, the entire disclosure of each of which is relied upon and incorporated by reference herein.
Priority Data
Feb 18, 1999 [IL] 128587 Apr 14, 1999 [IL] 129439 Aug 11, 1999 [IL] 131363
