title: Different types of structural variation in STRs: HumFES/FPS, HumVWA and HumD21S11.
abstract: Alleles of the STR systems HumFES/FPS, HumVWA and HumD21S11 were sequenced and analyzed. Sequence data revealed 3 different systems concerning the complexity of their sequence structure. HumFES/FPS belongs to the STR polymorphism with a simple repeat structure. Only 2 subtypes were found with a base substitution in the 5'-flanking region and no variation in the repeat region. In the STR system HumVWA the sequence structure of the repeat region is more complex, because 2 tetranucleotide units TCTA and TCTG were present. Additionally allele 14 revealed a completely different sequence structure leading to a different electrophoretic mobility. The repeat region of HumD21S11 is compound in structure. The possibility of variation at 3 positions leads to the occurrence of microheterogeneities in fragments of apparent length. In the upper allele range alleles arise with an additional incomplete TA-repeat.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brinkmann
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005787:Gene Frequency; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA