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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Matthew Freeman, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew Freeman, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Medical Research Council, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to proteins of the conserved Rhomboid family, which are involved in various signalling pathways within cells. Rhomboid proteins are found to possess a novel serine protease activity which cleaves within the transmembrane domain of a polypeptide substrate. Methods and uses of this activity are provided.