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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kaoru Miyazaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shouichi Higashi, Chiba-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07K 1/600 ; C07K 1/700 ; C12N 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07K 1/600 ; C07K 1/700 ; C12N 9/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel modified TIMP wherein the NH -terminal &agr;-amino group thereof is modified with an electron-accepting group to substantially lose the ability to bind to a metalloproteinase.