Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2006-04-25
Romeo, David (Department: 1647)
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
C530S352000, C536S023500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07034114
ABSTRACT:
The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here signalin-related genes, which are involved in signal transduction induced by members of the TGFβ superfamily. The present invention makes available compositions and methods that can be utilized, for example to generate and/or maintain an array of different vertebrate tissue both in vitro and in vivo.
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Graff Jonathan M.
Jin Ping
Melton Douglas A.
Woolf Tod M.
Fish & Neave IP Group
President and Fellows of Harvard College
Romeo David
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