SALSA MLPA Probemix P498 CSTB detects copy number variations in the CSTB gene.
Contents: 15 MLPA probes, including 5 probes for CSTB (covering all exons).
Tissue: human genomic DNA.
Application: research on Unverricht-Lundborg disease (progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1; EPM1).
For research use only (RUO). Not for use in diagnostics.
SALSA MLPA Probemix P498 CSTB is a research use only (RUO) assay for the detection of deletions or duplications in the CSTB gene, which is associated with Unverricht-Lundborg disease, also known as Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy Type 1 (EPM1).
EPM1 is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common single cause of progressive myoclonus epilepsy worldwide. Mutations in the CSTB gene encoding cystatin B, a cysteine protease inhibitor, are responsible for the primary defect underlying EPM1. Virtually all affected individuals have an unstable dodecamer repeat expansion in one or both of the CSTB alleles (Kälviäinen et al. 2008).
More information is available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1142/.
SALSA MLPA Probemix P498 CSTB is for research use only (RUO) in all territories.
A general SALSA MLPA Reagent Kit is required for MLPA experiments (to be ordered separately).
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Inclusion of a positive sample is usually not required, but can be useful for the analysis of your experiments. MRC Holland has very limited access to positive samples and cannot supply such samples. We recommend using positive samples from your own collection. Alternatively, you can use positive samples from an online biorepository, such as the Coriell Institute.
We have no information about specific commercially available positive samples that can be used with this product.