The gene for the ataxia telangiectasia variant, nijmegen breakage syndrome, maps to a 1 cm interval on chromosome 8q21

Item Type:	Article
Title:	The gene for the ataxia telangiectasia variant, nijmegen breakage syndrome, maps to a 1 cm interval on chromosome 8q21
Creators Name:	Saar, K. and Chrzanowska, K.H. and Stumm, M. and Jung, M. and Nuernberg, G. and Wienker, T.F. and Seemanova, E. and Wegner, R.D. and Reis, A. and Sperling, K.
Abstract:	Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS; Seemanová II syndrome) and Berlin breakage syndrome (BBS), also known as ataxia-telangiectasia variants, are two clinically indistinguishable autosomal recessive familial cancer syndromes that share with ataxia-telangiectasia similar cellular, immunological, and chromosomal but not clinical findings. Classification in NBS and BBS was based on complementation of their hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation in cell-fusion experiments. Recent investigations have questioned the former classification into two different disease entities, suggesting that NBS/BBS is caused by mutations in a single radiosensitivity gene. We now have performed a whole-genome screen in 14 NBS/BBS families and have localized the gene for NBS/BBS to a 1-cM interval on chromosome 8q21, between markers D8S271 and D8S270, with a peak LOD score of 6.86 at D8S1811. This marker also shows strong allelic association to both Slavic NBS and German BBS patients, suggesting the existence of one major mutation of Slavic origin. Since the same allele is seen in both former complementation groups, genetic homogeneity of NBS/BBS can be considered as proved.
Keywords:	Alleles, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Chromosome Mapping, Pair 8 Human Chromosomes, Pedigree
Source:	American Journal of Human Genetics
ISSN:	0002-9297
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Volume:	60
Number:	3
Page Range:	605-610
Date:	March 1997
Official Publication:	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1712504/
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