US Patent 7226769 Dual oxidases as mitogenic and endocrine regulators

Patent 7226769 was granted and assigned to Emory University on June, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Emory University

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

72267690

Date of Patent

June 5, 2007

Patent Application Number

102761530

Date Filed

May 14, 2001

Patent Primary Examiner

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Rebecca E. Prouty

Patent abstract

The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates and in peroxidative reactions that affect biological functions including cell division, thyroid hormone biosynthesis and tissue fibrosis. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfected with these vectors, antibodies raised against these novel proteins, kits for detection, localization and measurement of these genes and proteins, and methods to determine the activity of drugs to affect the activity of the proteins of the present invention.