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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidechika Okada, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Noriko Okada, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoichi Nagami, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiro Takahashi, Machida, JP;
Hisao Takizawa, Machida, JP;
Jun Kondo, Machida, JP;
Assignees:
Other;
Mitsubishi Kasei Corp., both of, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 235 ; 530395 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a glycoprotein derived from human cell membrane, which has a molecular weight of 20 to 25 Kd as estimated by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and contains N-glycoside type carbohydrate chain and phosphatidylinositol, and possesses an inhibitory activity to complement-mediated cell membrane damage. The present invention further provides a gene coding for the glycoprotein, and a method for the production of the glycoprotein and the gene therefor.