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Nucleic acid encoding a transcription factor, IDX-1

US6210960A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1996
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention features a novel recombinant polypeptide that transactivates the somatostatin promoter, the polypeptide being present in pancreatic duct cells and not present in pancreatic .alpha.-cells, the polypeptide being encoded by a gene which encodes a protein on the order of 31 kd.

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