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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Ying-fei Wei, Darnestown, MD (US);
Inventor:
Ying-Fei Wei, Darnestown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A human mutY polypeptide and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptide and a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptide for preventing and/or treating diseases associated with a mutation in this gene. Diagnostic assays for identifying mutations in nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of the present invention and for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide of the present invention for detecting diseases, for example, cancer, are also disclosed.