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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Rosana Kapeller-libermann, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Thomas Joseph Logan, Springfield, PA (US);
Rosana Kapeller-Libermann, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Thomas Joseph Logan, Springfield, PA (US);
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated ACTR-1 nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel acyltransferase family members. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing ACTR-1 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which an ACTR-1 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated ACTR-1 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-ACTR-1 antibodies. Diagnostic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.