Patents Assigned to SIBIA Neuroscience, Inc.
  • DNA and mRNA encoding human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-2 subunit and cells transformed with same
    Patent number: 5801232
    Abstract: DNA encoding human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor .alpha..sub.2 subunits, mammalian and amphibian cells containing said DNA, and methods for producing such subunits are provided. In addition, combinations of subunits (i.e., .alpha..sub.2, plus .alpha..sub.1, .alpha..sub.3, .alpha..sub.4, and/or .alpha..sub.7 subunits in combination with .beta..sub.2, .beta..sub.3 and/or .beta..sub.4 subunits) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: SIBIA Neuroscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn J. Elliott, Steven B. Ellis, Michael M. Harpold