Dinucleotide (CA/GT) repeat polymorphism in intron 17B of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene

N Morral; E Girbau; J Zielenski; V Nunes; T Casals; L C Tsui; X Estivill

doi:10.1007/BF00197276

Dinucleotide (CA/GT) repeat polymorphism in intron 17B of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene

Hum Genet. 1992 Jan;88(3):356. doi: 10.1007/BF00197276.

Authors

N Morral¹, E Girbau, J Zielenski, V Nunes, T Casals, L C Tsui, X Estivill

Affiliation

¹ Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Duran i Reynals, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 1370810
DOI: 10.1007/BF00197276

Abstract

We describe a polymorphic microsatellite (IVS17BCA) in intron 17B of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. It consists of an 11 to 20 CA/GT dinucleotide repeat, located 424 bp from exon 17B.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alleles
Base Sequence
Cystic Fibrosis / genetics
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Humans
Introns*
Membrane Proteins / genetics*
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleotides / genetics*
Oligonucleotides / genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

Substances

CFTR protein, human
Membrane Proteins
Nucleotides
Oligonucleotides
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator