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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard Harrison, St. Kilda West, AU;
Margot Honeyman, St. Kilda West, AU;
David Cram, Blackburn South, AU;
Henry De Aizpurua, Blackburn, AU;
Assignee:
Amrad Corporation Limited, Richmond, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12N 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification, cloning and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules encoding an isoform of the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase and further relates to the use of these molecules and/or peptides and polypeptides encoded thereby in diagnostic tests for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and other diseases in which glutamic acid decarboxylase is an autoantigen and in the treatment of patients suffering from these diseases.