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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. 07, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vivian Berlin, Dunstable, MA (US);
David E. Levin, Owens Mills, MD (US);
Yoshikazu Ohya, Tokyo, JP;
Veronique Damagnez, Cambridge, MA (US);
Susan E. Smith, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; C12Q 1/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; C12Q 1/48 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to rapid, reliable and effective assays for screening and identifying pharmaceutically effective compounds that specifically inhibit the biological activity of fungal GTPase proteins, particularly GTPases involved in cell wall integrity, hyphael formation, and/or other cellular functions critical to pathogenesis. Another aspect of the present invention relates to novel Candida genes and gene products.