The genes coding for human pro alpha 1(IV) collagen and pro alpha 2(IV) collagen are both located at the end of the long arm of chromosome 13. |
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| Authors: | C D Boyd S E Toth-Fejel I K Gadi M Litt M R Condon M Kolbe I K Hagen M Kurkinen J W Mackenzie and E Magenis |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903. |
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| Abstract: | We have isolated and characterized a cDNA clone containing DNA sequences coding for the noncollagenous carboxy-terminal domain of human pro alpha 2(IV) collagen. Using this cDNA clone in both Southern blot analysis of DNA isolated from human-mouse somatic-cell hybrids and in situ hybridization of normal human metaphase chromosomes, we have demonstrated that the gene coding for human pro alpha 2(IV) collagen is located at 13q33----34, in the same position on chromosome 13 as the pro alpha 1(IV) collagen gene. |
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