Patents Assigned to Bayer Aktiegsesellschaft
  • Promoter of the gene for the human precursor of the alzheimer's disease and its use
    Patent number: 5853985
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the promoter of the gene for the human precursor of the Alzheimer's Disease A4 amyloid protein (PAD gene). Another object of the present invention is the use of this promoter in a method of establishing a screening model for the Alzheimer's Disease. Thus, the present invention is also related to a vector useful in the transfection of cells and the cells and animals transfected therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiegsesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Michael Hermann Salbaum, Colin Louis Masters, Konrad Traugott Beyreuter