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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Applicants:
H. Robert Horvitz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Rajesh Ranganathan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
H. Robert Horvitz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Rajesh Ranganathan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 67/00 (2006.01); A61K 67/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention features substantially pure nucleic acid sequences encoding wild-type or mutant serotonin reuptake transporter (SERT) polypeptides, as well as the polypeptides themselves. The invention also features methods for identifying modulators of the biological activity of a SERT and for identifying if such a modulator has a secondary target. In addition, the invention features methods for treating a condition in a subject.