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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Gary Keith Smith, Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Gary Keith Smith, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Viral proteins with sequence and functional similarity to the drosophila cell death protein known as Reaper are provided. Reaper plays an important role in the apoptotic pathway. Methods using the viral proteins and nucleotides encoding such proteins are described.