Claims
- 1. Isolated nucleic acid molecule, consisting of nucleotides 3266-7791 of SEQ ID NO:15, nucleotides 23545-25193 of SEQ ID NO:15, nucleotides 29747-31473 of SEQ ID NO:15, nucleotides 29747-31827 of SEQ ID NO: 15, or nucleotides of 31402-39690 of SEQ ID NO:15.
- 2. Method for screening for possible presence of lymphoma, or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, in a sample, comprising assaying said sample for mRNA for MAGE-B2, wherein presence of said mRNA is indicative of possible presence of lymphoma or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in said sample.
- 3. The method of claim 2, comprising determining said mRNA by means of a polymerase chain reaction which comprises using the oligonucleotides set forth in SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6, or SEQ ID NO:18 and SEQ ID NO:6 as primers.
- 4. Isolated nucleic acid molecule useful as an obligonucleotide primer, said isolated nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in
- SEQ ID NO:16,
- SEQ ID NO:17, or
- SEQ ID NO:18.
- 5. Kit useful in amplifying a MAGE-B gene, comprising a pair of oligonucleotide primers, said pair being selected from the group consisting of: (a) SEQ ID NO:12 and one of SEQ ID NO:11, 16 or 17 and (b) SEQ ID NO:6 and SEQ ID NO:18.
- 6. Method for screening for possible presence of skin carcinoma or mammary carcinoma, comprising assaying a sample for presence of mRNA for MAGE-B1, wherein said mRNA comprises a transcript of at least exons 3 and 4 of a MAGE-B1 gene, via a polymerase chain reaction carried out using the oligonucleotide set forth in SEQ ID NO:12 as a primer, and one of the oligonucleotides set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:16, or SEQ ID NO:17 as a primer, wherein presence of said mRNA is indicative of possible presence of shin carcinoma or mammary carcinoma in said sample.
- 7. Isolated nucleic acid molecule useful as an oligonucleotide primer, said isolated nucleic acid molecule having the nucleotide sequence set forth in
- SEQ ID NO:12.
- 8. Method for screening for possible presence of leukemia or mammary carcinoma in a sample, comprising assaying said sample for mRNA for MAGE-B2 by contacting said sample with a pair of oligonucleotides, the nucleotide sequences of which are set forth in SEQ ID NO:6 and SEQ ID NO:18, and determining hybridization of said pair of oligonucleotides to said mRNA for MAGE-B2, said hybridization being indicative of possible presence of leukemia or mammary carcinoma.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/658,578, filed Jun. 5, 1996now U.S. Pat. No. 5,759,783, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/403,388, filed Mar. 14, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,587,289 both of which are incorporated by reference.
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