Patents by Inventor Valentina Di Francesco

Valentina Di Francesco 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).

  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050164263
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Jane Abu-Threideh, Wei Shao, Gennady Merkulov, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human enzyme proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human enzyme proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050164245
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the enzyme peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangcheng Gong, Chunhua Yan, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human enzyme proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human enzyme proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050158789
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the enzyme peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ellen Beasley, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco
  • Isolated human drug-metabolizing proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human drug-metabolizing proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050153345
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marion Webster, Ming-Hui Wei, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050154197
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gennady Merkulov, Karl Guegler, Rhonda Brandon, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human lipase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human lipase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6916473
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the lipase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the lipase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the lipase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human drug-metabolizing proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human drug-metabolizing proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050148013
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karl Guegler, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human Ras-like proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding these human Ras-like proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6913904
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of polypeptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the Ras-like protein polypeptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the Ras-like protein polypeptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the Ras-like protein polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Ye, Chunhua Yan, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human phosphodiesterase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human phosphodiesterase proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050142127
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the phosphodiesterase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the phosphodiesterase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the phosphodiesterase :peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Xin Wang, Gennady Merkulov, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050136514
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley, Gennady Merkulov
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050136476
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Jiayin Li, Fangcheng Gong, Andrei Gabrielian, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human Ras-like proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding these human Ras-like proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6908747
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of polypeptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the Ras-like protein polypeptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the Ras-like protein polypeptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the Ras-like protein polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Gennady V. Merkulov, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050130218
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hongyu Zhang, Chunhua Yan, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050130885
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human drug-metabolizing proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human drug-metabolizing proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6905855
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the proteins of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the proteins of the present invention, and methods of identifying modulators of the proteins of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor Woodage, Ming-Hui Wei, Chinnappa Kodira, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050123982
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaioping Zhu, Chunhua Yan, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050118155
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6900042
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Karen A Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M Beasley
  • Isolated human dehydrogenaseproteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding these human dehydrogenase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6900040
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of polypeptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the dehydrogenase polypeptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the dehydrogenase polypeptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the dehydrogenase polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Zhenya Li, Gennady V Merkulov, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050112714
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas Rusch, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley