Family of mammalian potassium channels, their cloning and their use, especially for the screening of drugs
US6309855A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to a new member of a recently recognized TWIK potassium.sup.+ channel family, herein identified as TASK, for TWIK-related acid-sensitive K.sup.+ channel. This is the first cloned mammalian channel that produces K.sup.+ currents that possesses all the characteristics of background conductances. The invention also relates to various constructs including the TASK or related human potassium channel family, and their uses.
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