Patent · US Expired

Afamin: a human serum albumin-like protein

US5767243A · kind A · utility

4Cited by
0References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 1997
Grant dateJun 16, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2319/00
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel human serum protein referred to as AFM, which has one or more activities in common with human serum albumin, human a-fetoprotein, or human vitamin D binding protein and which has an apparent molecular weight by SDS-PAGE of 87 kd; variants thereof; and related genes, vectors, cells and methods.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.