High-Resolution Mapping of Ribosomal Protein Genes to Human Chromosome 19 |
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Authors: | Kenmochi, Naoya Ashworth, Linda K. Lennon, Greg Higa, Sayomi Tanaka, Tatsuo |
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Affiliation: | 1Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan 2Human Genome Center, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, L-452, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94551, USA |
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Abstract: | In a systematic effort for mapping of all the human ribosomalprotein (rp) genes, we have found that an unusually large number(12) of rp genes are present on chromosome 19 and subsequentlydetermined their locations on the chromosome by a radiation-hybridprocedure. For this, we isolated cosmid clones correspondingto each gene and placed nine of them on a metric physical mapof chromosome 19. Although most genes are scattered over thechromosome, we found three genes are clustered in a 0.6-Mb regionat 19q13.3 and two of them, RPL13A and RPS11, within a singlecosmid only 4.3 kb apart. To explore a possible relationshipbetween rp gene defects and human disease, we compared map positionsof the rpgenes and disease loci on chromosome 19, which ledus to find RPS9 gene in the same interval as the gene for retinitispigmentosa 11. The disease locus has previously been mappedto the 6-cM interval at 19q13.4 between markers D19S572 andD19S926, which corresponds to less than 2-Mb region on the metricphysical map. We mapped RPS9 about 800 kb distal to D19S572. |
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Keywords: | ribosomal protein genes human chromosome 19 gene cluster human disease |
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