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Fluorescent protein indicators

Patent 6469154 Issued on October 22, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 21, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

Fluorescent indicator dyes for calcium ions
Patent #: 4603209
Issued on: 07/29/1986
Inventor: Tsien ,   et al.

Fluorescent indicator dyes for calcium working at long wavelengths
Patent #: 5049673
Issued on: 09/17/1991
Inventor: Tsien, et al.

Detection of analytes using fluorescent energy transfer
Patent #: 5439797
Issued on: 08/08/1995
Inventor: Tsien, et al.

Method of detecting biologically active substances by using green fluorescent protein
Patent #: 5958713
Issued on: 09/28/1999
Inventor: Thastrup, et al.

Fluorescent protein sensors for detection of analytes Patent #: 5998204
Issued on: 12/07/1999
Inventor: Tsien, et al.

Inventors

Application

No. 316919 filed on 05/21/1999

US Classes:

536/23.5, Encodes an animal polypeptide435/69.1, Recombinant DNA technique included in method of making a protein or polypeptide435/320.1, VECTOR, PER SE (E.G., PLASMID, HYBRID PLASMID, COSMID, VIRAL VECTOR, BACTERIOPHAGE VECTOR, ETC.) BACTERIOPHAGE VECTOR, ETC.)435/325ANIMAL CELL, PER SE (E.G., CELL LINES, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANIMAL CELL; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFORE

Examiners

Primary: Mertz, Prema
Assistant: Murphy, Joseph F.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

C12N 015/63
C12N 005/00
C12N 015/12
C07H 021/04

Abstract

The present invention provides polypeptide and polynucleotides encoding fluorescent indicators having inserted within a fluorescent moiety a sensor polypeptide. Also provided are methods of using the fluorescent indicator. Circularly permuted fluorescent polypeptides and polynucleotides are also provided.

Other References

  • Romoser et al. Detection in living cells of Ca++-dependent changes in the fluorescence emission of an indicator composed of two green fluorescent protein variants linked by a calmodulin-binding sequence. J. Biol. Che. 1997 vol. 272, No. 20 pp. 13270-1327.
  • Miyawaki et al. Fluorescent indicators for Ca++based on green fluorescent proteins and calmodulin. Nature. 1997, vol. 388, No. 6645, pp. 882-887.
  • Abedi, et al., Genetic insertion of peptides into pre-selected regions of GFP, Nucl. Acids Res., 26:623-630 (1998)
  • Graf, et al., Random circular permutation, Proc. Natl. Acad., 93:11591-11596 (1996
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