title: Definition of the limits of the Wilms tumor locus on human chromosome 11p13.
abstract: In a previous report, we described a contiguous restriction map of chromosome band 11p13 that localized the Wilms tumor locus to a small group of NotI fragments. In an effort to identify and isolate the 11p13-associated sporadic Wilms tumor locus, we developed a panel of NotI fragment-specific DNA probes. These probes were selected from genomic libraries constructed using the Chinese hamster ovary-human somatic cell hybrid carrying only human 11p. The libraries were prepared from NotI-digested DNA after size selection by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The selected NotI fragments had been previously targeted on the basis of deletion mapping as having a high probability of containing the Wilms tumor locus. We used these newly identified 11p13-specific probes to improve the resolution of the restriction map spanning the Wilms tumor locus. The locus has been defined by a homozygous deletion in a sporadic Wilms tumor. Using these probes, the region of homozygous deletion in this tumor and presumably all or part of the Wilms tumor gene have been confined to two small SfiI fragments spanning less than 350 kb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonetta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yeger
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D006224:Cricetinae; D015342:DNA Probes; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C038565:GCGGCCGC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases