Inventors:
Madhuri Hegde - Lilburn GA, US
Margaret Adam - Seattle WA, US
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68, C12P 19/34
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of identifying a human subject as having an increased likelihood of having DMXL-associated mental retardation, comprising detecting, in a nucleic acid sample from the subject, a mutation in a nucleotide sequence encoding DMXL1 and/or a mutation in a nucleotide sequence encoding DMXL2. The present invention further provides a method of identifying a human subject as having an increased likelihood of having DMXL-associated mental retardation, comprising detecting, in a sample from the subject, a mutation in a DMXL1 protein and/or a mutation in a DMXL2 protein.