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Mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor gene and uses
Mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor gene and uses
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机译:哺乳动物美沙酮特异性阿片受体基因和用途
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The present invention relates to a novel-mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor protein and genes that encode such a protein. The invention is directed toward the isolation, characterization and pharmacological use of mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor proteins. The invention specifically provides isolated complementary DNA copies of mRNA corresponding to the rat homologue of the mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor gene. Also provided are recombinant expression constructs capable of expressing the mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor genes of the invention in cultures of transformed prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, as well as such cultures of transformed cells that synthesize the mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor proteins encoded therein. The invention also provides methods for screening compounds in vitro that are capable of binding to the mammalian methadone-specific opioid receptor proteins of the invention, and further characterizing the binding properties of such compounds in comparison with known opioid receptor agonists and antagonists.
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