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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shen Shi-Hsiang, Beaconsfield, CA;
Ahmad Sultan, Dorval, CA;
Claes Wahlestedt, Montreal, CA;
Philippe Walker, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
AstraZeneca Canada Inc., Mississauga, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/4705 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/570 ; C12N 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/4705 ; C12N 1/509 ; C12N 1/570 ; C12N 5/06 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a novel receptor for galanin which has been designated as galanin receptor 2. The invention encompasses both the receptor protein as well as nucleic acids encoding the protein. In addition, the present invention is directed to methods and compositions which rely upon either GAL-R2 proteins or nucleic acids.