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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
May. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A Haseltine, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ernest Terwilliger, Boston, MA (US);
Eric Cohen, Brighton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 530350 ; 435-72 ;
Abstract
A protein having molecular weight of approximately 16 kD which is also cleaved into a protein having a molecular weight of 15 kD is disclosed. This protein is referred to as viral protein U and produced by the vpu gene. It is disclosed that this protein has antigenic determinants and can be used to screen for people having the HIV-1 virus.