title: HAPPY mapping of a YAC reveals alternative haplotypes in the human immunoglobulin VH locus.
abstract: We have identified and sequenced 14 human immunoglobulin VH segments cloned in a yeast artificial chromosome, and have used a rapid PCR-based technique (HAPPY mapping, 12) to derive the order and approximate distances between them. The sequences mapped comprise thirteen germline VH segments and one rearranged VH3 gene. Comparison of our map with other data suggests the existence of at least two distinct haplotypes, differing in the presence or absence of the consecutive genes DP-78, DP-46 and DP-64, and in the duplication of segments DP-49 and DP-65. Screening of ten individuals confirms the existence of both haplotypes, and indicates that both are common amongst the population.
authors.affiliation: MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Tomlinson
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Rabbitts
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Dear
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region