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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178495 | Therapeutic agents comprising a GLP-1 receptor agonist and elastin-like peptide The present invention provides therapeutic agents and compositions comprising elastin-like peptides (ELPs) and therapeutic proteins. In some embodiments, the therapeutic protein is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, insulin, or Factor VII/VIIa, including functional analogs. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173397 | Folded recombinant catalytic fragments of multidomain serine proteases, preparation and uses thereof The invention relates to unglycosylated folded C-terminal fragments of a multidomain serine protease of the complement cascade obtainable by expression in a bacterial host, wherein said serine protease is capable of binding a recognition molecule of the complement c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8163521 | Self-assembled proteins and related methods and protein structures The present invention provides user-directed construction of novel specific homo- and hetero-dimeric, and multimeric assemblages of proteins. The present invention is comprised of gene sequences that transcribe peptide sequences that form links between proteins, whe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163520 | Nucleic acids encoding a chimeric polypeptide comprising IL-7 and HGF-beta chain and methods of use The present invention relates to a single-chain or chimeric polypeptide comprising a cytokine and a growth factor linked by at least one amino acid residue, and wherein the chimeric polypeptide enhances the proliferation and/or differentiation of hematopoietic precu... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158584 | Pharmaceutical preparations comprising an ALK1-Fc fusion protein In certain aspects, the present disclosure relates to the insight that a polypeptide comprising a ligand-binding portion of the extracellular domain of activin-like kinase I (ALK1) polypeptide may be used to inhibit angiogenesis in vivo, particularly in mammals suff... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148110 | Detection of molecular interactions by β-lactamase reporter fragment complementation Methods and compositions for detecting molecular interactions, particularly protein-protein interactions, using at least two inactive, weakly-complementing β-lactamase fragments are provided. The invention allows detection of such interactions in eukaryotic and mam... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143026 | Albumin fusion proteins The present invention encompasses albumin fusion proteins. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the albumin fusion proteins of the invention are also encompassed by the invention, as are vectors containing these nucleic acids, host cells transformed with these nucleic ac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137931 | Fusion proteins of HIV regulatory/accessory proteins The invention relates to fusion proteins comprising the amino acid sequence of at least three HIV proteins selected from Vif, Vpr, Vpu, Rev, and Tat or derivatives of the amino acid sequence of one or more of said proteins, wherein the fusion protein is not processe... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8124379 | Signal peptide for producing a polypeptide The present invention relates to a method for producing a polypeptide comprising using a signal peptide, to nucleic acid constructs comprising a first nucleotide sequence encoding the signal peptide and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which is fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119369 | Human SUMO-3 for enhancing protein expression The inventive subject matter relates to novel compositions, methods, and kits for enhancing the expression, solubility, and isolation of heterologous proteins. Further, the inventive subject matter relates to methods for generating proteins with novel N-terminal ami... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119370 | Activatable recombinant neurotoxins Compositions comprising activatable recombinant neurotoxins and polypeptides derived therefrom. The invention also comprises nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, and methods of making such polypeptides and nucleic acids. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114634 | Methods, systems and reagents for improved immunodetection The instant invention provides methods, systems and reagents for immunodetection involving novel epitope tags and antibodies which recognize these new epitope tags as well as the antibodies which detect the FLAG epitope tag. Fusion proteins comprising the epitope ta... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114633 | Methods for differentiating plasma-derived protein from recombinant protein in a sample The present invention relates, in general, to methods for detecting and quantitating plasma-derived protein and recombinant protein in a sample based on the difference in protein glycosylation, when the plasma protein and the recombinant protein are essentially the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8088601 | Expression systems for functional membrane polypeptides Expression systems and methods for the expression of functional membrane polypeptides such as human cytochrome b5 are provided. The systems include recombinant expression vectors capable of expressing soluble fusion proteins that include a solubilizing agent, a link... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084234 | Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a fusion protein capable of binding VEGF Modified chimeric polypeptides with improved pharmacokinetics are disclosed. Specifically, modified chimeric Flt1 receptor polypeptides that have been modified in such a way as to improve their pharmacokinetic profile are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of mak... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8058242 | Chimeric proteins with natriuretic activity The present invention discloses proteinaceous compounds that comprise at least a biologically active portion of a taipan natriuretic peptide (TNP) or a variant or derivative thereof. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in methods for stimulating... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8039437 | Fn14/TRAIL fusion proteins Fusion proteins which act on the TWEAK and TRAIL signaling axes are provided. The proteins are useful in the treatment or amelioration of autoimmune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis, as well as other diseases such as alloimmune diseases and cancer. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039233 | Nucleic acid sequences and their use in methods to identify umami modulatiors Novel chimeric proteins functional to screen for umami taste modulators, the corresponding nucleic acid sequences, expression vectors, transfected host cells, and screening methods for modulators and enhancers of the umami taste response employing the aforementioned... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8021859 | Modified clostridial toxins with altered targeting capabilities for clostridial toxin target cells The specification discloses modified Clostridial toxins comprising a Clostridial toxin enzymatic domain, a Clostridial toxin translocation domain and an enhanced Clostridial toxin binding domain; polynucleotide molecules encoding such modified Clostridial toxins; an... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8012715 | Methods for production of proteins The current invention provides methods for producing a polypeptide as inclusion bodies in bacterial host cells. The present methods are carried out by forming a gene construct comprising the genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide operatively linked to that of an in... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003351 | Activatable recombinant neurotoxins Compositions comprising activatable recombinant neurotoxins and polypeptides derived therefrom. The invention also comprises nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, and methods of making such polypeptides and nucleic acids. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998704 | Methods for magnetic resonance imaging In certain aspects the present invention provides methods and compositions related to contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. In certain variations, contrast agents provided herein are generated in situ via genetic instructions and become potent upon sequest... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993879 | Fluorescent protein sensors for detection of analytes Fluorescent indicators including a binding protein moiety, a donor fluorescent protein moiety, and an acceptor fluorescent protein moiety are described. The binding protein moiety has an analyte-binding region which binds an analyte and causes the indicator to chang... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994123 | Hybrid proteins with ErbB4 extracellular domain and neuregulin heparin-binding domain for targeting Polypeptides of the neuregulin (NRG) heparin binding domain (N-HBD) and nucleic acids coding therefor are disclosed. In particular, fusion polypeptides are produced that comprise, as a targeting structure, a N-HBD polypeptide, fragment, homologue or functional deriv... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989183 | Soluble fusion proteins comprising heterologous polypeptides A soluble fusion protein is disclosed. The soluble fusion protein comprises at least one soluble polypeptide and a heterologous polypeptide being fused thereto, the heterologous polypeptide being normally insoluble and/or suboptimally expressed when expressed in a c... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7964377 | Nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion polypeptide capable of binding VEGF Modified chimeric polypeptides with improved pharmacokinetics are disclosed. Specifically, modified chimeric Flt1 receptor polypeptides that have been modified in such a way as to improve their pharmacokinetic profile are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of mak... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964376 | Chimeric proteins and their use in methods to screen for sweet taste modulators Novel chimeric proteins functional to screen for sweet taste modulators, the corresponding nucleic acid sequences, expression vectors, transfected host cells, and screening methods for modulators and enhancers of the sweet taste response employing the aforementioned... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7947475 | Modified variant Bowman Birk protease inhibitors The present invention relates to modified variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitor proteins (BBPIs) that comprise peptides that bind target proteins, and that are further modified to have greater protease inhibitory activity and/or be produced at greater yields than t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7943345 | Methods, systems and reagents for improved immunodetection The instant invention provides methods, systems and reagents for immunodetection involving novel epitope tags and antibodies which recognize these new epitope tags as well as the antibodies which detect the FLAG epitope tag. Fusion proteins comprising the epitope ta... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932055 | Soluble heterodimeric CD94/NKG2 receptors fusion proteins Soluble versions of heterodimeric receptors, e.g., CD94/NKG2 receptors, and methods of producing and using such constructs, are described. The constructs comprise soluble fragments of, each receptor monomer, and some constructs further comprise at least one immunogl... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928072 | Multimeric constructs Multimeric fusion proteins of an Ig-like domain of Flt-1 are rendered functional by inclusion of a linker moiety. Vectors encoding the fusion proteins and host cells expressing the fusion proteins can be used therapeutically to block neovascularization in individual... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927835 | Nucleic acids encoding P-selectin ligand fusion proteins A novel P-selectin ligand glycoprotein is disclosed, comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or by the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4. DNA sequences encoding the P-selectin ligand protein are also disclosed, along with vectors, host... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7919274 | Light-emitting fusion proteins and diagnostic and therapeutic methods therefor Light-generating fusion proteins having a ligand binding site and a light-generating polypeptide moiety and their use as diagnostics, in drug screening and discovery, and as therapeutics, are disclosed. The light-generating fusion protein has a feature where the bio... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910333 | Antibodies to alpha-synuclein The invention provides methods for detecting alpha-synuclein. The invention also identifies preferred epitopes of alpha synuclein for use in such detection, and provides antibodies specifically binding to such epitopes. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901911 | Polynucleotide encoding IL-6 receptor/IL-6 fusion protein The present invention intends to provide an IL-6R.IL-6 fusion protein and the like in which IL-6R and IL-6 are directly linked without a linker. The IL-6 receptor.IL-6 fusion protein of the present invention has a structure in which one amino acid residue con... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901910 | Embedded expression of insoluble heterologous proteins A method for expressing a heterologous protein in a prokaryotic host cell, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a DNA vector having: (1) a control region operatively linked to a first genetic element ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7879578 | Self-assembled proteins and related methods and protein structures The present invention provides user-directed construction of novel specific homo- and hetero-dimeric, and multimeric assemblages of proteins. The present invention is comprised of gene sequences that transcribe peptide sequences that form links between proteins, whe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7863017 | TAT-utrophin as a protein therapy for dystrophinopathies Disclosed is a fusion protein including a full-length TAT-utrophin or an anti-dystrophinopathic fragment thereof, a method of treating dystrophinopathies (including Duchenne muscular dystrophy) using the fusion protein, a pharmaceutical composition for treating dyst... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863018 | G-CSF polypeptides and uses thereof The present invention relates to G-CSF polypeptides and their uses, particularly for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment in human subjects. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides, vectors comprising such nucleic acids and recombinan... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858345 | Immunogenic polypeptides Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae polypeptides and nucleic acids, as well as nucleic acid expression vectors and host cells containing nucleic acid vectors are provided. In addition, compositions containing M. hyopneumoniae polypeptides and nucleic acids are pr... | 12/28/2010 |