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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Takashi Sugihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Renu Wadhwa, Ibaraki, JP;
Sunil C. Kaul, Ibaraki, JP;
Youji Mitsui, Ibaraki, JP;
Takashi Sugihara, Ibaraki, JP;
Renu Wadhwa, Ibaraki, JP;
Sunil C. Kaul, Ibaraki, JP;
Youji Mitsui, Ibaraki, JP;
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gene expressed specifically in the testis has been unexpectedly isolated in the course of studies of the expression of a gene encoding an unknown protein that triggers cell death. The isolated gene was a novel gene sequence that had no significant homologue in the database. This gene was also found to be involved in the regulation of differentiation in the testis and to encode a protein, Tesmin, which may regulate the differentiation of spermatogeneous cells into primary spermatocytes. Tesmin proteins are described herein, as are antibodies that bind to such proteins.