US 7,176,292 B2 · Ghrelin variant protein

Abstract

The present invention concerns a protein produced from an alternative splice form of the human Ghrelin gene, an obesity and/or diabetes related gene.

Dependent claims

An isolated amino acid sequence coded by nucleotides 112 to 462 of SEQ ID NO:11.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/659,782Filed 11 Sep 2003

Published

US 2005/0059015 A117 Mar 2005

Granted

13 Feb 2007

Term ends

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C12Q 1/6883
Nucleic acid products used in the analysis of nucleic acids, e.g. primers or probes: for diseases caused by alterations of genetic material
A61P 3/04
Drugs for disorders of the metabolism: anorexiants; Antiobesity agents
A61P 3/10
For glucose homeostasis: for hyperglycaemia, e.g. antidiabetics
C07K 14/47
From vertebrates: from mammals

The present invention concerns a protein produced from an alternative splice form of the human Ghrelin gene, an obesity and/or diabetes related gene.