Patent ID: 7407771
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: A61K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A method for inhibiting the induction of cell death in vitro, comprising treating cells with a G1 protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4 to inhibit the induction of cell death, said G1 protein being capable of binding to or interacting directly with MORT-1 and/or any of the MORT-1-binding proteins, wherein said treating of said cells comprises introducing into said cells said G1 protein in a form suitable for intracellular introduction thereof, or introducing into said cells a nucleotide sequence encoding said G1 protein in the form of a suitable vector carrying said sequence, said vector capable of effecting the insertion of said sequence into said cells in a way that said sequence is expressed in said cells, thereby inhibiting the induction of cell death.