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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. 16, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vincent Wingate, Chapel HIll, NC (US);
Mark Wolff, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Rhone -Poulenc AG Company, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 235 ; 536 231 ; 530350 ; 435325 ; 435348 ; 43525411 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 4352523 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding lepidopteran gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) gated chloride channels. In a preferred embodiment, the nucleic acids encoding lepidopteran GABA gated chloride channels are isolatable from Heliothis virescens. The invention further provides recombinant lepidopteran GABA gated chloride channels and methods for identifying agonists and antagonists to a lepidopteran GABA gated chloride channels.