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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Shunichi Shiozawa, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2274, JP;
Koichiro Komai, Kobe, JP;
Mikiko Nakatsukasa, Asaguchi-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Shunichi Shiozawa, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2274, JP;
Koichiro Komai, Kobe, JP;
Mikiko Nakatsukasa, Asaguchi-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An gene was identified as a RA disease susceptibility gene on Human Chromosome 8, the gene coding a protein that has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ. ID NO. 1 and that has such mutation that glycine is inserted as a 269th amino acid in the sequence. Moreover, it was found that mutation of the gene and the protein relate to onset of RA. Achieved is a method of evaluating with high accuracy the onset or onset possibility of RA by using the mutation.