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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2003
Endogeneous nucleic acid fragment associated with an autoimmune disease, labeling method and reagent
Applicants:
Glaucia Paranhos-baccala, Lyons, FR;
Francois Mallet, Villeurbanne, FR;
Cecile Voisset, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biomerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns an endogenic nucleic fragment, such as an isolated retrovirus, integrated in the human DNA genome, the fragment being characterized in that it comprises, or consists of, at least part of the gag gene of an endogenetic retrovirus associated with an autoimmune disease or pregnancy failure or pregnancy pathologies, said part at least coding, directly and indirectly, for an expression product, or the complement of the fragment.