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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:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ashley Antony Barnes, Herts, GB;
Alan Wise, Bedfordshire, GB;
Fiona Hamilton Marshall, Hertfordshire, GB;
Neil James Fraser, Herts, GB;
Julia Helen Margaret White, Herts, GB;
Steven Michael Foord, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Assignee:
Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12P 2/106 ; G01N 3/3566 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/00 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12P 2/106 ; G01N 3/3566 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the novel GABA receptor subtypes GABA -R1 and GABA -R2 as well as to a novel, functional GABA receptor which comprises a heterodimer of GABA -R1 and GABA -R2 receptor subunits. The present invention also relates to variants of the receptors, nucleotide sequences encoding the receptors and variants thereof and novel vectors, stable cell lines, antibodies, screening methods, methods of treatment and methods of receptor production.