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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:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Alessandro Moretta, Genoa, IT;
Cristina Bottino, Genoa, IT;
Roberto Biassoni, Genoa, IT;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Innate Pharma, S.A., Marseilles, FR;
University of Genova, Genoa, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel protein, termed NTB-A, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same and uses thereof. The invention also relates to methods of regulating Natural Killer cells activity by regulating the activity of NTBA-A in vitro, ex vivo or in vivo. The invention also comprises methods of screening active compounds using NTB-A or fragments thereof, or nucleic acid encoding the same, or recombinant host cells expressing said polypeptide.