Sulfotransferase 1A3 sequence variants
View Patent ↗Isolated sulfotransferase 1A3 nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides that include nucleotide sequence variants and amino acid sequence variants are described. Methods for determining predisposition to particular clinical conditions and methods for determining sulfonator status also are described.
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of:
(a) fifteen to 100 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID No. 1, wherein said nucleic acid molecule includes nucleotide 7244 of SEQ ID no. 1, with the proviso that the nucleotide at position 7244 is thymine; or
(b) the complement of (a).
2. An article of manufacture comprising a substrate, wherein said substrate comprises the isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 .
3. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule is from 20 to 50 nucleotides in length.
4. A vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 .
5. The vector of claim 4 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule is from 20 to 50 nucleotides in length.
6. An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of:
(a) fifteen to 100 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID No. 1, wherein said nucleic acid molecule includes nucleotide 7244 of SEQ ID no. 1, with the proviso that the nucleotide at position 7244 is thymine; or
(b) the complement of (a), and with respect to (a) or (b), a label.
7. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 6 , wherein said label is a fluorescent moiety.
8. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 6 , wherein said label is biotin.
9. An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of:
(a) twenty to 100 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID No. 1, wherein said nucleic acid molecule includes nucleotide 7244 of SEQ ID no. 1, with the proviso that the nucleotide at position 7244 is thymine; or
(b) the complement of (a).