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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sultan Ahmad, Quebec, CA;
Denis Banville, Quebec, CA;
Yves Fortin, Quebec, CA;
Paola Lembo, Quebec, CA;
Dajan O'Donnell, Quebec, CA;
Shi-Hsiang Shen, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3566 ; C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07K 1/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3566 ; C12N 1/512 ; C12N 1/563 ; C07K 1/400 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to novel G protein-coupled receptors that are found predominantly in the dorsal root ganglia. The invention encompasses both the receptor proteins as well as nucleic acids encoding the proteins. In addition, the present invention is directed to methods and compositions which utilize the receptors.