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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Noriko Nakamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Tetsuo Sudo, Fujisawa, JP;
Takatoshi Yamada, Urayasu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/11 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides SELF protein having controlling effects on growth and differentiation of undifferentiated cells, wherein the protein contains a novel EGF-like repeat sequence, SELF gene encoding the same, a recombinant vector and a transformed cell containing the SELF gene, a method for treatment or prophylaxis with SELF protein or a recombinant expression vector containing SELF gene, SELF promoter, a recombinant vector and a transformed cell containing SELF promoter, and a screening method using the transformed cell containing SELF promoter.