title: High-resolution physical mapping by combined Alu-hybridization/PCR screening: construction of a yeast artificial chromosome map covering 31 centimorgans in 3p21-p14.
abstract: We describe an integrated approach to large-scale physical mapping using an Alu-PCR hybridization screening strategy in conjunction with direct PCR-based screening to construct a continuous yeast artificial chromosome map covering >20 mb in human chromosome 3, bands p14-p21, composed of 205 loci, connected by 480 yeast artificial chromosomes, with average interlocus distance of approximately equal to 100 kb. We observe an inverse distribution of Alu-PCR and (CA)n markers. These results suggest that the two screening methods may be complementary and demonstrate the utility of Alu-PCR hybridization screening in the closure of high-resolution human physical maps.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aburatani
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Housman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D006224:Cricetinae; D015342:DNA Probes; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D051379:Mice; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D005819:Genetic Markers