Nucleic acid sequence which codes for and expresses human fibrillarin and uses thereof
AssigneeThe Rockefeller University
InventorsJohn Aris, Gunter Blobel
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Abstract
Substantially pure nucleic acid sequences coding for human fibrillarin have been identified and isolated. The isolated material is used to generate the protein in vitro, which is then used to identify autoimmune antibodies in patients suffering from scleroderma.
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An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of a nucleatide sequence found in human genomic DNA encoding fibrillarin.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of cDNA derived from a naturally-occurring human mRNA which codes for fibrillarin.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule which:
- (i) codes for at least a portion of human fibrillarin,
- (ii) does not hybridize to a nucleic acid molecule coding for NOP1 and 1xSSC at 50.degree. C., and
- (iii) does not hybridize to a nucleic acid molecule coding for Xomfib at 0.5xSSC and 50.degree. C.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of the open reading frame of the nucleotide sequence of FIG. 1.
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