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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. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Irving Boime, St. Louis, MO (US);
David Ben-Menahem, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-8 ; 530395 ; 530397 ; 530398 ; 530399 ; 530350 ; 930110 ; 930130 ; 930310 ; 435 694 ; 435 697 ; 435 691 ; 435325 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a glycosylated or nonglycosylated protein which is composed of the amino acid sequence of a first .alpha. subunit common to the glycoprotein hormones linked covalently, optionally through a linker moiety, to the amino acid sequence of a second .alpha. subunit of said hormones, wherein said first and second .alpha. subunits consist of the native amino acid sequences or variants of said amino acid sequences. These proteins are useful as agonists or antagonists of glycoprotein hormone activity.