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Odorant-binding protein from rat

US5260270A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Solomon H. Snyder · Baltimore, US
Jonathan Pevsner · Baltimore, US
Randall Reed · Baltimore, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 1991
Grant date	Nov 9, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K14/705
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

DNA molecules are taught which code for an odorant-binding protein which is synethesized solely in the lateral nasal gland. This protein, because of the broad range of odorants which it binds, can be used in many techniques for trapping odorants in either a liquid or solid medium. This protein bears some structural homology with other carriers of small lipophilic molecules from many other species; the carriers are known to transport specific lipophilic molecules.

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