title: Fine-scale mapping of the gene responsible for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1).
abstract: We have constructed a high-resolution genetic linkage map in the vicinity of the gene responsible for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). The mutation causing this disease, inherited as an autosomal dominant, predisposes carriers to development of neoplastic tumors in the parathyroid, the endocrine pancreas, and the anterior lobe of the pituitary. The 12 markers on the genetic linkage map reported here span nearly 20 cM, and linkage analysis of MEN1 pedigrees has placed the MEN1 locus within the 8-cM region between D11S480 and D11S546. The markers on this map will be useful for prenatal or presymptomatic diagnosis of individuals in families that segregate a mutant allele of the MEN1 gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D004701:Endocrine Gland Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics