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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2004
Val C. Sheffield, Iowa City, IA (US);
Edwin Stone, Iowa City, IA (US);
Thomas Casavant, Iowa City, IA (US);
Terry Braun, Iowa City, IA (US);
Darryl Nishimura, Coralville, IA (US);
Val C. Sheffield, Iowa City, IA (US);
Edwin Stone, Iowa City, IA (US);
Thomas Casavant, Iowa City, IA (US);
Terry Braun, Iowa City, IA (US);
Darryl Nishimura, Coralville, IA (US);
The University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the designation of ADP-ribosylation factor-like 6 as the BBS3 gene, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS and in drug screening, also are described.