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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2008
Methods and compositions for identifying increased risk of developing fragile x-associated disorders
Applicants:
Stephen J. Tapscott, Seattle, WA (US);
Galina N. Filippova, Seattle, WA (US);
Paula D. Ladd, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen J. Tapscott, Seattle, WA (US);
Galina N. Filippova, Seattle, WA (US);
Paula D. Ladd, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of developing fragile X-associated tremor and ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) or identifying a subject having an increased risk of developing fragile X syndrome (FXS), comprising analyzing messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts and/or translation products of the antisense gene ASFMR1.