ISSN:
1573-6849
Keywords:
chromosome 6
;
deletion
;
lymphoid malignancy
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Fluorescence in situ hybridization has been used to define deletion breakpoints within chromosome bands 6q16–21 incases of lymphoid malignancy. Previous evidence suggested that the region might contain a tumour-suppressor gene. Six yeast artificial chromosome probes, each selected using a single marker, were localized to 6q16–21 and the following order was confirmed; D6S330–D6S283–D6S301–D6S447–D6S246–FYN. Of 32 cases of lymphoid malignancy, 30 showed deletion of D6S246 and, in the two cases in which D6S246 was retained, the adjacent marker, D6S447, was deleted. These observation simply that a region of minimal deletion is located within a 2-megabase segment of 6q21, between D6S447 and D6S246, providing a candidate region for the location of a tumour-suppressor gene.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018418224660
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