Abstract
Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) were obtained from a 550-kilobase region that contains three probes previously mapped as very close to the locus of the fragile X syndrome. These YACs spanned the fragile site in Xq27.3 as shown by fluorescent in situ hybridization. An internal 200-kilobase segment contained four chromosomal breakpoints generated by induction of fragile X expression. A single CpG island was identified in the cloned region between markers DXS463 and DXS465 that appears methylated in mentally retarded fragile X males, but not in nonexpressing male carriers of the mutation nor in normal males. This CpG island may indicate the presence of a gene involved in the clinical phenotype of the syndrome.
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Heitz, D., Rousseau, F., Devys, D., Saccone, S., Abderrahim, H., Le Paslier, D., Cohen, D., Vincent, A., Toniolo, D., Della Valle, G., Johnson, S., Schlessinger, D., Oberlé, I., & Mandel, J. L. (1991). Isolation of Sequences that Span the Fragile X and Identification of a Fragile X-Related CpG Island. Science, 251(4998), 1236â1239.
Authors
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- D. Heitz (first)
- F. Rousseau (additional)
- D. Devys (additional)
- S. Saccone (additional)
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 6:10 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 10 p.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months ago (July 1, 2025, 5:12 p.m.) |
Issued | 34 years, 5 months ago (March 8, 1991) |
Published | 34 years, 5 months ago (March 8, 1991) |
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@article{Heitz_1991, title={Isolation of Sequences that Span the Fragile X and Identification of a Fragile X-Related CpG Island}, volume={251}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.2006411}, DOI={10.1126/science.2006411}, number={4998}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Heitz, D. and Rousseau, F. and Devys, D. and Saccone, S. and Abderrahim, H. and Le Paslier, D. and Cohen, D. and Vincent, A. and Toniolo, D. and Della Valle, G. and Johnson, S. and Schlessinger, D. and Oberlé, I. and Mandel, J. L.}, year={1991}, month=mar, pages={1236–1239} }