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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Harold C. Smith, Rochester, NY (US);
Xia Jin, Fairpoint, NY (US);
Andrew Brooks, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/703 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods related to determining the severity of viral infections and identifying antiviral agents. In certain embodiments, the invention comprises determining the expression level of APOBEC-1 related proteins, where the expression level of APOBEC-1 related proteins is an indicator for disease severity and/or effectiveness of a potential antiviral agent. In one embodiment, the present invention provides for a method of screening for an antiviral agent.