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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rajeev Aurora, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Stanton B. Dotson, Fenton, MO (US);
Assignee:
Pharmacia Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a human cDNA encoding a methionine aminopeptidase type-3 (MetAP-3) protein. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules associated with or derived from this cDNA including complements, homologues and fragments thereof, and methods of using these nucleic acid molecules, to generate, for example, polypeptides and fragments thereof. The invention also provides methods of using the nucleic acids, for example, to produce a protein and fragments thereof and to screen for compounds or compositions that preferentially or specifically effect the activity of a MetAP-3 protein.