Clock gene promoter
US6977157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 2, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2500/00
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention discloses a Period2 gene promoter, a construct containing the promoter and a reporter gene, a cell containing the construct, a transgenic animal harboring the construct, and a method for screening a substance which controls expression or oscillatory expression of a biological clock gene. The screening method uses the above cell, a suprachiasmatic nucleus section or peripheral tissue of the above transgenic animal or the above transgenic animal.
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