HUMAN ORPHAN RECEPTOR NTR-1

摘要

The present invention provides for a nucleic acid sequence, designated as HUMAN NTR-1, that encodes a novel orphan receptor expressed in pancreas and fetal heart. The invention also provides assay systems that may be used to detect and/or measure ligands that bind the HUMAN NTR-1 gene product. The present invention also provides for diagnostic and therapeutic methods based on the interaction between NTR-1 and agents that initiate signal transduction through binding to NTR-1.