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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2004
Stephen W. Scherer, Toronto, CA;
Berge A. Minassian, Toronto, CA;
Antonio Delgado-escueta, Malibu, CA (US);
Guy Rouleu, Montreal, CA;
Stephen W. Scherer, Toronto, CA;
Berge A. Minassian, Toronto, CA;
Antonio Delgado-Escueta, Malibu, CA (US);
Guy Rouleu, Montreal, CA;
McGrill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA;
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel gene (EPM2A) that is deleted or mutated in people with Lafora's disease is described. The EPM2A gene encodes a protein having an active catalytic site of a protein tyrosine phosphatase. Many different sequence mutations as well as several microdeletions in EPM2A have been found that co-segregate with Lafora's disease.