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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. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Yoshio Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Moritoshi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Ozawa, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
As a cGMP-visualizing probe capable of detecting and quantifying cGMP easily and accurately even in vivo and for a method of detecting and quantifying cGMP by using the same, a cGMP-visualizing probe comprising a polypeptide, which binds specifically to cGMP, and two chromophores having different fluorescence wavelengths each linked respectively to the two terminals of said polypeptide is provided.