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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997

Filed:

Aug. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Bryan L Ray, Burlington, MA (US);

Edmund C Lin, Boston, MA (US);

Roberto Crea, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

SymBioTech, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 4352351 ; 4353201 ; 530350 ; 536 234 ;
Abstract

Disclosed is an infective lambdoid bacteriophage which includes a protein construct comprising a genetically modified major tail protein truncated at its carboxy terminus, and a target molecule peptide bonded to the carboxy terminus of the tail protein. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the construct and methods of detecting a molecule-of-interest in a solution and of detecting a cell which produces a molecule-of-interest.


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