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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
James Bunzow, Portland, OR (US);
David K. Grandy, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Sonders, Portland, OR (US);
James Bunzow, Portland, OR (US);
David K. Grandy, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Sonders, Portland, OR (US);
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel mammalian biogenic amine receptor proteins and genes that encode such proteins. The invention is directed toward the isolation and characterization of mammalian trace amine receptor proteins. The invention specifically provides isolated complementary DNA copies of mRNA corresponding to rat and human homologues of a mammalian trace amine receptor gene. Also provided are recombinant expression constructs capable of expressing the mammalian trace amine receptor genes of the invention in cultures of transformed prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, as well as such cultures of transformed cells that synthesize the mammalian trace amine receptor proteins encoded therein. The invention also provides methods for screening compounds in vitro that are capable of binding to the mammalian trace amine receptor proteins of the invention, and further characterizing the binding properties of such compounds and functional consequences thereof in comparison with known trace amine receptor agonists and antagonists. Improved methods of pharmacological screening are provided thereby.