title: Direct amplification of a single dissected chromosomal segment by polymerase chain reaction: a human brain sodium channel gene is on chromosome 2q22-q23.
abstract: We have devised a general strategy for gene mapping based upon the direct amplification of a target sequence within a single microdissected Giemsa-banded chromosomal segment using the polymerase chain reaction. The usefulness of this approach was demonstrated by mapping a cloned human brain sodium channel (alpha subunit) gene sequence to chromosome 2q22-q23. When DNA from single, dissected chromosome segments 2q21-qter and 2q24-pter were used as templates, a sodium channel-specific 172-base-pair polymerase chain reaction product was obtained. This product was not synthesized when segments 2q21-pter and 2q24-qter were used. Chromosome microdissection-polymerase chain reaction is not only a simple, fast, and accurate method for gene mapping but also may offer significant advantages for other applications, such as cancer cytogenetics and linkage analysis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Genetics, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rado
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004524:Eels; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015222:Sodium Channels