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A study of restriction fragment length polymorphisms at the human alpha-1-antitrypsin locus

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A cloned cDNA for α-1-antitrypsin (α-1-AT) was selected from a human liver cDNA library. The identity of the clone was established by hybrid-selected translation and partial DNA sequencing. The cDNA was used as a probe to search for restriction site polymorphisms (RSPs) near the α-1-AT gene. Only two RSPs were found using 29 different restriction enzymes. Each of these polymorphisms resulted from the loss of a restriction site, one for EcoRI and the other for Taq I. The frequency of polymorphic restriction was calculated to be 1.1% to 2.6% of all sites tested, a figure lower than the 9.3% value observed for 12 RSPs in the human β-globin gene cluster. Since the corresponding figure for detectable polymorphisms at the α-1-AT locus at the protein level is 12%, restriction enzymes are comparatively inefficient in detecting genetic variability. The basis of this inefficiency was studied by computing the nucleotide diversity from the RSP data. On the average, one in 500 to 1000 bases is polymorphic around the α-1-At locus. This value is comparable to that which we have calculated for the human β-globin gene cluster and the human growth hormone gene cluster (both one in 500). These data demonstrate the limited usefulness of linked RSPs for genetic linkage studies at the α-1-AT locus.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    K. J. Matteson & A. L. Beaudet

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    H. Ostrer & J. A. Phillips

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory for Human Biochemical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    H. Ostrer

  4. Department of Biostatistics, Human Genetics Program, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 15261, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    A. Chakravarti, K. H. Buetow & W. E. O'Brien

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Matteson, K.J., Ostrer, H., Chakravarti, A. et al. A study of restriction fragment length polymorphisms at the human alpha-1-antitrypsin locus. Hum Genet 69, 263–267 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293037

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