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Method and probes for detecting markers linked to the infantile spinal muscular atrophy locus

US6040142A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR

Inventors

Judith Melki · Paris, FR
Arnold Munnich · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 1997
Grant date	Mar 21, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Q2600/172
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to methods and compositions for detecting the presence of genetic alterations in the human 5q13 chromosomal region. More specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acids, probes, primers, and methods of using the same, for the amplification and/or the detection of alterations in the human 5q13 chromosomal region, and their correlation to spinal muscular atrophy.

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