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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Ruoping Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Chen W. Liaw, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin P. Lowitz, San Diego, CA (US);
Derek T. Chalmers, Riverside, CT (US);
Dominic P. Behan, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ruoping Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Chen W. Liaw, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin P. Lowitz, San Diego, CA (US);
Derek T. Chalmers, Riverside, CT (US);
Dominic P. Behan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arena Phamaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention disclosed in this patent document relates to transmembrane receptors, more particularly to a human G protein-coupled receptor for which the endogenous ligand is unknown ('orphan GPCR receptors'), and most particularly to mutated (non-endogenous) versions of the human GPCRs for evidence of constitutive activity.