Cytokines and their receptors have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides a new human cytokine receptor designated as "Zcytor16."
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/981,998, filed on Nov. 5, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,189,839 which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/728,911, filed on Dec. 1, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,897,292, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/169,049, filed on Dec. 3, 1999, Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/232,219, filed on Sep. 13, 2000, and Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/244,610, filed on Oct. 31, 2000, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. Under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e)(1), this application claims benefit of said Provisional Applications.