Inventors:
Pragna I. Patel - Houston TX
Ueli Suter - Menlo Park CA
G. Jackson Snipes - Palo Alto CA
Andrew Welcher - Newbury Park CA
Marino DeLeon - Silver Springs MD
James R. Lupski - Houston TX
Eric M. Shooter - Portola Valley CA
Assignee:
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston TX
International Classification:
C12N 1512
Abstract:
The disclosed invention includes a a peripheral myelin protein, PMP-22, which is present predominantly in the peripheral nervous system and purified nucleic acids which encode the protein. Also included are oligonucleotide probes and primers derived from such sequences, and methods for the use of such sequences, probes and primers in detecting peripheral neuropathies.