A Putative Gene Family in 15q11-13 and 16p11.2: Possible Implications for Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1992 Jun 15

PMID 1608955

Citations 15

Authors

K Buiting

V Greger

B H Brownstein

R M Mohr

I Voiculescu

A Winterpacht

B Zabel

B Horsthemke

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Abstract

The genetic defects in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) map to 15q11-13. Using microdissection, we have recently isolated several DNA probes for the critical region. Here we report that microclone MN7 detects multiple loci in 15q11-13 and 16p11.2. Eight yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones, two genomic phage clones, and two placenta cDNA clones were isolated to analyze these loci in detail. Two of the YAC clones map to 16p. Six YAC clones and two genomic phage clones contain a total of four or five different MN7 copies, which are spread over a large distance within 15q11-13. One cDNA clone is from chromosome 15 and one is from chromosome 16. The chromosome 15 cDNA detects transcripts of 14 and 8 kilobases in various human tissues. The presence of multiple copies of the MN7 gene family in proximal 15q may conceivably be related to the instability of this region and thus to the etiology of associated disorders.

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