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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Douglas J. Macneil, Westfield, NJ (US);
David H. Weinberg, Westfield, NJ (US);
Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Douglas J. MacNeil, Westfield, NJ (US);
David H. Weinberg, Westfield, NJ (US);
Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/567 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to rhesus monkey DNA molecules encoding the melanocortin-4 receptor protein, recombinant vectors comprising DNA molecules encoding rhesus MC-4R, recombinant host cells which contain a recombinant vectors encoding rhesus MC-4R, the rhesus MC-4R protein encoded by the DNA molecule, and methods of identifying selective agonists and antagonists of rhesus MC-4R.