Huntington disease-linked restriction fragment length polymorphism localized within band p16.1 of chromosome 4 by in situ hybridization

R. E. Magenis, J. Gusella, K. Weliky, S. Olson, G. Haight, S. Toth-Fejel, R. Sheehy

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Abstract

A 5.5-kilobase (kb) single sequence DNA fragment (G8) reveals the DNA polymorphic locus D4S10 on Southern blot analysis. This locus is closely linked to Huntington disease and has been mapped to chromosome 4 short arm using human-mouse somatic cell hybrids, and specifically to chromosome 4 band p16 using DNA from individuals with deletions of chromosome 4 short arm who exhibit Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. With in situ hybridization techniques, we have confirmed the location of D4S10 on chromosome 4 and further localized it within band p16 utilizing five patients, four with overlapping chromosome 4 short-arm aberrations. The DNA segment G8 was hybridized to the mataphase chromsomes of the five patients. Two of them have different interstitial deletions of one of the chromosome 4 short arms (TA and BA), two have different chromosome 4 short-arm terminal deletions (RG and DQ), and oe has a normal male karyotype. By noting the presence or absence of hybridization to the partially deleted chromosomes with known precise breakpoints, we were able to more accurately localize probe G8 to the distal half of band p16.1 of chromosome 4.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)383-391
Number of pages9
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume39
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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