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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Arie Abo, Oakland, CA (US);
Ami Aronheim, Binyamina, IL;
Arie Abo, Oakland, CA (US);
Ami Aronheim, Binyamina, IL;
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an isolated full-length Chp polypeptide, a biologically-active polypeptide fragment thereof, and nucleic acids which code for it. This polypeptide has various activities in regulating cell signaling and signal transduction pathways, including, e.g., a PAK regulatory domain binding activity, a PAK kinase stimulatory activity, a JNK kinase stimulatory activity, a cytoskeletal-reorganizing activity, or a Chp-specific immunogenic activity. The invention relates to all aspects of Chp, or homologs thereof, including assays for modulators, activators, ligands, etc.