Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kristina Bierker-Brady
  • XIAP IRES and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6171821
    Abstract: The invention features purified nucleic acid encoding a novel internal ribosome entry site (IRES) sequence from the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) gene. The invention also features methods for using the XIAP IRES to increase cap-independent translation of polypeptide coding sequences linked to the XIAP IRES, and methods for isolating compounds that modulate cap-independent translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Apoptogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Korneluk, Martin Holcik, Peter Liston