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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas J. Kwiatkowski, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert H. Brown, Jr., Needham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Kwiatkowski, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert H. Brown, Jr., Needham, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/1135 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); G01N 33/6896 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/172 (2013.01); G01N 2800/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides novel FUS/TLS nucleic acids and proteins that comprise one or more genetic markers (for example, single nucleotide polymorphisms) and methods of use thereof including methods relating to the diagnosis of ALS or other related motor neuron disease by virtue of the presence of the mutant FUS/TLS sequence(s).