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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
H. Robert Horvitz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Ewa M. Davison, Somerville, MA (US);
Xiaowei LU, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
H. Robert Horvitz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Ewa M. Davison, Somerville, MA (US);
Xiaowei Lu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technolgoy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides novel lin-8, lin-56, and lin-61 genes and polypeptides involved in cell fate determination and in cell proliferation. In addition, the invention includes mutants of these three genes, as well as methods for utilizing these genes, and their encoded polypeptides, in diagnosing and treating abnormal cell proliferation.