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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:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Catherine Mastroni Bitler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen Scott Bowersox, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Roberto Crea, San Mateo, CA (US);
Susan Dunham Demo, San Francisco, CA (US);
William A Horne, San Diego, CA (US);
Mei Zhou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Neurex Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530324 ; 530350 ; 530329 ;
Abstract
Bax-.omega. polynucleotides and polypeptides, and compositions effective to hybridize to Bax-.omega. polynucleotides are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for altering apoptosis in cells, for promoting cell survival and for identifying compounds capable of affecting the binding of Bax-.omega. to other proteins involved in apoptosis.