Confirmation of the human cathepsin B gene (CTSB) assignment to chromosome 8

Dunne Fong, Marion Man-Ying Chan, Wang Ting Hsieh, Joan C. Menninger, David C. Ward

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Abstract

Human cathepsin B gene (CTSB) has been mapped to two locations: 8p22 and 13q14. Here we confirm the chromosome 8 assignment by three independent methods: (1) analysis of human-hamster somatic cell hybrid DNA by polymerase chain reaction; (2) comparison of hybridization signals to cathepsin B in interphase nuclei of normal fibroblasts and fibroblasts with a chromosome 8 deletion; and (3) fluorescence in situ hybridization to metaphase spreads using cathepsin B cosmid clones. Our results indicate that human CTSB is located at 8p22-p23.1.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10-12
Number of pages3
JournalHuman Genetics
Volume89
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1992

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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