Genetic, physical and functional analysis of the ataxia-telangiectasia locus on chromosome 11q22-23
- Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel); and others
Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder featuring cerebellar degeneration, immunodeficiency, chromosomal instability, cancer susceptibility, and radiosensitivity. Four complementation groups have been observed in A-T. The two major groups, A and C, were localized to chromosome 11q22-23, and the other two, D and E, may map to the same chromosomal region. We developed an integrated system of positional and complementation cloning to identify the A-T gene(s). The A-T region was saturated with microsatellite markers by physically mapping markers generated at random by other labs and by identifying new polymorphic CA-repeats in YAC clones obtained from this region. According to recent linkage data based on these markers and linkage disequilibrium analysis in Moroccan Jewish A-T patients, the A-T(A) and A-T(C) mutations are contained within a 2 Mb interval between D11S1819 and D11S1960. This interval was cloned in YAC and cosmid contigs, and transcribed sequences were identified using the following methods: screening of cDNA libraries using cosmid clones; magnetic bead capture using YAC and cosmid clones; direct selection of cDNA clones using YAC clones immobilized on a solid matrix; and 3{prime} exon trapping. Preliminary results indicate that the A-T region is rich in transcribed sequences. Structural and functional analysis of these genes is being carried out by sequence analysis, by physical mapping using the cosmid contigs, and by testing their ability to complement the radiomimetic sensitivity of A-T cells.
- OSTI ID:
- 133462
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009--
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Journal Name: American Journal of Human Genetics Journal Issue: Suppl.3 Vol. 55; ISSN AJHGAG; ISSN 0002-9297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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