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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1993
David A Nielsen, Kensington, MD (US);
David Goldman, Potomac, MD (US);
Markku Linnoila, Bethesda, MD (US);
Matti Virkkunen, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
A method of detecting abnormal serotonergic function in an impulsive human subject is disclosed. The method comprises detecting an L allele of a gene encoding tryptophan hydroxylase. The invention also includes an isolated nucleic acid having a sequence specific to an L allele of a gene encoding tryptophan hydroxylase. The nucleic acid may migrate in a denaturing gel at the same rate as a second nucleic acid specific to a corresponding region of a U allele of a gene encoding tryptophan hydroxylase, and migrate in a nondenaturing gel at a rate about 1.02 times the migration rate of the second nucleic acid.