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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:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pamela B. Conley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hans-Michael Jantzen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07K 1/600 ; C07K 1/628 ; A61K 3/9395 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07K 1/600 ; C07K 1/628 ; A61K 3/9395 ;
Abstract
A novel subtype of the P -purinergic receptor, referred to as the P receptor, is disclosed. This receptor is activated by four of its agonists in the following order of specificity: UTP>UDP>ADP>ATP. Nucleic acids encoding the receptor, antibodies that bind to the receptor and associated screening and therapeutic methods also are disclosed.