Patent ID: 7553644

Claim:
A set of primers, wherein primers in the set selectively hybridize under highly stringent conditions to a nucleotide sequence within one of the polycystic kidney disease-associated protein-1 (PKD1) gene sequences set forth as: nucleotides 2043 to 4290 of SEQ ID NO:1, nucleotides 17907 to 22489 of SEQ ID NO:1, nucleotides 22218 to 26363 of SEQ ID NO:1, nucleotides 26246 to 30615 of SEQ ID NO:1, nucleotides 30606 to 33957 of SEQ ID NO:1, nucleotides 36819 to 37140 of SEQ ID NO:1 nucleotides 37329 to 41258 of SEQ ID NO:1, and nucleotides 41508 to 47320 of SEQ ID NO:1, or to a nucleotide sequence complementary thereto, wherein each of the primers comprises a 5′ region and adjacent 3′ region, the 5′ region comprising a nucleotide sequence that selectively hybridizes to a PKD1 gene sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the 5′ region comprises at least ten contiguous nucleotides, and the 3′ region comprising a nucleotide sequence that selectively hybridizes to a PKD1 gene sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, provided the primer does not consist of a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:52, or SEQ ID NO:60; wherein the primers amplify at least a first and a second amplification product, and wherein at least one of the primers for the first amplification product consists of SEQ ID NO: 3.