BEN Z STANGER
Broker in Brookline, MA

License number
Massachusetts 115593
Issued Date
Nov 1, 1979
Expiration Date
Aug 11, 2002
Type
Broker
Address
Address
Brookline, MA 02445

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Cell Death Protein

US Patent:
5674734, Oct 7, 1997
Filed:
May 18, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/444005
Inventors:
Philip Leder - Chestnut Hill MA
Brian Seed - Boston MA
Ben Z. Stanger - Brookline MA
Tae-Ho Lee - Daejeon, KR
Emily Kim - Chestnut Hill MA
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA
The General Hospital Corporation - Boston MA
International Classification:
C12N 120, C07H 2102, C07H 2104, C12P 2106
US Classification:
4352523
Abstract:
Disclosed is a protein, designated RIP, which contains a death domain at its carboxy terminus and a kinase domain at its amino terminus. RIP interacts with the Fas/APO-1 intracellular domain and the TNFR1 intracellular domain. When expressed in transformed host cells, recombinant RIP promotes apoptosis. Also disclosed are DNA molecules encoding RIP, anti-RIP antibodies, and screening methods for discovering inhibitors of RIP-dependent apoptosis.