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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:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul L. Bartel, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Sean V. Tavtigian, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Myraid Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 1/204 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 1/204 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the MMSC1 gene, its protein product and the use of the protein to (i) detect mutant MMAC1 proteins, (ii) screen for drugs which can be used for suppressing tumor growth and (iii) identify proteins which interact with the MMAC1 gene or are involved in the tumor suppression pathway of the MMAC1 gene.