C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – Q
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
12
Q
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) C07K 14/705 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2270409
Specific mutations in the connexin-32 gene that are associated with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease are disclosed. Methods of diagnosing X-linked CMT disease are also disclosed. Methods include hybridization analysis, such as Southern or Northern analysis, which use hybridization of mutant connexin-32 nucleic acid probes to connexin-32 genes; direct mutation analysis by restriction digest; sequencing of the connexin-32 gene; hybridization of an allele- specific oligonucleotide with genomic DNA; or identification of mutant connexin-32 proteins. Mutant connexin-32 nucleic acid probes are also disclosed. The mutant connexin-32 nucleic acid probes have a mutation in at least one of the following codons: 13, 16, 20, 28, 29, 41, 75, 79, 80, 85, 86, 94, 106, 124, 131, 158, 161, 169, 178, 180, 189, 191, 193, 219, 220, 230, and 267. Mutant connexin-32 nucleic acid probes having more than one of the mutations described above are also described, as are mutant connexin-32 nucleic acid probes having other mutations in addition to at least one mutation as described above. Isolated, mutant connexin-32 proteins encoded by mutant connexin-32 genes, as well as antibodies specific for the mutant connexin-32 proteins, are also disclosed.
Ananth Uma
Boss Michael A.
Seltzer William K.
Sullivan Charleen M.
Athena Diagnostics Inc.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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