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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josephine Yuen-Wai Lai, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alden Keith Henderson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stephen Henderson Buck, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William R Roeske, Tucson, AZ (US);
Henry J Yamamura, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shigetada Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435357 ; 4353201 ; 435 691 ; 4351723 ; 435354 ; 435356 ; 536 2351 ; 935 66 ; 935-9 ; 935 70 ;
Abstract
A method for producing high level expression of neuropeptide receptors and stable cell lines useful therein. This method involves culturing a cell line containing amplified copies of a cDNA sequence encoding a neuropeptide receptor containing an expression control sequence taken from the .beta.-actin transcriptional control element.