title: YAC contigs mapping the human COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes and DXS118 within Xq21.3-q22.
abstract: Sequence-tagged sites (STSs) were developed for three loci of uncertain X chromosomal localization (DXS122, DXS137, and DXS174) and were used to seed YAC contigs. Two contigs now total about 3.3 Mb formatted with 34 STSs. One contains DXS122 and DXS174 within 250 kb on single YACs; it is placed in Xq21.3-q22.1 by FISH analysis, which is consistent with somatic cell hybrid panel analyses and with the inclusion of a probe that detects polymorphism at the DXS118 locus already assigned to that general region. The other contig, which contains DXS137, is in Xq22.2 by FISH, consistent with cell hybrid analyses and with the finding that it covers the human COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes known to be in that vicinity. In addition to extending the cloned coverage of this portion of the X chromosome, these materials should aid, for example, in the further analysis of Alport syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Featherstone
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlessinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics*; D006224:Cricetinae; D015342:DNA Probes; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D003094:Collagen