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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:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sergei Zolotukhin, Gainesville, FL (US);
Nicholas Muzyczka, Gainesville, FL (US);
William W Hauswirth, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
The University of Florida Research Foundation Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-721 ; 435-74 ; 435 4052 ; 435366 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are synthetic and 'humanized' versions of green fluorescent protein (GFP) genes adapted for high level expression in mammalian cells, especially those of human origin. Base substitutions are made in various codons in order to change the codon usage to one more appropriate for expression in mammalian cells. Recombinant vectors carrying such humanized genes are also disclosed. In addition, various methods for using the efficient expression of humanized GFP in mammalian cells and in animals are described.