Patent ID: 7083916

Claim:
A method for isolating a nucleic acid molecule encoding an inward rectifier, G-protein activated, potassium channel from a sample comprising: (a) isolating nucleic acids from the sample; (b) contacting the isolated nucleic acids with a nucleic acid probe having a sequence comprising at least 15 nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:1 or complement thereof under conditions permitting the formation of a complex between said nucleic acid probe and a nucleic acid molecule encoding an inward rectifier, G-protein activated, potassium channel in said isolated nucleic acids, wherein the nucleic acid probe specifically hybridizes with the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or complements thereof; (c) isolating the complex; (d) separating the nucleic acid molecule encoding an inward rectifier, G-protein activated, potassium channel from the nucleic acid probe; and (e) assaying the protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule for a biological activity of the inward rectifier, G-protein activated, potassium channel encoded by SEQ ID NO:1.