title: Human type I cytokeratin genes are a compact cluster.
abstract: A YAC clone (211F11) containing approximately 0.5 Mb of human DNA was isolated from a human genomic library by PCR-based screening with cytokeratin (KRT) 13-specific primers. The YAC clone was mapped by FISH to the long arm of chromosome 17 (17q12-->q21), a region to which several other type I KRT genes had been mapped previously. We now show by Southern blot hybridization and PFGE analyses that KRT13, 14, 15, and 16 are all contained within YAC clone 211F11. Long-range restriction mapping analysis of clone 211F11 and of two smaller YAC clones that were also isolated with KRT13-specific primers, suggests that KRT13, 14, 15, 16 and their linked type I genes KRT17 and 19, are contained in less than 150 kb of genomic DNA. According to our reconstruction it then appears that at least six type I KRT genes are arranged in a highly compact cluster. The three YACs reported in this study represent a new tool to dissect the molecular structure of the locus of the human type I KRT genes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, Istituto per la Ricerca sul Ritardo Mentale e l'Involuzione Cerebrale (I.R.C.C.S.), Troina, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ceratto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dobkin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cassiman
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Aly
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leube
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Langbein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast / Q000235:genetics; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007633:Keratins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005810:Multigene Family; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D007633:Keratins