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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. 24, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis A Tartaglia, Watertown, MA (US);
Xun Weng, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 691 ; 435440 ; 435455 ; 435471 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 435243 ; 536 231 ; 536 234 ; 536 235 ; 536 243 ; 536 2431 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns the human gene encoding GLUTX, a glucose transporter. GLUTX nucleic acid and polypeptides, as well as molecules which increase or decrease expression or activity of GLUTX, are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with aberrant hexose transport.