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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:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Stashenko, Norfolk, MA (US);
Yi-Ping Li, Boston, MA (US);
Anne L Wucherpfennig, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530350 ; 530300 ; 530324 ; 530325 ; 530326 ; 530327 ; 530356 ; 536 231 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to purified DNA sequences encoding all or a portion of an osteoclast-specific or -related gene products and a method for identifying such sequences. The invention also relates to antibodies directed against an osteoclast-specific or -related gene product. Also claimed are DNA constructs capable of replicating DNA encoding all or a portion of an osteoclast-specific or -related gene product, and DNA constructs capable of directing expression in a host cell of an osteoclast-specific or -related gene product.