Oxytocin receptor and DNA coding therefor
AssigneeRohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
InventorsOsamu Tanizawa, Hiroto Okayama, Fumitaka Saji, Chihiro Azuma, Tadashi Kimura
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a receptor for a posterior pituitary hormone, oxytocin; a DNA sequence encoding for the receptor; a recombinant DNA molecule containing the DNA sequence and a transformant comprising the recombinant DNA molecule. The present invention further relates to methods of detection and diagnosis and a kit to aid in same which comprise either oxytocin, its receptor or antibodies to the receptor.
Claims5
An isolated DNA segment encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or portion thereof of at least 6 amino acids in length.
An isolated DNA segment having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, or portion thereof of at least 18 nucleotides in length.
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