Patents by Inventor Marianne Wessling-Resnick

Marianne Wessling-Resnick 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).

  • Iron transport protein
    Patent number: 5780264
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel protein of general significance to the cellular transport of nontransferrin bound iron. This heretofore unidentified protein, which is termed "stimulator of Fe (iron) transport" (SFT) protein, is essential to an alternative pathway of iron uptake. The cDNA encoding the SFT protein has been cloned and sequenced. The gene for the SFT protein has been mapped to chromosome 10, 17% of the distance from the centromere to the telomere of chromosome arm 10q, an area that corresponds to band 10q21. In addition, the amino acid structural identity of the SFT protein has been deduced, represented in a predicted transmembrane structure with a 6-transmembrane motif.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: The President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Marianne Wessling-Resnick, Jesus Gutierrez