Patent ID: 7351566

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:41 or SEQ ID NO:43; b) a nucleic acid which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:42; c) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence which is at least 95% identical to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:41 or SEQ ID NO:43, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide which has calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase alpha activity; and d) a nucleic acid which encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:42, wherein the polypeptide has calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase alpha activity.