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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Margaret K. Hostetter, New Haven, CT (US);
Gary Dunny, St. Paul, MN (US);
Lakshmi S. Nandiwada, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification and use of a family of human complement C3-degrading proteinases expressed by . The proteinase has a molecular weight of about 24 kD to about 34 kD as determined on a 10% SDS polyacrylamide gel. A preferred proteinase of this invention includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.