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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
C. Thomas Caskey, Houston, TX (US);
David L. Nelson, Houston, TX (US);
Maura Pieretti, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen T. Warren, Clarkston, GA (US);
Ben A. Oostra, Rotterdam, NL;
Ying-hui Fu, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G01N 3/353 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07K 1/4435 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G01N 3/353 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07K 1/4435 ;
Abstract
A sequence of the FMR-1 gene is disclosed. This sequence and related probes, cosmids and unique repeats are used to detect X-linked diseases and especially the fragile X syndrome. Also, methods using methylation-sensitive restriction endonuclease and PCR primer probes were used to detect X-linked disease.