Article: Lexicon Genetics Announces Issuance of Key Gene Trapping Patent.

- Patented Technology for High-Throughput Alteration of the Mouse Genome

Enables Gene Function Discovery -

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Lexicon Genetics Incorporated (Nasdaq: LEXG) today announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent No. 6,080,576 (the "576 patent") entitled, "Vectors for Gene Trapping and Gene Activation." The 576 patent broadly covers Lexicon's proprietary gene trapping technology, which enables the capture of gene sequence information and the high-throughput alteration of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell clones on a genome-wide scale. Lexicon has used its gene trapping technology to discover thousands of ...

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