Patent ID: 6849398
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A process for identifying the presence of a proteolytic cleavage activity within a sample, the process comprising the following steps: Step A: admixing the sample, potentially including a proteolytic enzyme or antibody, with an encoded reaction cassette under conditions for enabling the cleavage activity, if present within the sample, to cleave the encoded reaction cassette, Step B: isolating the soluble phase cleavage product produced in said Step A, if any; then Step C: amplifying, by PCR, the encoding sequence of the soluble phase cleavage product isolated in said Step B; then Step D: detecting the amplified encoding sequence of the soluble phase cleavage product of said Step C, if any, for identifying the presence of the proteolytic cleavage activity within the sample.