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  • Polymorphisms in known genes associated with human disease, methods of detection and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6812339
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery of novel polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes known in the art to contribute to human disease. Such polymorphisms can lead to a variety of disorders that are mediated/modulated by a variant human disease associated protein. The present invention provides reagents used for detecting and expressing the variant nucleic acid/protein sequence as well as methods of identifying and using these variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: J. Craig Venter, Jinghui N. Zhang, Xiangjun Liu, William Rowe, Anibal Cravchik, Francis Kalush, Ashwinikumar Naik, Gangadharan Subramanian, Trevor Woodage