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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Jian NI, Germantown, MD (US);
Guo-liang Yu, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ping Fan, Rockville, MD (US);
Reiner L. Gentz, Belo Horizonte-Mg, BR;
Inventors:
Jian Ni, Germantown, MD (US);
Guo-Liang Yu, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ping Fan, Rockville, MD (US);
Reiner L. Gentz, Belo Horizonte-Mg, BR;
Assignee:
Human Genome Scienes, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/705 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01); C12N 5/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor family of receptors. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human TR9 receptor. TR9 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of TR9 receptor activity.