The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Papia T. Banerjee, Lexington, MA (US);
Clive Patience, Charlestown, MA (US);
Goran K. Andersson, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
BioTransplant, Inc., Charlestown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/921 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 1/415 ; C12N 5/16 ; C12N 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/921 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 1/415 ; C12N 5/16 ; C12N 7/00 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, as well as the production of such polynucleotides and polypeptides. More particularly, the polypeptides of the present invention are PERV-D env polypeptides. The invention also relates to detecting the presence of a porcine retrovirus in tissue comprising such polypeptides or polynucleotides that encode the polypeptides.