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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Nika Adham, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Beth Borowsky, Montclair, NJ (US);
Nigel Levens, Allschwil, CH;
Radek Ctirad Skoda, Basel, CH;
Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation, Paramus, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide, a purified polypeptide, vectors comprising isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide, cells comprising such vectors, antibodies directed to a polypeptide, nucleic acid probes useful for detecting nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide, antisense oligonucleotides complementary to unique sequences of nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide, nonhuman transgenic animals which express DNA encoding a normal or a mutant polypeptide, methods of isolating a polypeptide, methods of treatment eating disorders as well as methods of determining binding of compounds to polypeptides.