title: Assignment of the human gene for pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPPA) to 9q33.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization to mitotic and meiotic chromosomes.
abstract: Low levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPPA) during the first trimester has been suggested as a biochemical indicator of pregnancies with aneuploid fetuses. Furthermore, the complete absence of PAPPA in pregnancies associated with Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CL) has suggested a causal connection between PAPPA and the development of CL. We have assigned the locus for PAPPA to chromosome region 9q33.1 on mitotic and meiotic chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization, using a 3.7-kb partial PAPPA cDNA probe.
authors.affiliation: Danish Center for Human Genome Research, John F. Kennedy Institute, Glostrup, Denmark.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Silahtaroglu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tümer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sottrup-Jensen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tommerup
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D008938:Mitosis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A