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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. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary L Johnson, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
National Jewish Center For Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 29 ; 435 23 ; 435 21 ; 435 651 ; 435 691 ; 435 692 ; 435 17 ; 435-4 ; 435975 ; 435968 ; 435-71 ; 435-72 ; 435-721 ; 435-723 ; 435-724 ; 4242781 ; 424 941 ; 424 945 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods useful for identifying compounds capable of specifically regulating actin polymerization, stress fiber formation or focal adhesion assembly by regulating G.sub..alpha.12 and/or G.sub..alpha.13 activity in cells involved in inflammatory responses, immune responses, allergic responses and neuronal responses, kits to perform such assays and methods to control disease related to such responses.