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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. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryant Villeponteau, San Carlos, CA (US);
Junli Feng, San Carlos, CA (US);
William H. Andrews, Richmond, CA (US);
Robert R. Adams, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/12 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/12 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12P 2/106 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
Purified and recombinant proteins TPC2 and TPC3 and recombinant or synthetic oligonucleotides corresponding to those proteins or fragments thereof can be used to detect regulators of telomere length and telomerase activity in mammalian cells and for a variety of related diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.