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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1996
Kelli E Smith, Wayne, NJ (US);
Christophe P Gerald, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Richard L Weinshank, Teaneck, NJ (US);
David Linemeyer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Theresa Branchek, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Carlos Forray, Paramus, NJ (US);
Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation, Paramus, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a mammalian galanin receptor, an isolated galanin receptor protein, vectors comprising an isolated nucleic acid encoding a galanin receptor, cells comprising such vectors, antibodies directed to the galanin receptor, nucleic acid probes useful for detecting nucleic acid encoding galanin receptors, antisense oligonucleotides complementary to unique sequences of a nucleic acid encoding a galanin receptor, nonhuman transgenic animals which express DNA encoding a normal or a mutant galanin receptor, as well as methods of determining binding of compounds to the galanin receptor.