Patent ID: 7374935

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (A) a human Rgr polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (B) an abnormally truncated variant of the human Rgr polypeptide, wherein the abnormally truncated variant consists of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 18, SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 24, and those encoded by the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7 and combinations of two or more of SEQ ID NOS: 5, 6 and 7 joined together as a contiguous sequence.