Fragile (X) expression: Relationship to the cell cycle |
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Authors: | E S Cantú Patricia A Jacobs |
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Institution: | (1) John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology, University of Hawaii, 96822 Honolulu, HI, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The fragile (X) chromosome demonstrable in individuals with one type of X-linked mental retardation is seldom, if ever, seen in more than 50% of cells of affected individuals. We have devised a model to explain this apparent 50% maximum, one essential feature of which is that the fragile (X) will not be seen in cells in their first division in thymidine-depleted media. The validity of our model was tested on lymphoblastoid cell lines from affected males by treating the cells with fluorodeoxyuridine (FUdR) to induce the marker and/or bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) to determine the cell cycle. We have evidence that the fragile (X) is present in cells in the first and subsequent these observations our model is not valid and the 50% expression of the fragile site at Xq(28) and other unusual properties of this region of the X chromosome remain unexplained.This work was supported by Grant HD 07879 from the National Institutes of Health |
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