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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:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuya Toyoda, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka 830-0047, JP;
Michinori Kohara, Chiba, JP;
Kyoko Kohara, Chiba, JP;
Kazuhiro Higashi, Hyogo, JP;
Masayuki Tsuchiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/418 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/418 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a gene encoding an RNA polymerase which plays an important role in the reproduction of hepatitis C virus, and a method of screening using this gene or this RNA polymerase protein, thereby allowing easy performance of screening for substances which inhibit the RNA polymerase playing an important role in HCV reproduction.