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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:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael E. Mendelsohn, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3566 ; C12N 9/06 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 9/12 ; C07K 1/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3566 ; C12N 9/06 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 9/12 ; C07K 1/400 ;
Abstract
The invention features methods for assaying compounds that affect the activation of a cell. The methods include measurement of cell activation, G protein-coupled receptor phosphorylation, or phosphorylation of proteins associated with the G-protein-coupled receptor, in a system comprising G protein-coupled receptor-bearing cells, or preparations thereof, cyclic GMP, or analogs thereof, and cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase.