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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven M. Reppert, Newton, MA (US);
David R. Weaver, Londonderry, NH (US);
Mark Zylka, Pasadena, CA (US);
Xiaowei Jin, Boston, MA (US);
Kazuhiko Kume, Belmont, MA (US);
Sriram Sathyanarayanan, Somerville, MA (US);
Lauren Shearman, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
The invention is based, in part, on the discovery that the CRY proteins and the PER2 protein function as important modulators of mammalian circadian rhythm. The invention includes methods of modulating the circadian rhythm and identifying compounds that modulate the circadian rhythm.