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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fabrice Duprat, Vallauris, FR;
Florian Lesage, Paris, FR;
Michel Fink, La Bocca, FR;
Michel Lazdunski, Nice, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ; C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07H 2/102 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a new member of a recently recognized TWIK potassium,channel family, herein identified as TASK, for TWIK-related acid-sensitive K,channel. This is the first cloned mammalian channel that produces K,currents that possesses all the characteristics of background conductances. The invention also relates to various constructs including the TASK or related human potassium channel family, and their uses.