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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1996
Wayne N Frankel, Bar Harbor, ME (US);
Gregory A Cox, Bar Harbor, ME (US);
Cathleen M Lutz, Bar Harbor, ME (US);
Jeffrey L Noebels, Houston, TX (US);
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is the identification of a mutation which is responsible for ataxia and epilepsy in a murine model system. More specifically, a mutation has been identified within the Nhe1 gene (also referred to as the Slc9a1 gene) which results in both ataxia and epilepsy. The specific mutation identified is an A to T transition at nucleotide 1639 which creates a premature stop codon. The identification of this mutation enables methods for the detection of clinical disorders associated with a defect in a cation exchanger (e.g., Nhe1).