NPS Allelix obtains United States patent.NPS NPS National Park Service NPS Naval Postgraduate School NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management) NPS Non-Point Source pollution NPS Native Plant Society NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) Allelix Corporation (Mississauga, Canada) has patented mediation of neurotransmission by excitatory ex·ci·ta·tive or ex·ci·ta·to·ry adj. Causing or tending to cause excitation. Adj. 1. excitatory - (of drugs e.g. amino acids (EAAs) such as glutamate via membrane-bound surface receptors. DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. coding for one family of these receptors of the kainate-binding type of EAA receptors, has now been isolated and the receptor protein characterized. Herein described are recombinant cell lines which produce the EAA receptor as a heterologous heterologous /het·er·ol·o·gous/ (het?er-ol´ah-gus) 1. made up of tissue not normal to the part. 2. xenogeneic. het·er·ol·o·gous adj. 1. membrane-bound product. Also described are related aspects of the invention, which are of commercial significance. Included is use of the cell lines as a tool for discovery of compounds which modulate EAA receptor stimulation. (US 6,333,161) |
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