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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles L Chrespi, Marblehead, MA (US);
Bruce W Penman, Salem, MA (US);
Frank J Gonzalez, Bethesda, MD (US);
Harry V Gelboin, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Talia Sher, Rehovot, IL;
Assignees:
Gentest Corporation, Woburn, MA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 435-71 ; 435 25 ; 435325 ; 435372 ; 4353201 ; 536 232 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
An improved method for measuring the activity of a promoter sequence in a mammalian cell using a reporter gene is provided. The improvement involves using a reporter cassette containing a DNA sequence encoding a cytochrome P450 with a polyadenylation signal sequence as the reporter gene. Compositions containing the cytochrome P450 reporter cassette also are provided.