Title |
The Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy region on 4qter and the homologous locus on 10qter evolved independently under different evolutionary pressure
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Published in |
BMC Medical Genomics, March 2007
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2350-8-8 |
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Authors |
Monica Rossi, Enzo Ricci, Luca Colantoni, Giuliana Galluzzi, Roberto Frusciante, Pietro A Tonali, Luciano Felicetti |
Abstract |
The homologous 4q and 10q subtelomeric regions include two distinctive polymorphic arrays of 3.3 kb repeats, named D4Z4. An additional BlnI restriction site on the 10q-type sequence allows to distinguish the chromosomal origin of the repeats. Reduction in the number of D4Z4 repeats below a threshold of 10 at the 4q locus is tightly linked to Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), while similar contractions at 10q locus, are not pathogenic. Sequence variations due to the presence of BlnI-sensitive repeats (10q-type) on chromosome 4 or viceversa of BlnI-resistant repeats (4q-type) on chromosome 10 are observed in both alleles. |
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