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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:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Suzanne M. Mandala, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Rosemary A. Thornton, Warren, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/570 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/570 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides polynucleotides and polypeptides of a murine sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase, referred to herein as mSPP1. The polynucleotides and polypeptides are used to further provide expression vectors, host cells comprising the vectors, probes and primers, antibodies against the mSPP1 protein and polypeptides thereof, assays for the presence or expression of mSPP1 and assays for the identification of compounds that interact with mSPP1.