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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Se-Jin Lee, Baltimore, MD (US);
Thanh Huynh, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 435 694 ; 4352523 ; 4352401 ; 4353201 ; 4352351 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 536 2351 ; 935-2 ; 935-9 ; 935 13 ; 935 22 ; 935 29 ; 935 31 ; 935 32 ; 935 66 ; 935 70 ; 935 71 ; 935 72 ;
Abstract
Growth differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5) is disclosed along with its polynucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence. Also disclosed are diagnostic and therapeutic methods of using the GDF-5 polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences.