Chromosome jumping from D4S10 (G8) toward the Huntington disease gene
Journal Article
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· Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; (United States)
The gene for Huntington disease (HD) has been localized to the distal portion of the short arm of human chromosome 4 by linkage analysis. Currently, the two closest DNA markers are D4S10 (G8), located /approx/3 centimorgans centromeric to HD, and D4S43 (C4H), positioned 0-1.5 centimorgans from HD. In an effort to move closer to the HD gene, with the eventual goal of identifying the gene itself, the authors have applied the technique of chromosome jumping to this region. A 200-kilobase jumping library has been constructed, and a jump from D4S10 has been obtained and its approximate distance verified by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Two restriction fragment length polymorphisms have been identified at the jump locus, which is denoted D4S81. Linkage analysis of previously identified recombinants between D4S10 and HD or D4S10 and D4S43 shows that in two of five events the jump has crossed the recombination points. This unequivocally orients D4S10 and D4S81 on the chromosome, provides additional markers for HD, and suggests that recombination frequency in this region of chromosome 4 may be increased, so that the physical distance from D4S10 to HD may not be as large as originally suspected.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5702385
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; (United States) Vol. 85:17; ISSN PNASA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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