Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 and methods of detection
US6524791B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/158
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule containing a a repeat region of an isolated spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8) coding sequence, the coding sequence located within the long arm of chromosome 13, and the complement of the nucleic acid molecule. Diagnostic methods based on identification of this repeat region are also provided.
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