THE POLYDEOXYADENYLATE TRACT OF ALU REPETITIVE ELEMENTS IS POLYMORPHIC IN THE HUMAN GENOME

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作者
ECONOMOU, EP
BERGEN, AW
WARREN, AC
ANTONARAKIS, SE
机构
[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, SCH MED, CTR MED GENET, DEPT PEDIAT, CMSC 1004, BALTIMORE, MD 21205 USA
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, SCH MED, CTR MED GENET, DEPT PSYCHIAT, BALTIMORE, MD 21205 USA
关键词
Adenosine deaminase gene; DNA marker; Polymerase chain reaction; β-globin gene cluster;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.87.8.2951
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
To identify DNA polymorphisms that are abundant in the human genome and are detectable by polymerase chain reaction amplification of genomic DNA, we tested the hypothesis that the polydeoxyadenylate tract of the Alu family of repetitive elements is polymorphic among human chromosomes. We analyzed the 3′ ends of three specific Alu sequences and found that two (in the adenosine deaminase gene and the β-globin pseudogene) were polymorphic. This novel class of polymorphisms, termed AluVpA [Alu variable poly(A)] may represent one of the most useful and informative group of DNA markers in the human genome.
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