| abstract |
The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising an antigenic fragment having a sequence of at least seven amino acids from a hydrophilic domain of an oil body-associated protein, wherein the polypeptide comprises a truncated hydrophobic domain of the oil body-associated protein or does not comprise such a domain, and wherein the oil body-associated protein is selected from the group comprising oleosin, caleosin and steroleosin, to a pharmaceutical composition or a vaccine comprising the polypeptide, to a complex comprising the polypeptide and an antibody bound thereto, to a medical or diagnostic device comprising the polypeptide, to a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide or a cell comprising said nucleic acid, to a test kit comprising the polypeptide, and to a method for detecting an antibody which binds to the polypeptide. |