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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pragna I Patel, Houston, TX (US);
Ueli Suter, Menlo Park, CA (US);
G Jackson Snipes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew Welcher, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Marino DeLeon, Silver Springs, MD (US);
James R Lupski, Houston, TX (US);
Eric M Shooter, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 235 ; 4351723 ; 935 11 ;
Abstract
The disclosed invention includes a a peripheral myelin protein, PMP-22, which is present predominantly in the peripheral nervous system and purified nucleic acids which encode the protein. Also included are oligonucleotide probes and primers derived from such sequences, and methods for the use of such sequences, probes and primers in detecting peripheral neuropathies.