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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7927829 | Method for in vitro phosphorylation of trap of and a method for screening the inhibitor of the trap phosphorylation The present invention relates to a method for in vitro phosphorylation of TRAP derived from Staphylococcus aureus. In the present invention, the TRAP is first identified as a kinase that self-phosphorylates and is phosphorylated specifically in the presence o... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7816099 | Enzyme assay and use thereof An assay and kit for determining the activity of an enzyme such as kinase, ATPase and GTPase is disclosed. The assay and kit are useful in drug screening to select modulators of such an enzyme. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7759085 | 14189, a novel human kinase and uses thereof A novel human kinase protein and nucleic acid molecule is disclosed. In addition to the isolated kinase protein, the invention further provides isolated kinase fusion proteins, antigenic peptides, and anti-kinase antibodies. The invention also provides kinase nuclei... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7666617 | Devices and methods for profiling enzyme substrates The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for separating and detecting enzyme substrates using separation gels. For example, the apparatus and methods can be used to separate and detect kinase substrates for further analysis. The apparatus and methods c... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7635572 | Methods for conducting assays for enzyme activity on protein microarrays The present invention relates to methods of conducting assays for enzymatic activity on microarrays useful for the large-scale study of protein function, screening assays, and high-throughput analysis of enzymatic reactions. The invention relates to methods of using... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7585644 | Mycopolasma detecting methods and materials The invention relates to a method of detecting the presence of mycoplasma in a test sample comprising: (i) providing a test sample; and (ii) detecting and/or measuring the activity of acetate kinase and/or carbamate kinase in the test sampl... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7485434 | Method for screening compounds for those that modulate transducers of regulated CREB activity In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that glucose and incretin hormones promote pancreatic islet cell survival via the calcium and cAMP dependent induction, respectively, of the transcription factor CREB. Specifically, a signaling module ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482134 | Signals and molecular species involved in senescence The present invention relates to (a) a method for detecting a senescent cell, which comprises measuring a relative alteration to young cell in a signal or molecular species involved in signal transduction; (b) a method; and (c) a composition for modulating cellular ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7416856 | High sensitivity assay for detection of nucleoside diphosphate production The present invention provides assays for detecting ADP, GDP and inorganic phosphate. These assays can be used directly to detect the presence of ADP, GDP and inorganic phosphate or can be used as part of a number of methods for identifying candidate agents that bin... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7378254 | Compositions and assays utilizing ADP or phosphate for detecting protein modulators Described herein are methods which identify candidate agents as binding to a protein or as a modulator of the binding characteristics or biological activity of a protein. Generally, the methods involve the use of ADP or phosphate. The assays can be used in a high th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376117 | Interleaving circuit for a multiband OFDM transceiver Interleaving circuit for a multiband OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) transceiver of a ultra wide band wireless personal access network transmitting OFDM modulated symbols, wherein each OFDM symbol consists of a predetermined number (NCBPS | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368258 | Devices and methods for profiling enzyme substrates The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for separating and detecting enzyme substrates using separation gels. For example, the apparatus and methods can be used to separate and detect kinase substrates for further analysis. The apparatus and methods c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338775 | Enzyme assay and use thereof An assay and kit for determining the activity of an enzyme such as kinase, ATPase and GTPase is disclosed. The assay and kit are useful in drug screening to select modulators of such an enzyme. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319012 | Protein arrays and methods and systems for producing the same Methods of rapidly generating and analyzing a plurality of polypeptides are disclosed. More specifically, libraries and arrays of polypeptides are assayed in order to determine their individual immunogenic effect. Based on the immunogenic effect of polypeptides, spe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317038 | Nerve regeneration promoters containing semaphorin inhibitor as the active ingredient To provide a semaphorin inhibitor; a peripheral or central nerve regeneration promoter which contains said semaphorin inhibitor as an active ingredient; and a preventive or remedy for a neuropathic disease and a neurodegenerative disease containing said nerve regene... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7244761 | Nerve regeneration promoters containing semaphorin inhibitor as the active ingredient To provide a semaphorin inhibitor; a peripheral or central nerve regeneration promoter which contains said semaphorin inhibitor as an active ingredient; and a preventive or remedy for a neuropathic disease and a neurodegenerative disease containing said nerve regene... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238483 | Method for detecting catalytic activity This invention has as its object a method for detecting catalytic activity of a sample, characterized in that it comprises: the incubation of a substrate (S) with the sample that may have the catalytic activity that it is desired to detect, the addition of a reagent... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223610 | Direct phosphorylation state monitoring on biomolecules Method for measuring the presence or absence of chemical groups, in particular phosphate groups, attached to biological molecules in a sample in which these molecules are tagged with fluorescent markers and these fluorescent markers are activated by means of irradia... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7202051 | Compositions and assays utilizing ADP or phosphate for detecting protein modulators Described herein are methods which identify candidate agents as binding to a protein or as a modulator of the binding characteristics or biological activity of a protein. Generally, the methods involve the use of ADP or phosphate. The assays can be used in a high th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198955 | Method and apparatus for measurement of blood substitutes A method is disclosed whereby the concentration of a blood substitute, such as cross-linked hemoglobin, in a serum or plasma specimen is rapidly and accurately identified and quantified. The method further takes the measured concentration of the blood substitute and... