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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Gillard, Baie D'Urfe, CA;
Jacques-Yves Gauthier, Laval, CA;
Jillian F Evans, St. Lambert, CA;
Rejean Fortin, Montreal Nord, CA;
Yvan Guinon, Montreal, CA;
Richard A Dixon, Houston, TX (US);
Douglas K Miller, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Merck Frosst Canada, Inc., Kirkland, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530350 ; 424 858 ;
Abstract
An 18kD protein (FLAP) has been isolated from rat and human cells which is necessary for production of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid in mammalian cells containing 5-lipoxygenase. The gene (cDNA) encoding for FLAP has also been produced.