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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marlene A Jacobson, Elkins Park, PA (US);
Christopher J Luneau, Lansdale, PA (US);
Robert G Johnson, Rosemont, PA (US);
Christopher A Salvatore, North Wales, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530350 ; 435 691 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 536 235 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns recombinant human adenosine receptors A1, A2a, A2b and A3 which have been prepared by cDNA cloning and polymerase chain reaction techniques. The invention also concerns expression systems for these receptors and an assay using the expression systems. The recombinant adenosine receptors comprising the invention can be utililized in an assay to identify and evaluate entities that bind to or enhance binding to adenosine receptors.