PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIFIC SODIUM CHANNELS, DNA ENCODING THEREFOR, DRUG SCREENING, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF

摘要

Cloning, expression, viral and delivery vectors and hosts which contain nucleic acid coding for at least one peripheral nervous system specific (PNS) sodium channel peptide (SCP), isolated PNS SCP, and compounds and compositions and methods, are provided, for isolating, crystallizing, x-ray analysing molecular modeling, rational drug designing, selecting, making and using therapeutic or diagnostic agents or ligands having at least one peripheral nervous system specific (PNS) sodium channel (SC) modulating activity.