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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. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Valerie L Ng, Piedmont, CA (US);
Michael S McGrath, Burlingame, CA (US);
Gregory R Reyes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignees:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Genelabs Incorporated, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435239 ; 4352402 ; 4352351 ;
Abstract
A novel retrovirus isolated from human lymphoma cells is disclosed. The retrovirus is characterized by a C-type retroviral particle of approximately 100 nm diameter; and an approximately 27,000 molecular weight p24 core protein. Also disclosed are cell lines from which the virus can be obtained and screening methods for detecting the presence of the virus in human sera.