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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999

Filed:

May. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Margaret A Cascieri, East Windsor, NJ (US);

Gary A Chicchi, East Brunswick, NJ (US);

Michael P Graziano, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);

Patricia J Hey, Fanwood, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 231 ; 530350 ; 536 235 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 4352523 ; 43525411 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract

A synthetic human glucagon (hGlu) binding protein designated hGlu.DELTA.252-259 binding protein is cloned, expressed and used in an in vitro assay to screen for compounds that bind to the synthetic binding protein, including compounds that specifically stimulate or inhibit the binding of glucagon to the synthetic receptor. The invention includes the assay, the synthetic binding protein used in the assay, DNA encoding the synthetic binding protein, cells expressing the synthetic binding protein, and compounds identified through the use of the synthetic binding protein.


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