title: Physical analysis of the terminal 270 kb of DNA from human chromosome 1q.
abstract: DNA from three 1q44-derived human telomeric yeast artificial chromosome clones was analyzed using physical mapping methods. The smallest clone, yRM2004 (65 kb), corresponded exactly to the distal end of the largest clone, yRM2123 (270 kb). The third clone, yRM2192, overlapped with the proximal end of yRM2123 but not the distal end, suggesting that it is most likely a deletion artifact of a clone originally derived from a 1q telomere fragment. Data from fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis, restriction mapping, and RecA-assisted restriction enzyme cleavage experiments indicate that the molecular clone yRM2123 contains a 260-kb DNA fragment colinear with a genomic telomere-terminal fragment from 1q. yRM2123 contains low-copy subtelomeric and subterminal repeats at its distal end, single-copy DNA more centromerically, and a CG-rich region with homology to mouse DNA. Markers derived from this clone will allow telomeric closure of the physical and genetic linkage maps of human chromosome 1q.
authors.affiliation: Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Negorev
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Macina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spais
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ruthig
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Riethman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D016615:Telomere / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D004247:DNA