title: Regional assignment of a human DNA repair gene (XRCC5) to 2q35 by X-ray hybrid mapping.
abstract: A number of human genes involved in the repair of radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks have been identified based on the analysis of radiation-sensitive rodent mutants. Recently, one of the DSB repair genes, XRCC5, has been mapped on human chromosome 2 by concordance analysis of somatic cell hybrids and by the microcell-mediated chromosome transfer approach. For the regional mapping of the human XRCC5 gene, we have constructed a panel of X-ray hybrids and a panel of microcell-mediated chromosome 2 hybrids in the mutant background that contain only fragments of human chromosome 2. By using fluorescence in situ hybridization, chromosome banding, and physical mapping of these X-ray hybrids, we have localized the human XRCC5 locus to 2q35. This result is further confirmed by a segregation analysis indicating that the radiation resistant phenotype of a repair-proficient hybrid cosegregates with the human 2q35 chromosome fragment.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Marrone
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stackhouse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Siciliano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000528:radiation effects; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers