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US 7,442,520 B2Granted
Gene BRCC-3 and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof
AssigneeGeorgetown University
InventorsUsha Kasid, Prafulla Gokhale, Deepak Kumar, Howard Boudreau, Imran Ahmad, Anatoly Dritschilo, Aquilur Rahman
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Abstract
A gene that is a modulator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. This gene and corresponding polypeptide have diagnostic and therapeutic application for detecting and treating cancers that involve expression of BRCC-3 such as breast cancer and lung cancer.
Claims8
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a polynucleotide encoding the amino acid sequence contained in SEQ ID NO:2;
- and
- (b) the polynucleotide complement of the polynucleotide of (a).
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleic acid sequence contained in SEQ ID NO:1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.