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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
May. 07, 1997
Mark D Adams, North Potomac, MD (US);
Judith A Blake, Laurel, MD (US);
Christine M Debouck, Wayne, PA (US);
Fred H Drake, Glenmoore, PA (US);
Lisa M Fitzgerald, Germantown, MD (US);
Claire M Fraser, North Potomac, MD (US);
Maxine Gowen, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Gregg A Hastings, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ewen F Kirkness, Olney, MD (US);
Norman H Lee, Woodstock, MD (US);
Julie Rood, Lansdowne, PA (US);
SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Human Genome SciencesInc, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to cathepsin K polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, methods for producing the polypeptides, in particular by expressing the polynucleotides, and agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides. The invention further relates to methods for utilizing such polynucleotides, polypeptides, agonists and antagonists for applications, which relate, in part, to research, diagnostic and clinical arts.