Luminescent chimeric proteins
US6087476A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2740/16122
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to luminescent chimeric proteins which include a photoprotein and a second protein which may be light- or heavy-chain immunoglobulin, an antigenic peptide, avidin, streptavidin, or protein A. The invention also relates to chimeric protein genes, plasmids containing said gene, and hosts transformed with said plasmid. The invention also relates to a range of highly sensitive immunoassays which use the chimeric proteins.
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