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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hong-Bing Shu, South San Francisco, CA (US);
David V. Goeddel, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tularik, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/447 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/447 ;
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions relating to apopotosis regulating proteins, known as Casper proteins, and related nucleic acids. The proteins may be produced recombinantly from transformed host cells from the disclosed Casper encoding nucleic acid or purified from human cells. The invention provides specific hybridization probes and primers capable of specifically hybridizing with the disclosed Casper gene, Casper-specific binding agents such as specific antibodies, and methods of making and using the subject compositions in diagnosis, therapy and in the biopharmaceutical industry.