Regional mapping of two human immunoglobulin V lambda genes and analysis of the V lambda locus in chronic myeloid leukaemia.
AUTOR(ES)
Anderson, M L
RESUMO
The human immunoglobulin V lambda locus has been studied in relation to chromosomal translocations involving chromosome 22. DNA probes for two V lambda genes which belong to different subgroups and do not cross hybridize, were used to show that both V lambda genes are located on the Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Both genes map in band 22q11 to a region that is bounded on the distal side by the breakpoints for CML 9:22 translocations and on the proximal side by the breakpoint for an X:22 translocation. We have found no evidence for rearrangements or amplification of either V lambda gene in CML, in either the chronic or acute phases of the disease. In K562 cells which are derived from the pleural effusion of a patient with Ph1-positive CML, there appears to be no rearrangement of the V lambda genes, but they are both amplified about four times. We have estimated that the minimum size for the amplification unit in K562 cells is 186 kb.
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