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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:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas Prasher, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Assignee:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (W.H.O.I.), Woods Hole, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435189 ; 530350 ; 530855 ; 930240 ;
Abstract
The present invention encompasses modified apoaequorin nucleotide and amino acid sequences capable of emitting light in the presence of luciferin and a light-triggering cation such as Ca.sup.2+, which possess bioluminescent activity greater than unmodified apoaequorin and methods of use therefore.