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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Balanced translocations affecting the paternal copy of 15q11--q13 are a rare cause of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) or PWS-like features. Here we report on the cytogenetic and molecular characterization of a de novo balanced reciprocal translocation t(X;15)(q28;q12) in a female patient with atypical PWS. The translocation breakpoints in this patient and two previously reported patients map 70-80 kb distal to the SNURF-SNRPN gene and define a breakpoint cluster region. The breakpoints disrupt one of several hitherto unknown 3' exons of this gene. Using RT--PCR we demonstrate that sequences distal to the breakpoint, including the recently identified C/D box small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) gene cluster HBII-85 as well as IPW and PAR1, are not expressed in the patient. Our data suggest that lack of expression of these sequences contributes to the PWS phenotype.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
201-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Autoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Chromosome Banding, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Chromosome Breakage, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Cytogenetic Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Prader-Willi Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-X Chromosome, pubmed-meshheading:11159938-snRNP Core Proteins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A translocation breakpoint cluster disrupts the newly defined 3' end of the SNURF-SNRPN transcription unit on chromosome 15.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck Institut für Molekulare Genetik.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't