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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susan C Wright, Saratoga, CA (US);
James W Larrick, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Panorama Research, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 23 ; 435226 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for assaying for inhibitors of a 24 kDa cytoplasmic protease associated with apoptosis. The protease has a defined amino acid composition, activity against the elastase-like substrate MAAVP, and induces DNA fragmentation associated with apoptosis in isolated U937 cell target nuclei.