title: Analysis of chromosome 6 deletions in lymphoid malignancies provides evidence for a region of minimal deletion within a 2-megabase segment of 6q21.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization has been used to define deletion breakpoints within chromosome bands 6q16-21 in cases of lymphoid malignancy. Previous evidence suggested that the region might contain a tumour-suppressor gene. Six yeast artificial chromosome probes, each selected using a single marker, were localized to 6q16-21 and the following order was confirmed; D6S330-D6S283-D6S301-D6S447-D6S246-FYN+ ++. Of 32 cases of lymphoid malignancy, 30 showed deletion of D6S246 and, in the two cases in which D6S246 was retained, the adjacent marker, D6S447, was deleted. These observations imply that a region of minimal deletion is located within a 2-megabase segment of 6q21, between D6S447 and D6S246, providing a candidate region for the location of a tumour-suppressor gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Genetics, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sherratt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D007621:Karyotyping; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000235:genetics*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015342:DNA Probes