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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J. Hartman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Fady Malik, Burlingame, CA (US);
Roman Sakowicz, Foster City, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Finer, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cytokinetics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ;
Abstract
Methods for purifying actin are provided. The methods generally involve the addition of a magnesium salt in a sufficient quantity, whereby G-actin polymerizes to form actin paracrystals, which can be recovered as a purified form of actin.