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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alex E. MacKenzie, Ottawa, CA;
Robert G. Korneluk, Ottawa, CA;
Natalie Roy, Ottawa, CA;
Mani S. Mahadevan, Madison, WI (US);
Michael McLean, Guelph, CA;
Joh-E Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/574 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/574 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07H 2/104 ; C07H 2/102 ;
Abstract
The gene for autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy has been mapped to a region of chromosome 5. The gene encodes a protein having homology with apoptosis inhibitor proteins of viruses so that the encoded protein has been labelled as a neuronal apoptosis inhibitor protein (NAIP). A deletion in the (NAIP) domain was identified in persons with Type I, II and III Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and not in the normal non-SMA population.