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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven M Reppert, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are DNAs encoding melatonin 1a receptor gene promoter regions, recombinant polypeptides expressed from such DNAs, and methods of using such expression constructs to screen for promoter activators or inhibitors. Transcriptional activators are useful as therapeutics to reentrain endogenous melatonin rhythms as a means of treating circadian rhythm disorders in humans and control reproductive cycles in seasonally breeding animals. Transcriptional inhibitors are useful as therapeutics to control the initiation or timing of puberty in humans.