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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2005
Applicants:

Tomoyuki Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;

Maretoshi Hirai, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoyuki Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;

Maretoshi Hirai, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of screening for a medicine capable of regulating generation of elastic fibrous tissue; and various means that are requisite for the method. In particular, the invention includes a polypeptide obtained by cleaving DANCE and a polynucleotide coding for the polypeptide; a method of cleaving DANCE; an antibody against the polypeptide obtained by cleaving DANCE; a method of measuring the amount of DANCE cleavage and a kit therefore; a DANCE variant and its polynucleotide; various DANCE complexes and a method of preparing such; a method of screening for a substance capable of regulating DANCE or a DANCE-specific protease, and a substance obtained by such screening method; an agent for regulating generation of elastic fibrous tissue; and a kit with DANCE and a polynucleotide coding for the same.


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