Patents by Inventor Alice Y. Welch

Alice Y. Welch 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).

  • &bgr;-cap73 control of normal and abnormal cell migration
    Patent number: 6780987
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated &bgr;CAP73 nucleic acid molecules, which encode a novel actin binding protein. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing &bgr;CAP73 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a &bgr;CAP73 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated &bgr;CAP73 proteins, fusion proteins, mutant proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-&bgr;CAP73 antibodies. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Trustees of the Tufts College
    Inventors: Ira Herman, Alice Y. Welch