Isolated proteins containing portions of FAPα and other proteins

US6846910B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD · GB
• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Zimmermann · Mittelbiberach, DE
• John Park · Warthausen, DE
• Wolfgang J. Rettig · Biberach, DE
• Lloyd J. Old · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/48
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention involves dimeric forms of the protein known as fibroblast activation protein alpha, or “FAPα” and its uses.