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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ming Zhao, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12P 2/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12P 2/106 ;
Abstract
A composition and method for treating disorders related to tyrosinase gene expression and melanin biosynthesis is disclosed. The composition comprises a tyrosinase encoding nucleotide sequence and an ORF-438 encoding nucleotide sequence derived from Streptomyces, adapted for expression in mammalian cells. Also disclosed is a model system for evaluating agents that affect pigmentation.