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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edgar A. Otto, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hemant Khanna, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anand Swaroop, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edgar A. Otto, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hemant Khanna, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anand Swaroop, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to Nephronophthisis, in particular to the NPHP5 protein (nephrocystin-5) and nucleic acids encoding the NPHP5 protein. The present invention also provides assays for the detection of NPHP5 polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states.