Method for the identification of activators of g protein-coupled receptors and nucleic acids encoding those receptors

摘要

The present invention provides methods for identifying activators of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and for identifying nucleic acids encoding the receptor(s) for each identified activator. The present invention is directed at the generation of GPCR-encoding nucleic acid pools for expression in oocytes, the generation of compound pools, and the multiplex screening of both the compound and nucleic acid pools. Through successive subdivision of both the compound and nucleic pools into subpools, both activators and GPCR nucleic acids are identified from complex compound and receptor repertoires.