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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carol Basbaum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marianne Gallup, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Daizong Li, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assefa Gebremichael, Berkeley, CA (US);
Erin Gensch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12Q 1/66 ; C12Q 1/42 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12H 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12Q 1/66 ; C12Q 1/42 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12H 2/102 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for identifying inhibitors of mucin production, methods for inhibiting mucin production and methods for treating airway diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, bronchial pneumonia and asthma. Compositions are provided for use in the method comprising reporter gene constructs which are inducible by mucomones.