CHROMOSOME-4Q DNA REARRANGEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY
CHROMOSOME-4Q DNA REARRANGEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY
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DOI:
10.1038/ng0992-26
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发表时间:
1992-09-01
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影响因子:
30.8
通讯作者:
FRANTS, RR
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作者:
WIJMENGA, C;HEWITT, JE;FRANTS, RR
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder which maps to chromosome 4qter, distal to the D4S139 locus. The cosmid clone 13E, isolated in a search for homeobox genes, was subsequently mapped to 4q35, also distal to D4S139. A subclone, p13E-11, detects in normal individuals a polymorphic EcoRI fragment usually larger than 28 kilobases (kb). Surprisingly, using the same probe we detected de novo DNA rearrangements, characterized by shorter EcoRI fragments (14-28 kb), in 5 out of 6 new FSHD cases. In 10 Dutch families analysed, a specific shorter fragment between 14-28 kb cosegregates with FSHD. Both observations indicate that FSHD is caused by independent de novo DNA rearrangements in the EcoRI fragment detected by p13E-11.