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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E. Williams, Carlsad, CA (US);
Kenneth A. Stauderman, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael M. Harpold, El Cajon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/511 ; C12N 1/500 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07K 5/00 ;
Abstract
Isolated nucleic acid encoding calcium channel &agr; -subunits, including subunits encoded by nucleic acid that arises as splice variants of primary transcripts, is provided. Cells and vectors containing the nucleic acid and methods for identifying compounds that modulate the activity of calcium channels that contain &agr; -subunits are also provided.