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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:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Applicants:
David E. Housman, Newton, MA (US);
Elizabeth A. Preisinger, Roslindale, MA (US);
Aleksey G. Kazantsev, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
David E. Housman, Newton, MA (US);
Elizabeth A. Preisinger, Roslindale, MA (US);
Aleksey G. Kazantsev, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of identifying compounds that disrupt aggregation of aggregation-disposed polypeptides, such as huntingtin or beta-amyloid protein, are disclosed. Furthermore, an artificial polypeptide that contains an extended polyglutamine region and DNA that encodes the polypeptide are also disclosed.