Assay for growth differentiation factor 9
CA 2325019 A1 · Owner: Matzuk, Martin M. · Inventors: Matzuk, Martin M.; Elvin, Julia A.; Wang, Pei
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The present invention relates to a method of identifying an agent which alters (inhibits, enhances) activity of GDF-9. The method involves combining cells having a receptor for GDF-9 and a gene wherein expression of the gene is , regulated by binding of GDF-9 to the receptor; GDF-9; and an agent to be assessed. The combination produced is maintained under conditions appropriate for binding of GDF-9 to the receptors on the cells. The extent to which binding of GDF-9 to the receptors on the cells occurs is then determined wherein binding of GDF-9 to the receptor to a lesser or greater extent in the presence of the agent to be assessed than in its absence is indicative of an , agent …
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- Filed April 1, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 1, 2019.
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