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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The invention features methods for detection of metastatic and potentially metastatic cancerous cells by detection of expression of a gland-specific Ets transcription factor (GSEF) sequence, which encodes an Ets-domain containing protein. The invention also features methods and compositions for modulation of the polypeptide and/or gene activity for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes, such as inhibition of progression of a cell to a metastatic cancerous cell.