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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kuber T Sampath, Medway, MA (US);
Assignee:
Creative BioMolecules, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 9321 ; 424 932 ; 424 931 ; 435440 ; 435455 ; 514 44 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for identifying morphogen analogs. Preferred methods rest on the use of test cells comprising DNA defining a morphogen-responsive transcription activating element operatively associated with a reporter gene. In certain embodiments, the methods involve an osteogenic protein 1 (OP-1) responsive transcription activating element. Substances that activate the OP-1 responsive transcription activating element are considered herein likely to be useful for reproducing in vivo effects of morphogens such as OP-1.