US 5,583,016 · Granted 1996-12-10

Mammalian telomerase

Nucleic acids comprising the RNA component of a mammalian telomerase are useful as pharmaceutical, therapeutic, and diagnostic reagents.

Fig. 1. Illustration of a DNA double helix. Not this patent’s official drawing.

Patent details

Publication number
US 5,583,016
Filing date
1994-10-27
Grant date
1996-12-10
Assignee
Geron Corporation
Inventor(s)
VILLEPONTEAU; BRYANT, FENG; JUNLI, FUNK; WALTER, ANDREWS; WILLIAM H.
CPC class
C12N15/113

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