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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Hannah Alexander, Columbia, MO (US);
Stephen Alexander, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Hannah Alexander, Columbia, MO (US);
Stephen Alexander, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Curators of The University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N001/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides for methods of screening agents for cancer therapeutic and prophylactic activity. In particular embodiments, cells of the cellular slime moldare contacted with candidate agents and the expression of genes in the Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) and Base Excision Repair (BER) pathways are examined. Such genes include the helicases repB and repD, and the apurinic-apyrmidinic endonuclease APE.