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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Reed, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Takaaki Sato, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 29 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for detecting an interaction among proteins involved in regulating cell death. The invention also provides a drug screening assay useful for identifying agents that alter an interaction among proteins involved in controlling cell death. The invention further provides a method for identifying novel proteins that are involved in a cell death pathway.