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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrey Rzhetsky, New York, NY (US);
Sergey Kalachikov, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New york, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/100 ; G06F 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/100 ; G06F 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for identifying novel genes comprising: (i) generating one or more specialized databases containing information on gene/protein structure, function and/or regulatory interactions; and (ii) searching the specialized databases for homology or for a particular motif and thereby identifying a putative novel gene of interest. The invention may further comprise performing simulation and hypothesis testing to identify or confirm that the putative gene is a novel gene of interest.