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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Douglas B. Spicer, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Inventor:
Douglas B. Spicer, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Assignee:
Maine Medical Center, Scarborough, ME (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/11 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the modulation of metastatic and mesenchymal cell growth and mobility via the regulation of the formation of Twist/Twist homodimers and Twist/E heterodimers. The present invention also relates to methods for screening agents and compound libraries for molecules that function to modulate the formation of Twist/Twist homodimers, Twist/E protein heterodimers or their upstream or downstream effector molecules.