Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lori E. Kerber - Justia Patents Search

Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lori E. Kerber

Human platelet heparanase polypeptides, polynucleotide molecules that encode them, and methods for the identification of compounds that alter heparanase activity

Patent number: 6387643

Abstract: The present invention provides isolated human heparanase polypeptides, and the isolated polynucleotide molecules that encode them, as well as vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotide molecules. The invention also provides a method for the identification of an agent that alters heparanase activity.

Type: Grant

Filed: February 18, 1999

Date of Patent: May 14, 2002

Assignee: Pharmacia and Upjohn Company

Inventors: Robert Leroy Heinrikson, Michael B. Fairbanks, Ana M. Mildner