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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Toru Imamura, Tsukuba, JP;
Nozomi Tsujino, Tsukuba, JP;
Masashi Suzuki, Tsukuba, JP;
Masahiro Asada, Tsukuba, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Imamura, Tsukuba, JP;
Nozomi Tsujino, Tsukuba, JP;
Masashi Suzuki, Tsukuba, JP;
Masahiro Asada, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); C07K 14/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a mutant protein having an altered fibroblast growth factor receptor specificity, which is produced by deleting one or more amino acid residues from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of naturally secreted fibroblast growth factor 18. The protein mutant can be used in a pharmaceutical composition for regulating hair regeneration or growth or a pharmaceutical composition for regulating bone or cartilage formation.