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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Dave S. B. Hoon, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Norihiko Narita, Fukui, JP;
Atsushi Tanemura, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of detecting a RET mutant in a melanoma cell. Also disclosed is a method of modulating the activity of a RET mutant in a melanoma cell with an agent that interferes with the activity of the RET mutant.