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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ullamari Pesonen, Turku, FI;
Markku Koulu, Turku, FI;
Markku Linnoila, Bethesda, MD (US);
David Goldman, Potomac, MD (US);
Matti Virkkunen, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 435-4 ; 4353201 ; 4352402 ; 4352523 ; 4352404 ; 43525411 ; 4352549 ; 530350 ; 2041828 ; 536 231 ; 536 243 ; 536 2432 ;
Abstract
An allelic variant of the 5HT7 serotonin receptor was discovered. Family study data indicate that this variant can be correlated to alchoholic offerders. DNA encoding the variant protein, the protein itself, vectors containing the variant gene and cell lines carrying a vector with the variant gene are part of the invention.