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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:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
George J. Mavrothalassitis, Frederick, MD (US);
Donald G. Blair, Kensington, MD (US);
Robert J. Fisher, Sharpsburg, MD (US);
Gregory J. Beal, Jr., New Market, MD (US);
Meropi A. Athanasiou, Frederick, MD (US);
Dionyssios N. Sgouras, Athens, GR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates, inter alia, to the ERF gene and to the products encoded by this gene. More particularly, the present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding ERF and AERF; polypeptides encoded by such DNA sequences; ERF chimeric molecules; and methods of using ERF and ERF chimeric molecules to reduce tumorigenicity in a tumor cell.