title: NotI linking clones as a tool for joining physical and genetic maps of the human genome.
abstract: To study the connection among NotI linking clones, CpG islands, and genes, the sequence surrounding 143 NotI sites was determined. These NotI linking clones were isolated from human chromosome 3-specific libraries and contain an average C + G content of 65%. These clones represent sequence-tagged sites that can be positioned onto chromosome maps and used for generating a long-range NotI map of the human genome. A majority (about 90%) of these clones contain transcribed sequences, as detected by Northern blot hybridization, providing an efficient link between physical and functional (genetic) maps. The GenBank nucleotide database was searched with sequences from these NotI linking clones. For many clones, homology was found to human and other vertebrate genes. About 20 clones contained various repeats in their sequences and may represent microsatellite loci. Most of these NotI linking clones therefore represent evolutionarily conserved DNA fragments and also can be used for comparative genome mapping of other mammalian species. In addition, approximately 20% of all sequenced human CpG island-containing genes and more than 12% of all well-characterized human genes were found to possess NotI restriction sites. This is at least 2-5 times more than has been previously estimated and suggests that NotI sites have a much stronger association with genes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Viral Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, FCRDC, Frederick, Maryland 21702.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Allikmets
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kashuba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gizatullin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lebedeva
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Kholodnyuk
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Bannikov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Zakharyev
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C038565:GCGGCCGC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases