title: A novel GC-rich human macrosatellite VNTR in Xq24 is differentially methylated on active and inactive X chromosomes.
abstract: A new X chromosome-specific repetitive sequence, a 3 kilobase HindIII clone with a base composition of 63% C+G, has been isolated. The sequence is organized as a hypervariable tandem repeat cluster ranging in size from 150-350 kilobases, with outlying single copies. This locus, designated DXZ4 and mapped to chromosome band Xq24, may consist of as many as 50 variable-length alleles. It represents a class of variable number of tandem repeat polymorphism which may be termed 'macrosatellite'. The cluster is highly methylated on the active X chromosome and hypomethylated on the inactive X.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giacalone
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedes
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Francke
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004303:Dosage Compensation, Genetic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite