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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Syuji Sato, Tsukuba, JP;
Yasushi Shintani, Toyonaka, JP;
Nobuyuki Miyajima, Tsukuba, JP;
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims at providing a useful and novel G protein-coupled receptor protein and DNA thereof. The G protein-coupled receptor protein of the present invention and the like, and the polynucleotides encoding the receptor protein and the like, are useful for; 1) determination of ligands (agonists); 2) preparation of antibodies and antisera; 3) construction of recombinant receptor protein expression systems; 4) development of the receptor binding assay systems using the expression systems and screening of pharmaceutical candidate compounds; 5) effecting drug design based on comparison with structurally similar ligand receptors; 6) reagents for preparation of probes and PCR primers for gene diagnosis; 7) production of transgenic animals; and 8) pharmaceutical drugs for the gene prophylaxis and gene therapy.