DNA encoding taurine and GABA transporters and uses thereof
US6225115A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding two mammalian GABA transporters, a mammalian taurine transporter and two human GABA transporters; methods of isolating these nucleic acid molecules and vectors comprising such nucleic acid molecules as well as mammalian cells comprising such vectors. Nucleic acid probes for detecting nucleic acid molecules encoding mammalian or human GABA transporters, or mammalian or human taurine transporters; antisense oligonucleotides complementary to any sequences of a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a mammalian GABA or taurine transporter or human GABA or taurine transporter; and antibodies to the mammalian GABA or taurine transporters, or human GABA or taurine transporters are provided. Pharmaceutical compounds related to mammalian GABA or taurine transporters and to human GABA or taurine transporters are provided. Nonhuman transgenic animals which express DNA encoding normal or mutant mammalian GABA or taurine transporters, or normal or mutant human GABA or taurine transporters are provided. Further provided are methods for determining substrate binding, detecting expression, drug screening, and treatments for alleviating …
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