Netrins

US6670451B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Marc Tessier-Lavigne · San Mateo, US
• Tito Serafini · San Francisco, US
• Timothy Kennedy · Montréal, CA
• Marysia Placzek · London, GB
• Thomas Jessell · New York, US
• Jane Dodd · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2500/04
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Netrin proteins, nucleic acids which encode netrin proteins and hybridization reagents, probes and primers capable of hybridizing with netrin genes and methods for screening chemical libraries for lead compounds for pharmacological agents are provided.