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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. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew D. Howard, Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Douglas J. MacNeil, Westfield, NJ (US);
Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (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 DNA molecules encoding splice variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC-R1) protein belonging to the rhodopsin sub-family of G-protein coupled receptors, recombinant vectors comprising DNA molecules encoding MC-R1B protein, recombinant host cells which contain a recombinant vector encoding MC-R1B, the human MC-R1B protein encoded by the DNA molecule, and methods of identifying selective agonists and antagonists of MC-R1B proteins disclosed throughout this specification.