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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:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Syed Z Salahuddin, Gaithesburg, MD (US);
Shuji Nakamura, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert C Gallo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-724 ; 435-723 ; 4352402 ; 435804 ; 530351 ; 530828 ; 530300 ; 53038824 ; 5303892 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a growth factor found in HTLV-II conditioned media and to compositions containing same. The growth factor of the present invention supports the growth of Kaposi's sarcoma endothelial-like cells. The factor has a molecular weight of 30K to 35K in monomeric form and a molecular weight of about 70K in dimeric form.