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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert Y Lin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Xiao-Fan Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert A Weinberg, Brookline, MA (US);
Harvey F Lodish, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-2 ; 514-8 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract
The mammalian TGF-.beta. type II receptor has been cloned. Recombinant TGF-.beta.-binding receptor polypeptides are useful to alter the binding of TGF-.beta. to its receptors and to modulate the effects of TGF-.beta. in vivo.