Mitinori Saitou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Abstract: The present invention describes and claims two primordial germ cell-specifically expressed genes, GCR1 (Fragilis) and GCR2 (Stella), which are markers for primordial germ cells and may be used to identify such cells in cell populations.
Abstract: We describe two primordial germ cell-specifically expressed genes, GCR1 (Fragilis) and GCR2 (Stella), as well as their fragments, homologues, variants or derivatives thereof which are markers for primordial germ cells and may be used to identify such cells in cell populations.