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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. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin P. Wickens, Madison, WI (US);
Roy Parker, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method for determining the function of a test protein is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, this method comprises the steps of fusing a test protein to an RNA-binding protein and exposing the fusion protein to recombinant reporter mRNA molecule that comprises a binding site for the RNA-binding protein in the 3′ untranslated region. One then observes the properties of reporter mRNA and correlates the reporter properties with test protein function.