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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Jayvardhan Pandit, Mystic, CT (US);
Jarmila Jancarik, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Sung-Hou Kim, Moraga, CA (US);
Kirston Koths, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Robert Halenbeck, San Rafael, CA (US);
Anna Lisa Fear, Oakland, CA (US);
Eric Taylor, Oakland, CA (US);
Ralph Yamamoto, Martinez, CA (US);
Andrew Bohm, Armonk, NY (US);
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods for crystallizing macrophage colony stimulating factor. The present invention is also directed to methods for designing and producing M-CSF agonists and antagonists using information derived from the crystallographic structure of M-CSF. The invention is also directed to methods for screening M-CSF agonists and antagonists. In addition, the present invention is directed to an isolated, purified, soluble and functional M-CSF receptor.