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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Timothy James Jegla, Durham, NC (US);
Alan Wickenden, Cary, NC (US);
Yi Liu, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Icagen, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of BK beta 2, BK beta 3, and BK beta 4, antibodies to the BK beta subunits, methods of detecting the BK beta subunits, methods of screening for modulators of Slo potassium channels comprising BK beta subunits, and kits for screening for activators and inhibitors of the Slo family potassium channels comprising BK beta subunits.