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Potassium channel

US7211406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 2001
Grant dateMay 1, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2500/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A novel polypeptide which is useful in searching for a therapeutic agent for diabetes, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, a cell transfected with the expression vector, an antibody binding to the polypeptide, and a method of screening a therapeutic agent for diabetes are disclosed.The polypeptide is a novel background potassium channel expressed in the pancreas.

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