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US 6,387,655 B1Granted
Excitatory amino acid receptor protein and related nucleic acid compounds
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorsJ. Paul Burnett, Jr., Nancy Gail Mayne, Robert Leon Sharp
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Abstract
This invention describes a novel human glutamate receptors, designated HmGluR3. This invention also encompasses nucleic acids encoding this receptor, or a fragment thereof, as well as methods employing this receptor and the nucleic acid compounds.
Claims18
An isolated nucleic acid encoding the human metabotropic glutamate receptor which comprises the amino acid sequence designated as SEQ ID NO:2.
An isolated human metabotropic glutamate receptor which comprises the amino acid sequence designated herein SEQ ID NO:2.
A method for producing mGlur3 protein comprising the steps of:
- a) expressing a gene sequence identified herein as SEQ ID NO:1 in a suitable host cell such that a recombinant protein comprising SEQ ID NO:2 is expressed;
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- b) purifying said recombinant protein by any suitable method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.