Title |
Identification of the nucleotide substitution that generates the fourth polymorphic site in human deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I)
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Published in |
Human Genetics, August 1996
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DOI | 10.1007/s004390050231 |
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Authors |
Reiko Iida, Toshihiro Yasuda, Haruo Takeshita, Etsuko Tsubota, Isao Yuasa, Tamiko Nakajima, K. Kishi |
Abstract |
In addition to the three polymorphic sites responsible for protein polymorphism, a new polymorphic site has been identified in intron 7 of the human deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) gene. Three phenotypes were observed on single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis of a 266-bp polymerase chain reaction-amplified fragment containing exon 7 and part of intron 7 of the human DNase I gene. DNA sequencing analysis demonstrated that a C-G substitution occurred at position 1978 in intron 7. This substitution was confirmed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, since a new Msp1 site is created by the substitution. Population and family studies showed that the inheritance of the genotypes for DNase I C1978G polymorphism is controlled by two codominant alleles, tentatively designated DNASE1*1978C and *1978G. The gene frequencies in a Japanese population were significantly different from those in a Caucasian (German) population. The C1978G polymorphism is in linkage disequilibrium with the common DNase I protein phenotypes 1, 1-2, and 2. |
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