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Large‐scale Molecular Analysis of a 34 Mb Interval on Chromosome 6q: Major Refinement of the RP25 Interval
Author(s) -
Abd ElAziz M. M.,
Barragan I.,
O'Driscoll C.,
Borrego S.,
AbuSafieh L.,
Pieras J. I.,
ElAshry M. F.,
Prigmore E.,
Carter N.,
Antinolo G.,
Bhattacharya S. S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00455.x
Subject(s) - genetics , locus (genetics) , biology , gene , comparative genomic hybridization , copy number variation , human genome , chromosome , sequence analysis , genetic linkage , sequence (biology) , genome , computational biology
Summary A large scale bioinformatics and molecular analysis of a 34 Mb interval on chromosome 6q12 was undertaken as part of our ongoing study to identify the gene responsible for an autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) locus, RP25. Extensive bioinformatics analysis indicated in excess of 110 genes within the region and we also noted unfinished sequence on chromosome 6q in the Human Genome Database, between 58 and 61.2 Mb. Forty three genes within the RP25 interval were considered as good candidates for mutation screening. Direct sequence analysis of the selected genes in 7 Spanish families with arRP revealed a total of 244 sequence variants, of which 67 were novel but none were pathogenic. This, together with previous reports, excludes 60 genes within the interval (∼55%) as disease causing for RP. To investigate if copy number variation (CNV) exists within RP25, a comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis was performed on a consanguineous family. A clone from the tiling path array, chr6tp‐19C7, spanning ∼100‐Kb was found to be deleted in all affected members of the family, leading to a major refinement of the interval. This will eventually have a significant impact on cloning of the RP25 gene.

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