title: Improved haplotype analysis of human myelin basic protein short tandem repeat loci.
abstract: We report an improved haplotype analysis of the human myelin basic protein gene (MBP) short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphism. The polymorphic G-->A transition and 2 conventional STR polymorphisms, MBPA and MBPB, were simultaneously determined by an amplified product length polymorphism technique. After the MBPC fragments containing MBPA and MBPB were amplified, the linkage of these 2 STR loci was determined by a second amplification, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, of the isolated MBPC fragments. The present haplotype analysis dispensed with family studies for the haplotyping of MBPA and MBPB. Polymorphisms of the MBP loci studied in German and Japanese populations showed a high genomic variation. Haplotype analysis of the MBP loci showed distinct differences between the German and the Japanese populations. Consequently, haplotype analysis of the MBP loci promises to be useful in forensic identification and paternity testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umetsu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005858:Germany; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics*; D010334:Paternity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004676:Myelin Basic Protein