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US 8,133,980 B2Granted
Antibodies and functional fragments thereof that specifically bind an RF-amide peptide or a precursor thereof
AssigneeSchering Corporation
InventorsYing Jiang, Fang Liang Zhang, Nicholas J. Murgolo, Lin Luo, Jason S. Simon
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Abstract
The present invention relates to RF-amide peptides and their use for treating, preventing and curing neurological and metabolic medical disorders. The invention also relates to methods for modulating a G-protein coupled receptor and for identifying substances which modulate the receptor.
Claims9
An antibody or functional fragment thereof which specifically binds to a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 4.
A method for forming a complex between an antigenic polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 4 and an antibody or functional fragment thereof which specifically binds to a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 4 comprising contacting said polypeptide with said antibody or functional fragment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.