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. 1992 Apr;50(4):717–724.

Identification of DNA sequences flanking the breakpoint of human t(14q21q) Robertsonian translocations.

E Earle 1, L G Shaffer 1, P Kalitsis 1, C McQuillan 1, S Dale 1, K H Choo 1
PMCID: PMC1682650  PMID: 1550117

Abstract

We have employed molecular probes and in situ hybridization to investigate the DNA sequences flanking the breakpoint of a group of t(14q21q) Robertsonian translocations. In all the families studied, the probands were patients with Down syndrome who carried a de novo t(14q21q) translocation. The DNA probes used were two alphoid sequences, alphaRI and alphaXT, which are specific for the centromeres of chromosomes 13 and 21 and of chromosomes 14 and 22, respectively; a satellite III sequence, pTRS-47, which is specific for the proximal p11 region of chromosomes 14 and 22; and a newly defined satellite III DNA, pTRS-63, which is specific for the distal p11 region of chromosome 14. The two alphoid probes detected approximately the same amount of autoradiographic signal on the translocated chromosomes as was expected for chromosomes 14 and 21 of the originating parent, suggesting that there has been no loss of these centromeric sequences during the translocation events. Results with the two satellite III probes indicated that the domain corresponding to pTRS-47 was retained in the translocated chromosomes, whereas the domain for pTRS-63 was lost. These results have allowed us to place the translocation breakpoint between the pTRS-47 and pTRS-63 domains within the p11 region of chromosome 14.

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