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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:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Pamela M. Holland, Seattle, WA (US);
G. Duke Virca, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy A. Bird, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Kirsten Garka, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Inventors:
Pamela M. Holland, Seattle, WA (US);
G. Duke Virca, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy A. Bird, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Kirsten Garka, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
Immunex Corporation, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N009/88 ; C12N011/00 ; G01N033/573 ; C07N016/00 ; A23D001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a novel polypeptide that contains an amino acid decarboxylase domain, and is a substrate for caspase-3. Nucleic acids that encode the novel polypeptide and antibodies to the polypeptide are also part of the present invention. Methods of using the polypeptide, the nucleic acids and antibodies are also provided.