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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Da-wei Gong, Olney, MD (US);
Alan R. Shuldiner, Columbia, MD (US);
Rong-ze Yang, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Da-Wei Gong, Olney, MD (US);
Alan R. Shuldiner, Columbia, MD (US);
Rong-Ze Yang, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Novel alanine transaminase (ALT) polypeptides and the use thereof as a diagnostic marker to predict and monitor tissue damage and/or tissue malfunction. The ALT polypeptides are murine and/orALT polypeptides and said ALT polypeptides are used to detect, predict and/or determine hepatic processes of an animal, particularly mice and/or rats.