Patent ID: 7524643

Claim:
An isolated and purified nucleic acid molecule encoding an α2δ-4 calcium channel subunit protein, said nucleic acid molecule comprising a member selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having the full-length sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; (b) a nucleic acid molecule that is fully complementary to the polynucleotide of (a); (c) a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a splice variant of a human α2δ-4 calcium channel subunit comprising exon 1B (SEQ ID NO:12) which retains the function of an α2δ-4 calcium channel subunit protein; (d) a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a splice variant of a human α2δ-4 calcium channel subunit comprising exon 1B (SEQ ID NO: 12) and exon 37B (SEQ ID NO:14) which retains the function of an α2δ-4 calcium channel subunit protein.