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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Kathryn J Elliott, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven B Ellis, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael M Harpold, El Cajon, CA (US);
SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
Nucleic acid encoding human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha and beta subunits, mammalian and amphibian cells containing said DNA, methods for producing alpha and beta subunits and recombinant (i.e., isolated or substantially pure) alpha subunits (specifically .alpha..sub.4 and .alpha..sub.7) and beta subunits (specifically .beta..sub.4) are provided. In addition, combinations of subunits (i.e., .alpha..sub.1, .alpha..sub.2, .alpha..sub.3, .alpha..sub.4, and/or .alpha..sub.7 subunits in combination with .beta..sub.4 subunits; or .beta..sub.2, .beta..sub.3 and/or .beta..sub.4 subunits in combination with .alpha..sub.4 and/or .alpha..sub.7 subunits) are provided.