Patents Examined by David Schmickey
  • Human transglutaminases
    Patent number: 5514579
    Abstract: Human prostatic and placental transglutaminases are identified and cloned. The human transglutaminases herein are useful for, inter alia, therapeutic wound repair, closure of skin grafts, stabilizing food preparations, and markers for identifying agents which act as agonists or antagonists of cellular apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Zymogenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. O'Hara, Francis J. Grant, Paul O. Sheppard