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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:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Ronghao Li, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jennie P. Mather, Millbrae, CA (US);
bioMosaic Systems, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides cell arrays comprising a plurality of tubes containing populations of cells that are immobilized therein. The arrays are particularly useful for conducting comparative cell-based analyses. Specifically, the subject arrays allow protein-protein interactions to be studied in multiple types of cell simultaneously. The arrays also support simultaneous detection of the differential expression of a target polynucleotide in a multiplicity of cell types derived from multiple subjects. The subject arrays further permit high throughput screening for candidate modulators of a signal transduction pathway of interest. Further provided by the invention are kits, computer-implemented methods and systems for conducting the comparative cell-based analyses.