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A Shiratori

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Assignment of the 36.5-kDa (RFC5), 37-kDa (RFC4), 38-kDa (RFC3), and 40-kDa (RFC2) subunit genes of human replication factor C to chromosome bands 12q24.2-q24.3, 3q27, 13q12.3-q13, and 7q11.23.

Replication factor C is a multimeric primer-recognition protein consisting of five subunits (p145, p40, p38, p37, and p36.5) and is essential for the processive elongation of DNA chains catalyzed by DNA polymerase delta or epsilon in human cells. We have mapped the locations on human chromosomes of the genes coding for the four smaller subunits [p36.5 (RFC5), p37 (RFC4), p38 (RFC3), and p40 (RFC2)] using both PCR amplification from DNAs of a panel of somatic hybrids and fluorescence in situ hybridization to bands 12q24.2-q24.3, 3q27, 13q12.3-q13, and 7q11.23, respectively.

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Generation of 28 sequence-tagged sites (STSs) from yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones anchored at human chromosome 21q22.1 region.

Twenty-eight sequence-tagged sites (STSs) were newly generated from the DNA sequences of vector-insert junctions from yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) anchored at chromosome 21q22.1 region. The insert DNAs adjacent to vector arms were specifically amplified through inverse PCR method to clone into pUC19 vector for sequencing. Sixty DNA junctions from 44 CEPH YAC clones were cloned and sequenced. Of these DNA sequences of junctions between vector-arms and DNA inserts, twenty-eight STSs were finally obtained to show the accurate amplification, which is specific for human chromosome 21. The sets of 28 STSs were useful to build fine YAC contigs by STS-mediated YAC walking at the 21q22.1 region.

Animals

Mapping of the 70 kDa, 34 kDa, and 11 kDa subunit genes of the human multimeric single-stranded DNA binding protein (hSSB/RPA) to chromosome bands 17p13, 1p35-p36.1, and 7p21-p22.

Human single-stranded DNA binding protein (hSSB/RPA) is a multimeric single-stranded DNA binding protein consisting of three subunits of 70 kDa, 34 kDa, and 11 kDa. Human SSB was isolated from HeLa cells as an essential factor for the in vitro replication of simian virus 40 DNA. We and others have isolated and sequenced cDNAs for each subunit of the SSB. The chromosome on which each gene is located was determined through the analysis of a panel of human/hamster somatic cell hybrids using the polymerase chain reaction with pairs of synthetic oligonucleotide primers from the 3'-untranslated sequences of the genes. Genomic clones for each gene were isolated from a genomic cosmid library prepared from human lymphoblastoid cells. Using those clones as probes, we have carried out fluorescence in situ hybridization to human metaphase chromosomes and have mapped the 70 kDa subunit gene to 17p13, the 34 kDa subunit gene to 1p35-p36.1, and the 11 kDa subunit gene to 7p21-p22. Since hSSB participates in replication, recombination and repair of DNA, the physical mapping of hSSB genes may aid in the identification of human hereditary diseases associated with aberrant DNA reactions caused by genetic alterations of the hSSB.

Animals

[Primula dermatitis].

Ten patients with primula dermatitis observed in Hokkaido were reported. All patients presented positive patch test reactions to a part of an extract of primula obconica. Postlesional pigmentation is prominent in patients with recurrent dermatitis. Histologic features were liquefaction degeneration of a basal layer of the epidermis and incontinentia pigmenti histological, i.e., lichenoid tissue reaction.

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