Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for performing surveys of the genetic diversity of a population. The invention also relates to methods for performing genetic analyses of a population. The invention further relates to methods for the creation of databases comprising the survey information and the databases created by these methods. The invention also relates to methods for analyzing the information to correlate the presence of nucleic acid markers with desired parameters in a sample. These methods have application in the fields of geochemical exploration, agriculture, bioremediation, environmental analysis, clinical microbiology, forensic science and medicine.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel hyaluronan receptor protein involved in cell locomotion or motility and in cell proliferation and transformation and to DNA sequences encoding this protein. The protein is designated Receptor for Hyaluronic Acid Mediated Motility or RHAMM.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 1995
Date of Patent:
August 6, 2002
Inventors:
Eva Ann Turley, Shuwen Zhang, Jocelyn Entwistle