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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Michael J. Gallagher, Salem, NY (US);
Stephen L. Yates, Aurora, OH (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Gallagher, Salem, NY (US);
Stephen L. Yates, Aurora, OH (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/705 (2006.01); C12N 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Novel splice variants of the human H4 histamine receptor are described. The splice variants have delections of portions of the N-terminal of the wild type H4 receptor. The splice variants are useful in methods for identifying agonists, inverse agonists or antagonists of histamnie action at the H4 receptor.