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7385032 Bimer or an oligomer of a dimer, trimer, quadromer or pentamer of recombinant fusion proteins  
The invention relates to oligomers of a dimer, trimer, quatromer or pentamer of recombinant fusion proteins. The oligomers are characterized in that the recombinant fusion proteins have at least...
7384915 Chimeric insulin-gad proteins for treating patients with type 1 diabetes or at risk of developing type 1 diabetes  
Novel chimeric fusion proteins comprising immunodominant epitopes of GAD and insulin are provided. Also provided are immunomodulatory methods for the use of such proteins for both the prevention...
7384735 Retinoblastoma nucleic acids  
This invention relates to nucleic acid, or fragments thereof, encoding the retinoblastoma polypeptide, the retinoblastoma polypeptide itself, methods of detecting a defective retinoblastoma gene in...
7384638 Compounds and methods for treatment and diagnosis of Chlamydial infection  
Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydial infection are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of a Chlamydia ...
7381544 Nucleic acid that encodes a fusion protein  
This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a...
7378512 Production of proteins by autoproteolytic cleavage  
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a heterologous polypeptide with homogeneous N-terminus in a bacterial host cell, wherein the heterologous polypeptide is...
7378492 CD40-related receptor that binds CD40L  
Various embodiments of the invention provide human receptors and membrane-associated proteins (REMAP) and Q polynucleotides which identify and encode REMAP. Embodiments of the invention also...
7378095 Methods of treating type I diabetes by blocking VEGF-mediated activity  
Methods of treating diabetes in mammals, particularly humans, by blocking or inhibiting VEGF-mediated activity. A preferred inhibitor of VEGF-mediated activity is a VEGF antagonist such as the VEGF...
7375203 Canine cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor 1  
The present invention provides nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences describing a novel canine cold- and menthol-sensitive receptor, herein named as canine CMR1 (cCMR1). The isolated nucleic acid...
7374912 Nucleic acids encoding chimeric interleukin-6 soluble receptor/ligand protein, analogs thereof and uses thereof  
Chimeric proteins constructed from the fusion of the naturally occurring form of the soluble IL-6 receptor and IL-6 which are useful for treatment of cancer and liver disorders, enhancement of bone...
7368554 Polynucleotides encoding BSL2v1c2-Ig  
The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding B7-related factors that modulate the activation of immune or inflammatory response cells, such as T-cells. Also provided are expression vectors...
7365181 Probes for chondrogenesis  
Markers for detecting and staging chondrogenesis in cells are provided. In one aspect the markers are isolated polynucleotides, referred to hereinafter as CZF-1 and CZF-2, and fragments thereof. In...
7361487 Enzyme fusion proteins and their use  
Cellulase fusion proteins comprising an endoglucanase core region and a heterologous cellulose binding domain are described. The fusion proteins may be produced by recombinant techniques using...
7358354 Polynucleotides encoding BSL3  
The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding B7-related factors that modulate the activation of immune or inflammatory response cells, such as T-cells. Also provided are expression vectors...
7358086 Mammalian two-hybrid system for screening for modulators of the accumulation of metabolic products  
This invention utilizes a two-hybrid system to screen for agents that modulate the ability of a cell to degrade or to accumulate a metabolic product or to selective kill a cell or to selectively...
7358084 Enhanced secretion of a polypeptide by a microorganism  
Described herein are methods for the enhanced production of secreted proteins. The secretion of a protein of interest having a substantially non-polar carboxy tail is enhanced by the placement of...
7355019 Cysteine-containing peptide tag for site-specific conjugation of proteins  
The present invention is directed to a biological conjugate, comprising: (a) a targeting moiety comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence comprising the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID...
7355018 Modified IGF1 polypeptides with increased stability and potency  
A targeting fusion protein comprising a component that comprises a (i) ligand or derivative or fragment thereof that binds a pre-selected target surface protein, such as a receptor, and (ii) an...
7354582 Use of VEGF antagonists for the treatment of malignant gliomas  
Methods for treating a human patient suffering from a brain tumor, including glioblastoma, by administering an effective amount of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor to the human...
7354581 Therapeutic combination of a VEGF antagonist and anti-hypertensive agent  
Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating a disease or condition related to angiogenesis with a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor and one or more anti-hypertensive...
7354579 Method of treating cancer with a VEGF antagonist and an anti-proliferative agent  
Methods of treating cancer and/or reducing or inhibiting tumor growth in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering pharmaceutical composition comprising a vascular endothelial cell growth...
7354578 Method of tumor regression with VEGF inhibitors  
Methods of regressing or inhibiting a tumor in a subject by administering an agent capable of blocking, inhibiting, or ameliorating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated activity to a...
7351535 Compositions and methods for increasing cholesterol efflux and raising HDL using ATP binding cassette transporter protein ABC1  
The present invention relates to novel ABC1 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also relates to recombinant vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising...
7351411 Methods of treating anemia by inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)  
Methods of treating anemic disorders in human subjects comprising administering a VEGF antagonist comprising a fusion polypeptide having an immunoglobulin-like (Ig) domain 2 of the VEGF receptor...
7348422 Fused protein, gene therefor, recombinant vector, recombinant virus, and its use  
A DNA coding for a fusion protein comprising a polypeptide having the antigenicity of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and a polypeptide derived from Herpesvirus outer membrane protein, in which the...
