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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darrell C. Conklin, Seattle, WA (US);
David W. Taft, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
An educational kit comprised of novel a novel polypeptide, alpha helical protein-34 (Zalpha34), polynucleotides that encode Zalpha34 and antibodies to Zalpha34. The present invention also relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules for Zalpha34. The polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding them, are hormonal and may be used to promote spermatogenesis. The present invention also includes antibodies to the Zalpha34 polypeptides, which can be used to inhibit spermatogenesis.