Patent ID: 7101668
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A probe nucleotide sequence which is specific to E. coli - and/or Shigella species or related microorganism, the nucleotide sequence consisting of a sequence from SEQ ID NO: 40, the sequence from SEQ ID NO: 40 comprising at least one of the sequence consisting of nucleotides 415 to 1351, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 3151 to 4359, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 4807 to 5235, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 6073 to 7359, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 7223 to 7794, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 7278 to 7773, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 7419 to 7985, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 7562 to 7794, the sequence consisting of nucleotides 8160 to 9704 or the sequence consisting of nucleotides 9731 to 11375, and present mainly in the nucleus of cancer cells and in the normal cells adjacent to cancer cells, for the identification of a gastrointestinal cancer or tumour or a predisposition to same.