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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gabriel Nunez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Naohiro Inohara, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yasunori Ogura, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/447 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/447 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to intracellular signalling molecules, in particular the Nod2 protein and nucleic acids encoding the Nod2 protein. The present invention provides isolated nucleotide sequence encoding Nod2, isolated Nod2 peptides, antibodies that specifically bind Nod2, methods for the detection of Nod2, and methods for screening compounds for the ability to alter Nod2 associated signal transduction.