Abstract: The invention relates to monoclonal antibodies against prosomal proteins of a prosome, said prosome having a sedimentation coefficient of approximately 19S, and to a method for detecting cancer using monoclonal antibodies specifically directed against said prosomal proteins. The invention also relates to diagnostic reagents for use in such a detection method.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 17, 1989
Date of Patent:
October 22, 1991
Assignee:
Pro-Soma
Inventors:
Klaus Scherrer, Maria-Fatima Grossi de Sa