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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:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Se-jin Lee, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexandra C. Mcpherron, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Se-Jin Lee, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexandra C. McPherron, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/64 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for detecting allelic variants of the myostatin (growth and differentiation factor-8) gene are provided. Specifically provided are methods of identifying subjects having or having a predisposition for increased muscle mass as compared to subjects having wild-type myostatin. Increased muscle mass is particularly desirable for identification of animals used to produce food products, including bovine, porcine, ovine, avian and piscine species.