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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Michel Seve, Grenoble, FR;
Alain Favier, Bernin, FR;
Inventors:
Michel Seve, Grenoble, FR;
Alain Favier, Bernin, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to protein ZnT-8 which is specifically expressed in the pancreatic beta cells in islets of Langerhans, to a polynucleotide encoding said protein which is involved in the maturation and exocytosis of insulin, and to the applications thereof, for example, for sorting and studying beta cells and for screening medicine acting on diabetes and hyperinsulinism.