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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ta-Yuan Chang, Hanover, NH (US);
Catherine C Chang, Hanover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352523 ; 435 15 ; 435193 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 536 232 ; 935 14 ; 935 32 ; 935 70 ; 935 59 ;
Abstract
This invention pertains to purified, biologically active acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and to nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) encoding acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase. The nucleic acid, or a fragment thereof, may be ligated with an expression vector and transfected into cells to express acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase activity in intact cells and in cell-free extracts.