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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:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anura Rambukkana, New York, NY (US);
Vincent A. Fischetti, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Kevin P. Campbell, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12Q 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12Q 1/02 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery that the &agr;-dystroglycan receptor is required for,entry into cells, assays for high throughput screening of drugs for use in treatments against leprosy, and methods for studying the role of the receptor in neurodegenerative and musculodegenerative diseases, and the like.