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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2001
Applicants:

Rajiv Chopra, Belmont, MA (US);

Kristine Svenson, Andover, MA (US);

Bethany Annis Freeman, Belmont, MA (US);

Tatos N. Akopian, West Roxbury, MA (US);

Jonathan Bard, Doylestown, PA (US);

Mark Lloyd Stahl, Lexington, MA (US);

William S. Somers, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Rajiv Chopra, Belmont, MA (US);

Kristine Svenson, Andover, MA (US);

Bethany Annis Freeman, Belmont, MA (US);

Tatos N. Akopian, West Roxbury, MA (US);

Jonathan Bard, Doylestown, PA (US);

Mark Lloyd Stahl, Lexington, MA (US);

William S. Somers, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 31/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/37 (2006.01); C30B 29/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This invention is directed to the three dimensional crystal structure of Beta-site APP Cleaving Enzyme (BACE), and to the use of this structure in rational drug design methods to identify agents that may interact with active sites of BACE. Such agents may represent new therapeutics in the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease.


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