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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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Emad S. Alnemri, Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/600 ; C07K 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/600 ; C07K 1/700 ;
Abstract
Genes and gene products of Blk, a pro-apoptotic protein in the Bcl-2 gene family, are provided. Effector molecules that either increase or decrease Blk and thus promote or inhibit apoptosis are described. The Blk genes and proteins and effector molecules may be used to treat diseases that have unwanted cell proliferation used to promote cell growth.