title: Human chromosome-specific repetitive DNA probes: targeting in situ hybridization to chromosome 17 with a 42-base-pair alphoid DNA oligomer.
abstract: The pericentric region of human chromosome 17 was targeted for specific in situ hybridization of the alphoid DNA subfamily enriched on this chromosome. A recombinant DNA clone containing the entire higher order chromosome 17 alphoid repeat preferentially hybridized to the pericentric region of chromosome 17, but frequently cross-hybridized to other chromosomes under normal stringency conditions. Chromosomal specificity, after in situ hybridization to metaphase spreads and interphase nuclei, was improved by using a subclone containing predominantly monomer 1 of the higher order repeat. Further improvement was achieved by synthesizing a 42-nucleotide oligomer of a divergent region of monomer 1. Southern blot analysis confirmed the improved specificity of the shorter probes. Reducing the potential of repetitive DNA probes to cross-hybridize increases the usefulness of the probes, especially when they are used for localizing individual chromosomes in interphase nuclei.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyne
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Moyzis
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D015342:DNA Probes; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004276:DNA, Satellite