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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
May. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yusuke Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Cancer Institute, Tokyo, JP;
Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 435 915 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 536 2431 ; 536 2433 ;
Abstract
A gene is provided which is present in the deletion region of a chromosome common in lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal cancer and encodes a novel protein, a protein encoded by the gene (PRLTS protein), and a method of discriminating tumor cells.