Histone deacetylases, and uses related thereto
Patent Number: 6777217
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday March 26th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday August 17th, 2004
Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Inventors: Schreiber, Stuart L. (Boston, MA); Taunton, Jack (Somerville, MA); Hassig, Christian A. (Somerville, MA); Jamison, Timothy F. (Cambridge, MA)
From Class: Expansion
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This patent appears to be a composition of matter patent on various histone deacetylases. These proteins, histone deacetylases, are very important in controlling gene expression. Typically histone deacetylases suppress gene expression by deacetylazing histones, which control large parts of the DNA. Since histone deacetylase inhibitors actually stimulate expression of genes that are normally turn off, the transfection of histone deacetylases should be useful for turning off genes that should be turned on.
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