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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Eugene D Carstea, Woburn, MA (US);
Danilo A. Tagle, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jill A. Morris, Chalfont, PA (US);
Peter G. Pentchev, Kensington, MD (US);
William J. Pavan, Derwood, MD (US);
Melissa A. Ashlock, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Stacie K. Loftus, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Jessie Gu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Eugene D Carstea, Woburn, MA (US);
Danilo A. Tagle, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jill A. Morris, Chalfont, PA (US);
Peter G. Pentchev, Kensington, MD (US);
William J. Pavan, Derwood, MD (US);
Melissa A. Ashlock, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Stacie K. Loftus, Burtonsville, MD (US);
Jessie Gu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A gene for type C Niemann-Pick disease (NP-C) is disclosed, along with the amino acid sequence of the encoded peptide. Applications which are made possible by the present invention include detection of NP-C carriers and diagnosis of NP-C sufferers. The murine ortholog of the human gene is also disclosed.