Subunits of glutamate receptors, their preparation and their use

US5756697A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Höger · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Andreas Ultsch · Mannheim, DE
• Alfred Bach · Heidelberg, DE
• Sylvia Sterrer · Rellingen, DE
• Hans-Georg Lemaire · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 1996
• Grant date: May 26, 1998
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/70571
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to novel subunits for glutamate receptors and to the DNA sequences coding therefor, and to processes for preparing DNA sequences and receptors. The invention furthermore relates to methods for identifying functional ligands for these receptors.