Lipoxygenase proteins and polynucleotides encoding the same

US6582957B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Lexicon Genetics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• C. Turner · Diemelstraße, US
• Brian Zambrowicz · Diemelstraße, US
• Michael Nehls · Stockdorf, DE
• Glenn Friedrich · Diemelstraße, US
• Arthur Sands · Diemelstraße, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01K2217/05
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The nucleotide and corresponding amino acid sequences are reported for a novel class of mammalian lipoxygenase proteins. The novel lipoxygenase encoding polynucleotides were obtained from human gene trap clones and human cDNA libraries.