Inventors:
Rando Allikmets - Frederick MD, US
Kent L. Anderson - Houston TX, US
Michael Dean - Frederick MD, US
Mark Leppert - Salt Lake City UT, US
Richard A. Lewis - Houston TX, US
Yixin Li - Houston TX, US
James R. Lupski - Houston TX, US
Jeremy Nathans - Baltimore MD, US
Amir Rattner - Baltimore MD, US
Noah F. Shroyer - Houston TX, US
Nanda Singh - Salt Lake City UT, US
Philip Smallwood - Woodbine MD, US
Hui Sun - Baltimore MD, US
Assignee:
University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX
John Hopkins University - Baltiomore MD
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services - Washington DC
International Classification:
C12N 5/00, C12N 15/00, C12N 15/63, C07H 21/02, C07H 21/04, C12P 21/06, C07K 1/00
US Classification:
435325, 435 691, 4353201, 435455, 536 231, 536 235, 530350
Abstract:
The present invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of an ATP binding cassette transporter and mutated sequences thereof associated with macular degeneration. Methods of detecting agents that modify ATP-binding cassette transporter comprising combining purified ATP binding cassette transporter and at least one agent suspected of modifying the ATP binding cassette transporter an observing a change in at least one characteristic associated with ATP binding cassette transporter. Methods of detecting macular degeneration is also embodied by the present invention.