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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2001
Hiromichi Yokoi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kohei Inamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Yorikata Sano, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Miyake, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinobu Mochizuki, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiromichi Yokoi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kohei Inamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Yorikata Sano, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Miyake, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinobu Mochizuki, Ibaraki, JP;
Astellas Pharms Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A novel polypeptide which is useful in searching for a therapeutic agent for diabetes, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, a cell transfected with the expression vector, an antibody binding to the polypeptide, and a method of screening a therapeutic agent for diabetes are disclosed. The polypeptide is a novel background potassium channel expressed in the pancreas.