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Article: Thomas Jefferson University obtains United States patent.(for purified protein)(Brief Article)
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- BIOTECH Patent News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA) has patented a substantially pure protein that is a member of the apoptotic Ced-3/Ice cysteine protease gene family, Mch2.alpha., and an inactive isoform of it, Mch2.beta. Isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode Mch2.alpha. and Mch2.beta., respectively, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in combination with the protein or the nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. Fragments of nucleic acid molecules that encode Mch2.alpha. and Mch2.beta. having at least 10 ...