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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Louis A. Tartaglia, Watertown, MA (US);
Xun Weng, Needham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Louis A. Tartaglia, Watertown, MA (US);
Xun Weng, Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/68 ; G01N033/53 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns the human gene encoding GLUTX, a glucose transporter. GLUTX nucleic acid and polypeptides, as well as molecules which increase or decrease expression or activity of GLUTX, are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with aberrant hexose transport.