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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
May. 18, 2006
Osamu Ohara, Kisarazu, JP;
Takahiro Nagase, Kisarazu, JP;
Michio Ohishi, Kisarazu, JP;
Daisuke Okajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Ohara, Kisarazu, JP;
Takahiro Nagase, Kisarazu, JP;
Michio Ohishi, Kisarazu, JP;
Daisuke Okajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Kazusa DNA Research Institute Foundation, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
Methods of providing a protein having a function as a G-protein coupled receptor and methods of identifying a compound that inhibits or promotes a function of the protein and/or expression of a DNA encoding the protein are provided. Methods for identifying an anti-depressant drug or a compound That has an anti-depressant action and methods for diagnosing depression are also provided.