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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a novel tumor suppressor gene, termed ING, genetic suppressor elements derived from this gene, and the protein produced by expression of this gene, known as p33,. The invention provides methods for characterizing mammalian cells on the basis of whether such cells express the ING gene, and embodiments of such methods directed at malignant or pre-malignant tissues in an animal for assaying the risk of developing malignant disease by the animal.