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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:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ta-Yuan Chang, Hanover, NH (US);
Catherine CY. Chang, Hanover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 15 ; 435193 ; 4352523 ; 43525411 ; 435325 ; 435356 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
This invention pertains to purified, biologically active acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and to nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) encoding acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase. The nucleic acid, or a fragment thereof, may be ligated with an expression vector and transfected into cells to express acyl coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase activity in intact cells and in cell-free extracts.