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US 5,686,266 AGranted
Human brain sodium dependent inorganic phosphate cotransproter and related nucleic acid compounds
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorsBinhui Ni, Steven M. Paul
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Abstract
This invention describes a novel human brain Na.sup.+ -dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter, designated the hBNPI protein. This invention also encompasses nucleic acids encoding this protein, or a fragment thereof, as well as methods employing this protein and the nucleic acid compounds.
Claims13
An isolated nucleic acid encoding an amino acid compound functional as a human brain Na.sup.+ -dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter, said cotransporter comprising the amino acid sequence which is SEQ ID NO:2, or a functional equivalent thereof, or a fragment of at least 6 continuous amino acids thereof.
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