Cloning and characterization of a 135- to 500-kb region of homology on the long arm of human chromosome 21
- Institut Alfred Fessard, Gif-sur-Yvette (France); and others
The polymorphic marker D21S190 was initially isolated from a chromosome 21 phage library and mapped to two loci: one in 21q11.1 (proximal locus) and the other one in 21q22.1 (distal locus). To characterize the region of homology revealed with D21S190, the authors have screened two different chromosome 21 YAC libraries and one chromosome 21 cosmid library. Fluorescence in situ hybridization on normal human chromosomes of YACs, cosmids, and phages positive with D21S190 confirmed the existence of two homologous regions on the long arm of chromosome 21. Among the positive YACs, four (HY67, 2D7y21, 2D11y21, and 1B1y21) were selected and oriented relative to each other, forming a 2-Mb contig in the distal locus, including D21S54. Hybridization of YAC extremities to a panel of somatic cell hybrids containing various portions of chromosome 21 showed that the proximal locus is located between the breakpoints of 2Fu{sup r}1 and ACEM and the distal locus between the breakpoints of ACEm and 6918. The proximal and the distal breakpoints of JC6 are both included in the region of homology. The authors have constructed a restriction map of HY67, 2D7y21, and 2D11y21 spanning 1 Mb and including several markers: D21S294, D21S296, and the new STSs corresponding to YAC extremities. The region of homology encompasses 135-500 kb and has the same orientation in the distal and in the proximal locus, which are at least 12 Mb apart. It is lacking a NotI site but does contain clusters of GC-rich restriction sites, which are candidate regions for as yet unidentified genes. 25 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 250004
- Journal Information:
- Genomics, Journal Name: Genomics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 22; ISSN GNMCEP; ISSN 0888-7543
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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