title: Assignment of the XRCC2 human DNA repair gene to chromosome 7q36 by complementation analysis.
abstract: The V79 hamster cell line irs1 is a repair-deficient mutant hypersensitive to radiation and DNA-reactive chemical agents. Somatic cell hybrids were formed by fusing irs1 cells with human lymphocytes and selecting for complementation in medium containing concentrations of mitomycin C (MMC) that are toxic to irs1. Thirty-eight MMC-resistant hybrids showed extensive segregation of human chromosomes, with 35 of them retaining human chromosome 7, as indicated by molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses. Inter-Alu-PCR products from the DNA of hybrids, when used as fluorescence in situ hybridization probe onto normal human metaphases, indicated that one resistant hybrid was monochromosomal for chromosome 7 and that the three resistant hybrids shown to be negative for chromosome 7 markers have retained portions of chromosome 7, with region 7q36 being the smallest common region. MMC-sensitive subclones of a resistant hybrid lost human chromosome 7. Therefore, the gene complementing the repair defect, XRCC2 (X-ray repair cross complementing), is assigned to human chromosome 7q36.
authors.affiliation: Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94551-0808, USA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers