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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1998
Applicants:
Annie Yang, Boston, MA (US);
Frank Mckeon, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Annie Yang, Boston, MA (US);
Frank McKeon, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This application describes the cloning of p63, a gene at chromosome 3q27-29, that bears homology to the tumor suppressor p53. The p63 gene encodes at least six different isotypes. p63 was detected in a variety of human and mouse tissue and demonstrates remarkably divergent activities, such as the ability to transactivate p53 reporter genes and induce apoptosis. Isotopes of p63 lacking a transactivation domain act as dominant negatives towards the transactivation by p53 and p63.