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E Solomon

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PubMed1986

Chromosomal assignment of seven human genomic DNA sequences associated with restriction fragment length polymorphisms.

Seven phage clones containing human sequences were picked at random from a human genomic library cloned in Charon 4A. The clones are devoid of repetitive sequences and can be used to recognize restriction fragment length polymorphisms (Feder et al. 1985). The chromosomal locations of the sequences defined by the seven clones have been determined by Southern blotting and DNA hybridization to DNA from human-mouse somatic cell hybrids. The chromosomal assignment of these sequences should increase their value as genetic markers in family studies.

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PubMed1985

A highly polymorphic region 3' to the human type II collagen gene.

We have characterised a highly polymorphic region 1.3kb downstream of the human Type II collagen gene. It consists of a highly AT-rich tandem repetitive region (minisatellite) approximately 650bp long. Two alleles had been observed previously, differing in size by approximately 300bp. When this region was cloned from four unrelated individuals carrying the larger allele, DNA sequence data identified three alleles, suggesting far higher polymorphism than was originally supposed. This minisatellite was shown to be present in a single copy in the human genome, and to have arisen after the divergence of Old and New World monkeys.

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PubMed1985

The chromosomal location of T-cell receptor genes and a T cell rearranging gene: possible correlation with specific translocations in human T cell leukaemia.

We have examined the chromosomal location of human T cell-specific genes which are involved in antigen recognition and of a gene which specifically rearranges in T cells. The genes encoding both the variable and constant region segments of the T cell receptor alpha chain are found on chromosome 14 while the delta chain gene of the T cell receptor-associated T3 complex is localised to chromosome 11. Further, the two tandemly arranged T cell-specific rearranging genes, designated gamma, were mapped to chromosome 7, but apparently not closely linked to the previously mapped T cell receptor beta-chain gene. The locations of the three different genes, which undergo rearrangement in T cells, may correlate with the chromosomal breakpoints known to be involved in translocations within abnormal human T cells.

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PubMed1985

Incidence of the 15q+;17q- chromosome translocation in acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL).

Cytogenetic analysis was carried out on peripheral blood cultures from seven patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL-M3). A reciprocal 15;17 chromosome translocation, t(15q+;17q-), was found in all cases, and the breakpoints estimated to be 15q22 and 17q12-21. In addition to the t(15q+;17q-), trisomy 10 was found in 50% of cells analysed in one case. These results suggest that the 15;17 chromosome translocation may be observed in most cases of APL where the leukaemic cells are cultured before cytogenetic analysis is performed. The use of conditioned media in the culture of leukaemic cells is also described.

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PubMed1985

Chromosomal assignments of the genes coding for human types II, III, and IV collagen: a dispersed gene family.

The human type II collagen gene, COL2A1, has been assigned to chromosome 12, the type III gene, COL3A1, to chromosome 2, and one of the type IV genes, COL4A1, to chromosome 13. These assignments were made by using cloned genes as probes on Southern blots of DNA from a panel of mouse/human somatic cell hybrids. The two genes of type I collagen, COL1A1 and COL2A1, have been mapped previously to chromosomes 17 and 7, respectively. This family of conserved genes seems therefore to be dispersed throughout the genome.

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PubMed1985

Nucleotide sequence of cDNA encoding human alpha 2-macroglobulin and assignment of the chromosomal locus.

Six alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) cDNA clones were isolated from a human liver cDNA library by using synthetic oligonucleotides as hybridization probes. One of these, p alpha 2M1, carries a 4.6 kilobase-pair insert, which was sequenced. The insert contains the coding sequences for the mature alpha 2M polypeptide (1451 amino acids) and for a 23-amino acid signal peptide at the NH2 terminus of the precursor pro-alpha 2M. At the 3' end of the insert a poly(A) addition signal A-A-T-A-A-A and part of the poly(A) tail of the messenger RNA were found. The protein sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence agrees with the published alpha 2M amino acid sequence for all except three residues. The alpha 2M locus was assigned to human chromosome 12 by Southern blot analysis with DNA from a panel of mouse/human somatic cell hybrids, using alpha 2M cDNA as a hybridization probe.

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PubMed1985

Identification and characterization of the human type II collagen gene (COL2A1).

The gene contained in the human cosmid clone CosHcol1, previously designated an alpha 1(I) collagen-like gene, has now been identified. CosHcol1 hybridizes strongly to a single 5.9-kilobase mRNA species present only in tissue in which type II collagen is expressed. DNA sequence analysis shows that this clone is highly homologous to the chicken alpha 1(II) collagen gene. These data together suggest that CosHcol1 contains the human alpha 1(II) collagen gene COL2A1. The clone appears to contain the whole gene (30 kilobases in length) and will be extremely useful in the study of cartilage development and for identifying those inherited chondrodystrophies in which defects occur in this gene.

