title: Development and use of metaphase chromosome flow-sorting methodology to obtain recombinant phage libraries enriched for parts of the human X chromosome.
abstract: Metaphase chromosomes isolated from human lymphoblastoid cell lines containing structurally abnormal X chromosomes have been stained with the bisbenzimidazole dye Hoechst 33258 and analyzed on a FACS II flow system equipped with a 5-W all-lines argon ion laser. The chromosomal fluorescence has been highly resolved at flow rates of 1,000-3,000 chromosomes per second. With the goal of obtaining recombinant DNA libraries from parts of the human X chromosome, fluorescence populations enriched for a dicentric X (Xpter- greater than Xq24::Xq24-greater than Xpter) chromosome and an isochromosome of the long arm of the X [i(Xq)] have been identified. The dicentric X chromosome has been resolved as a discrete peak in the fluorescence flow histogram. In contrast, the fluorescence intensity of the isochromosome is indistinguishable from that of chromosomes 3 and 4. Recombinant DNA libraries from the flow-sorted chromosomes have been constructed in the lambda phage, Charon 21A, and consist of 1.6 X 10(5) and 0.7 X 10(5) plaque-forming units in the case of the dicentric X and the isochromosome, respectively. Ninety percent of the phage in both recombinant libraries contain inserts which hybridize to highly repetitive human DNA sequences. The recombinant phage library from the flow-sorted dicentric X chromosome, which could be assigned to a discrete fluorescence peak, has been further characterized and shows at least a tenfold enrichment for X chromosome-specific DNA sequences as determined by Southern blot hybridization of cloned fragments.
mesh_terms: D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008677:Metaphase; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant