Gene dosage and complementation analysis of ataxia telangiectasia lymphoblastoid cell lines assayed by induced chromosome aberrations |
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Authors: | P Chen F P Imray C Kidson |
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Affiliation: | Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia |
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Abstract: | An approach of general applicability to mammalian radiosensitive mutants has been used in the analysis of gene dosage and complementation in ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). Thymidine residues in DNA of one parental lymphoblastoid cell line were substituted with bromodeoxyuridine before fusion with a second parental cell line, to allow differential staining of the two sets of chromosomes. Following gamma-irradiation, induced chromosome aberrations were scored in diploid and homokaryon cells from each parental line as well as in heterokaryons. Four complementation groups were ascertained among 7 A-T cell lines. Analysis of heterokaryons formed between appropriate combinations of normal, A-T homozygote and A-T heterozygote cells, gave a quantitative measure of gene dosage and demonstrated increasing radiosensitivity with increasing numbers of A-T alleles. |
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