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US 7,923,545 B2Granted
Caterpiller gene family
AssigneeThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
InventorsJenny P.-Y Ting, Michael W. Linhoff, Jonathan A. Harton, Kristi L. Williams, Brian J. Conti, Jinghua Zhang, Xin-sheng Zhu
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a new family of structurally and functionally related nucleic acids and proteins, designed the CATERPILLER family, which is characterized by landmark structural motifs including a nucleotide binding domain and leucine-rich repeat domains.
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An isolated nucleic acid encoding a CATERPILLER 16.2 polypeptide comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:27;
- (b) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28;
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- (c) a nucleotide sequence that differs from the nucleotide sequences of (a), (b) or (c) above due to the degeneracy of the genetic code.
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