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195894 | MKK7 activation inhibitor PAK4 and JIK, both of which bind to MKK7 and directly phosphorylate MKK7, were found in the present invention. The present invention provides an inhibitor of c-Jun phosphorylation caused by JNK3 and a method for inhibiting the same, and an agent for preventing and/o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179655 | Protein profiling platform Methods and compositions are described for analyzing complex protein mixtures, such as proteomes, using activity-based probes. In particular, probes that specifically react with and bind to the active form of one or more target proteins are employed. Labeled peptide... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7090975 | Pyrophosphorolysis and incorporation of nucleotide method for nucleic acid detection Processes are disclosed using the depolymerization of a nucleic acid hybrid and incorporation of a suitable nucleotide to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze for the presence of predetermined nucleic acid target sequences. Applications of those processes includ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070937 | Marker useful for detection and measurement of free radical damage and method The present invention teaches a marker useful for detection and measurement of free radical damage. Specifically, the invention takes advantage of alterations which occur to the N-terminus of the albumin molecule, a circulating protein in human blood, in the presenc... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7033541 | Bicarbonate receptor compounds The present invention relates to compounds and more particularly to compounds which are useful for the determination of bicarbonate and the delivery of bicarbonate to a non-aqueous solution. The invention further relates to an optical sensor for the determination of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6995004 | UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE: GALACTOSE-β 1,3-N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE-α-R / N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-β 1,3,-N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE-α-R (GLCNAC TO GALNAC) β1,6-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE, C2/4GNT A novel gene defining a novel human UDP-GlcNAc: Gal/Gl cNAcβ 1-3GalNAc αβ1, 6GlcNAc-transferase, termed C2/4GnT, with unique enzymatic properties is disclosed. The enzymatic activity of C2/4GnT is shown to be distinct from that of previously identified enzymes of... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6951545 | Integral sample collection tip Assemblies are provided for collecting a sample from a mouth using an integrated sample collection tip. A sample collection assembly includes a sample collection body configured for being placed within the mouth, wherein the sample collection body includes a bore an... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6905836 | Methods for identifying compounds that inhibit ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of iκb Compounds that inhibit ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of phosphorylated IκB by interfering, directly or indirectly, with the ability of β-TrCP/E3RS to engage in protein-protein association involving hnRNP-U, are useful as drugs for treating conditions associated w... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6872553 | Nucleotide sequences which code for the pck gene The invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences from Coryneform bacteria which code for the pck gene encoding the enzyme phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase (PEP carboxykinase). The invention also relates a process for the fermentative preparation of L-amino a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6806057 | Method for assaying protein nitrosylation Many of the effects of nitric oxide are mediated by the direct modification of cysteine residues resulting in an adduct called a nitrosothiol. A method to detect proteins which contain nitrosothiols involves several steps. Nitrosylated cysteines are converted to tag... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6797460 | NMR-solve method for rapid identification of bi-ligand drug candidates Methods for rapidly identifying drug candidates that can bind to an enzyme at both a common ligand site and a specificity ligand site, resulting in high affinity binding. The bi-ligand drug candidates are screened from a focused combinatorial library where the speci... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6756230 | Quantitative analysis Amounts of components in a specimen can be analyzed with excellent quantitativity. The analysis includes: measuring an amount of a component to be analyzed in a specimen; measuring an amount of a standard component present originally and homeostatically in the speci... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6743599 | Compositions and assays utilizing ADP or phosphate for detecting protein modulators Described herein are methods which identify candidate agents as binding to a protein or as a modulator of the binding characteristics or biological activity of a protein. Generally, the methods involve the use of ADP or phosphate. The assays can be used in a high th... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6706489 | Motor proteins and methods for their use The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of HsKifC2, antibodies to HsKifC2, methods of screening for HsKifC2 modulators using biologically active HsKifC2, and kits for screening for HsKifC2 modulators. ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6599712 | Method and apparatus for measuring sample by luminescence A method for measuring stains of a test sample by measuring adenosine phosphates. Luminescence of the adenosine phosphates is induced by a luminescent reagent (33) containing an ATP regenerating enzyme. The level or quantity of luminescence is detected by... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6596760 | Antidiabetic 4-hydroxy-2-furoic acids Substituted 4-hydroxy-2-furoic acids are obtained by the fermentation of an asterriquinone, which is a natural product having a 2,5-dioxy-3,6-bis(indolyl)quinone structure. The compounds modulate insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity and may be useful... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6566086 | Diagnostic kit for detecting creatine levels Methods for the detection of creatine compound levels in body fluid samples are discussed. Portable kits capable of determining creatine levels using non-invasive and visually detectable methods are also included.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6500628 | Nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase and phosphatase homologues and uses therefor The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated Kinase and Phosphatase nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel protein kinase and protein Phosphatase polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recomb... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6413733 | Stabilized reagent and method for determining creatine kinase A stabilized reagent for the photometric enzymatic determination of creatine kinase (CK) in biological sample material by forming ATP from creatine phosphate and ADP and detecting the ATP formed, containing an organic or inorganic sulphur compound prefera... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6410254 | Compositions and assays utilizing ADP or phosphate for detecting protein modulators Described herein are methods which identify candidate agents as binding to a protein or as a modulator of the binding characteristics or biological activity of a protein. Generally, the methods involve the use of ADP or phosphate. The assays can be used i... | 06/25/2002 |