7348409 Antimicrobially active peptide  
An antimicrobially active peptide comprises the DCD protein or a fragment of DCD, preferably derived from the C-terminal region.
7344870 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase  
The present invention provides for a substantially pure human or rabbit 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase.
7344860 Polynucleotide encoding a novel human P2X7 splice variant, HBMYP2X7v  
The present invention provides novel polynucleotides encoding HBMYP2X7v polypeptides, fragments and homologues thereof. Also provided are vectors, host cells, antibodies, and recombinant and...
7339042 Gene delivery to tumors  
Disclosed are methods and compositions for gene therapy for tumors. Cytotoxic agents are selectively expressed in endothelial cells of tumor blood vessels, and delivered to tumor cells adjacent to...
7335759 Recombinant immunogens for the generation of antivenoms to the venom of scorpions of the genus Centruroides  
The invention concerns genes and fusion of genes that code for scorpion toxins and the corresponding polypeptides. The invention also concerns the use of the polypeptides as immunogens for the...
7335733 Tissue cement proteins from Rhipicephalus appendiculatus  
The present invention relates to tissue cement proteins produced by certain species of blood-feeding ectoparasites. These proteins and compositions comprising these proteins are particularly useful...
7332595 DNA sequences encoding peptide sequences specific for the hepatic stages of P. falciparum bearing epitopes capable of stimulating the T lymphocytes  
The invention discloses isolated DNA sequences encoded by polypeptides characterized by the presence in their structure of one or more sequences bearing all or part of one or more T epitopes, and...
7332574 MDL-1 polypeptides  
The purification and isolation of various genes which encode mammalian cell surface polypeptides. Nucleic acids, proteins, antibodies, and other reagents useful in modulating development of cells,...
7332316 Plant cytokinin oxidase  
The present invention relates to methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism comprising expression of a plant...
7329744 Fusion genes associated with acute megakaryoblastoc leukemias  
The invention relates to human nucleotide sequences which occur as a result of the t(1;22)(p13;q13) chromosomal translocation event which is known to occur almost invariable in young children with...
7329530 Chimaeric phages  
The invention relates to the field of generating helper phages and phage display libraries for the identification of binding molecules. The invention provide chimaeric phages having a coat...
7326781 Polynucleotides encoding the human citron kinase polypeptide, BMSNKC—0020/0021  
The present invention describes a novel human protein kinase related to citron kinase, and its encoding polynucleotide. Also described are expression vectors, host cells, antisense molecules, and...
7326548 Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same  
The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors,...
7321028 Molecules of the pyrin domain protein family and uses thereof  
Novel NBS-1 or PYRIN-1 polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition to isolated NBS-1 or PYRIN-1 proteins, the invention further provides NBS-1 or PYRIN-1 fusion...
7320796 Isolation, identification and characterization of tmst2, a novel member of the TNF-receptor supergene family  
Novel TNF receptor polypeptides are disclosed, along with polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides and uses thereof.
7320795 Rodent hepatitis B virus core proteins as vaccine platforms and methods of use thereof  
The present invention relates to hepatitis virus core proteins and nucleic acids. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods comprising recombinant hepatitis virus core...
7319144 Polynucleotides encoding a multiple epitope fusion antigen for use in an HCV antigen/antibody combination assay  
The invention relates to a method of detecting HCV infection in a biological sample, the method comprising providing an immunoassay solid support, comprising an HCV anti-core antibody, an antigen...
7319143 Genetically-engineered MHC molecules  
The invention provides DNA molecules encoding a chimeric polypeptide comprising (a) a component of a MHC molecule capable of association on a cell surface with an endogenous MHC molecule component...
7317099 Polynucleotides encoding stem cell growth factor-like polypeptides  
The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human secreted stem cell growth factor-like...
7316924 Twin-arginine translocation in Bacillus  
Described herein are methods to enhance protein secretion in a host cell. In preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-positive microorganism such as a Bacillus . In another preferred...
7314925 Constructs and methods for expression of recombinant HCV envelope proteins  
The current invention relates to vectors and methods for efficient expression of HCV envelope proteins in eukaryotic cells. More particularly said vectors comprise the coding sequence for an avian...
7314868 Compositions and methods for elimination of unwanted cells  
Disclosed are compositions comprising a recombinant nucleic acid vector including a nucleotide sequence encoding a syncytium-inducing polypeptide expressible on a eukaryotic cell surface, and a...
7314864 Humanin, a polypeptide suppressing neuronal death  
The present invention provides polypeptides that suppresses neuronal death associated with Alzheimer's disease. Using a neuronal cell system, wherein the expression of familial Alzheimer's disease...
7314753 Cytoplasmic expression of antibodies, antibody fragments and antibody fragment fusion proteins in E. coli  
The invention relates to the cytoplasmic expression of antibodies, antibody fragments and antibody fragment fusion molecules in E. coli . In particular, antibody fragment fusion molecules having...
7314747 SMRT co-repressors, transcriptional co-repressors that interact with nuclear hormone receptors  
The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding a family of silencing mediators of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone receptor (SMRT) isoforms, including vertebrate and...