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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Paul S. Meissner, Barnesville, MD (US);
Jeannine D. Gocayne, Potomac, MD (US);
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
Human Inositol Monophosphatase H1 polynucleotide and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides and a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques and utilizing such polypeptide for therapeutic purposes, for example, screening and designing compounds capable of inhibiting hIMP-H1 and mapping genetic diseases are disclosed. Further disclosed are antibodies against hIMP-H1 polypeptides and methods for producing such antibodies and utilizing such antibodies for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Also disclosed is antagonists against such polypeptide along with procedures for using such antagonists for therapeutic purposes, for example, for treating psychotic and depressive disorders. Diagnostic assays for identifying mutations in nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of the present invention and for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide of the present invention are also disclosed.