Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues
Patent
1999-07-13
2000-07-04
Achutamurthy, Ponnathapu
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
514 2, C07K 1400, A01N 3718
Patent
active
060840706
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a human glutaredoxin .beta. (GRX.beta.) and polynucleotides which identify and encode GRX.beta.. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, agonists, antibodies and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for treating disorders associated with expression of GRX.beta..
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Corley Neil C.
Hillman Jennifer L.
Shah Purvi
Achutamurthy Ponnathapu
Incyte Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jung Peter P.
Muenzen Colette C.
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