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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. 13, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph A Nixon, Arlington, MA (US);
Kiyoshi H Takeuchi, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The McLean Hospital Corporation, Belmont, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-721 ; 435 405 ; 5303882 ; 5303891 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to two highly purified neural calcium-activated neutral proteinase (CANP or calpain) inhibitors, known as high molecular weight calpastatin (HMWC) and low molecular weight calpastatin (LMWC). The invention also relates to recombinant DNA molecules which code for, and antibodies which bind to these proteins. The present invention is further directed to the use of these calpastatin proteins.