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PubMed1985

Human myosin heavy chain genes assigned to chromosome 17 using a human cDNA clone as probe.

A cDNA clone complementary to the mRNA encoding human myosin heavy chain has been isolated from a human fetal skeletal muscle cDNA library. A 600 base pair fragment of the inserted human cDNA has been used as probe in the Southern analysis of DNA from panels of rat/human and mouse/human somatic cell hybrids. All the sequences detected by this probe have been mapped to chromosome 17 in the region 17pter----17p11. There was no evidence for MHC sequences on any other chromosome.

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PubMed1985

Localization of the oncogene c-erbA1 immediately proximal to the acute promyelocytic leukaemia breakpoint on chromosome 17.

Using in situ hybridization, c-erbA1 has been mapped immediately distal to the translocation breakpoint on chromosome 17 in fibroblasts with a karyotype 46,XX, t(15;17)(q22;q11). Previous work has shown that c-erbA1 is proximal to the translocation breakpoint on chromosome 17 in the t(15;17)(q22;q12-21) in acute promyelocytic leukaemia. The oncogene can therefore be localized to the region of chromosome 17 between the breakpoints in 17q11 and 17q12-21.

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PubMed1985

Exclusion of the alpha 1(II) cartilage collagen gene as the mutant locus in type IA osteogenesis imperfecta.

Using two restriction site polymorphisms within the structural gene coding for human type II collagen we have examined the segregation of this gene in three pedigrees with dominantly inherited osteogenesis imperfecta (Sillence type IA). We have demonstrated that the gene does not segregate with clinical expression of the disease and cannot, therefore, contain the mutation responsible for osteogenesis imperfecta in these families.

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PubMed1984

The human myoglobin gene: a third dispersed globin locus in the human genome.

Human myoglobin is specified by a single gene. Unique sequence DNA probes were isolated from the cloned gene and used to test for the presence of the human myoglobin gene in a series of human rodent somatic cell hybrids containing various complements of human chromosomes. The myoglobin gene cosegregated with human chromosome 22. Somatic cell hybrids containing translocation chromosomes carrying part of chromosome 22 were used to locate the myoglobin gene to the region 22q11----22q13. The myoglobin gene is therefore not linked to the alpha-globin gene cluster on chromosome 16 or the beta-globin cluster on chromosome 11, and represents a third dispersed globin locus in the human genome.

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PubMed1984

Chromosomal localisation of the human homologues to the oncogenes erbA and B.

Avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV) induces acute erythroleukemia and sarcomas in vivo and it transforms erythroblasts and fibroblasts in vitro. The virus has two host cell-derived genes, v-erbA and v-erbB. The latter encodes the oncogenic capacity of the virus, whereas v-erbA enhances the erythroblast transforming effects of v-erbB while being unable to induce neoplasms independently. Recently, human cellular homologues of these viral erb genes have been isolated. The chromosomal locations of two of these genes have been determined using EcoRI-digested DNA prepared from human-mouse somatic cell hybrids. The human c-erbA1 gene has been assigned to chromosome 17 and is located between 17p11 and 17q21. The human c-erbB sequence has been assigned to chromosome 7 and is located between 7pter and 7q22. Thus, in the human genome these genes are on two separate chromosomes. No evidence for the involvement of the human c-erb genes in neoplasia has been found.

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PubMed1984

A human T-cell antigen receptor beta chain gene maps to chromosome 7.

cDNA clones which encode the human and mouse T cell antigen receptor beta chain gene have previously been isolated. We have used a mouse cDNA clone to map the chromosomal position of a human beta chain gene. Southern blot analysis of DNA prepared from somatic cell hybrids has assigned this gene to chromosome 7. The use of a hybrid containing a chromosome 7 translocation has further localised this gene to the region 7q22-qter.

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PubMed1984

Confirmation that the type I collagen gene on chromosome 17 is COL1A1 (alpha 1(I), using a human genomic probe.

A cloned 15 kb genomic fragment from the human alpha 1(I) collagen gene (COL1A1) has been used as a probe on restriction digests of DNA from human-mouse somatic cell hybrids. Positive results on hybrids containing chromosome 17 as their only karyotypically visible human material confirm the assignment of this gene to chromosome 17. Hybrids which contain fragments of chromosome 17 are used to confirm the localization to 17q21-qter.

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