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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Richard Oko, Kingston, CA;
Peter Sutovsky, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Richard Oko, Kingston, CA;
Peter Sutovsky, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignees:
Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, CA;
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The perinuclear theca 32 (PT32) protein is disclosed and shown to interact with tyrosine kinase c-Yes. PT32, c-Yes, fragments thereof, and molecules that bind thereto can be used in methods of enhancing fertility, treating or diagnosing diminished fertility and abnormal spermiogenesis, in providing contraception, and in identifying contraceptive and fertility-enhancing agents. Transgenic, non-human animals also are disclosed.