Author:
Centola Michael,Chen Xiaoguang,Sood Raman,Deng Zuoming,Aksentijevich Ivona,Blake Trevor,Ricke Darrell O.,Chen Xiang,Wood Geryl,Zaks Nurit,Richards Neil,Krizman David,Mansfield Elizabeth,Apostolou Sinoula,Liu Jingmei,Shafran Neta,Vedula Anil,Hamon Melanie,Cercek Andrea,Kahan Tanaz,Gumucio Deborah,Callen David F.,Richards Robert I.,Moyzis Robert K.,Doggett Norman A.,Collins Francis S.,Liu P. Paul,Fischel-Ghodsian Nathan,Kastner Daniel L.
Abstract
We used a combination of cDNA selection, exon amplification, and computational prediction from genomic sequence to isolate transcribed sequences from genomic DNA surrounding the familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) locus. Eighty-seven kb of genomic DNA around D16S3370, a marker showing a high degree of linkage disequilibrium with FMF, was sequenced to completion, and the sequence annotated. A transcript map reflecting the minimal number of genes encoded within the ∼700 kb of genomic DNA surrounding the FMF locus was assembled. This map consists of 27 genes with discreet messages detectable on Northerns, in addition to three olfactory-receptor genes, a cluster of 18 tRNA genes, and two putative transcriptional units that have typical intron–exon splice junctions yet do not detect messages on Northerns. Four of the transcripts are identical to genes described previously, seven have been independently identified by the French FMF Consortium, and the others are novel. Six related zinc-finger genes, a cluster of tRNAs, and three olfactory receptors account for the majority of transcribed sequences isolated from a 315-kb FMF central region (betweenD16S468/D16S3070 and cosmid 377A12). Interspersed among them are several genes that may be important in inflammation. This transcript map not only has permitted the identification of the FMF gene (MEFV), but also has provided us an opportunity to probe the structural and functional features of this region of chromosome 16.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Subject
Genetics (clinical),Genetics
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