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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
May. 27, 1994
Joseph A Beavo, Seattle, WA (US);
Jackie D Corbin, Nashville, TN (US);
Kenneth M Ferguson, Bothell, WA (US);
Sharron H Francis, Nashville, TN (US);
Ann Kadlecek, Seattle, WA (US);
Kate Loughney, Seattle, WA (US);
Linda M McAllister-Lucas, Nashville, TN (US);
William K Sonnenburg, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Melissa K Thomas, Boston, MA (US);
ICOS Corporation, Bothell, WA (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Board of Regents of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides novel purified and isolated nucleotide sequences encoding the cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase designated cGB-PDE. Also provided by the invention are methods and materials for the recombinant production of cGB-PDE polypeptide products and methods for identifying compounds which modulate the enzymatic activity of cGB-PDE polypeptides.