Publication Date:
1989-06-02
Description:
The gene for von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (NF1), one of the most common autosomal-dominant disorders of humans, was recently mapped to chromosome 17 by linkage analysis. The identification of two NF1 patients with balanced translocations that involved chromosome 17q11.2 suggests that the disease can arise by gross rearrangement of the NF1 locus, and that the NF1 gene might be identified by cloning the region around these translocation breakpoints. To further define the region of these translocations, a series of chromosome 17 Not I-linking clones has been mapped to proximal 17q and studied by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. One clone, 17L1 (D17S133), clearly identifies the breakpoint in an NF1 patient with a t(1;17) translocation. A 2.3-megabase pulsed-field map of this region was constructed and indicates that the NF1 breakpoint is only 10 to 240 kilobases away from 17L1. This finding prepares the way for the cloning of NF1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fountain, J W -- Wallace, M R -- Bruce, M A -- Seizinger, B R -- Menon, A G -- Gusella, J F -- Michels, V V -- Schmidt, M A -- Dewald, G W -- Collins, F S -- NS22224/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS23410/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS23427/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jun 2;244(4908):1085-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2543076" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Chromosome Mapping
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*Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA Restriction Enzymes
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Electrophoresis
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Female
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Genetic Linkage
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Humans
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Hybrid Cells
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Male
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Neurofibromatosis 1/*genetics
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*Translocation, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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