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X chromosome-specific cDNA arrays: identification of genes that escape from X-inactivation and other applications

Sudbrak, Ralf ; Wieczorek, Georg ; Nuber, Ulrike LU ; Mann, Wolfgang ; Kirchner, Roland ; Erdogan, Fikret ; Brown, Carolyn J ; Wohrle, Doris ; Sterk, Peter and Kalscheuer, Vera M , et al. (2001) In Human Molecular Genetics 10(1). p.77-83
Abstract
Mutant alleles are frequently characterized by low expression levels. Therefore, cDNA array-based gene expression profiling may be a promising strategy for identifying gene defects underlying monogenic disorders. To study the potential of this approach, we have generated an X chromosome-specific microarray carrying 2423 cloned cDNA fragments, which represent up to 1317 different X-chromosomal genes. As a prelude to testing cell lines from patients with X-linked disorders, this array was used as a hybridization probe to compare gene expression profiles in lymphoblastoid cell lines from normal males, females and individuals with supernumerary X chromosomes. Measurable hybridization signals were obtained for more than half of the genes... (More)
Mutant alleles are frequently characterized by low expression levels. Therefore, cDNA array-based gene expression profiling may be a promising strategy for identifying gene defects underlying monogenic disorders. To study the potential of this approach, we have generated an X chromosome-specific microarray carrying 2423 cloned cDNA fragments, which represent up to 1317 different X-chromosomal genes. As a prelude to testing cell lines from patients with X-linked disorders, this array was used as a hybridization probe to compare gene expression profiles in lymphoblastoid cell lines from normal males, females and individuals with supernumerary X chromosomes. Measurable hybridization signals were obtained for more than half of the genes represented on the chip. A total of 53 genes showed elevated expression levels in cells with multiple X chromosomes and many of these were found to escape X-inactivation. Moreover, the detection of a male-viable deletion encompassing three genes illustrates the utility of this array for the identification of small unbalanced chromosome rearrangements. (Less)
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Human Molecular Genetics
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10
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1
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77 - 83
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Oxford University Press
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0964-6906
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10.1093/hmg/10.1.77
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English
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  abstract     = {{Mutant alleles are frequently characterized by low expression levels. Therefore, cDNA array-based gene expression profiling may be a promising strategy for identifying gene defects underlying monogenic disorders. To study the potential of this approach, we have generated an X chromosome-specific microarray carrying 2423 cloned cDNA fragments, which represent up to 1317 different X-chromosomal genes. As a prelude to testing cell lines from patients with X-linked disorders, this array was used as a hybridization probe to compare gene expression profiles in lymphoblastoid cell lines from normal males, females and individuals with supernumerary X chromosomes. Measurable hybridization signals were obtained for more than half of the genes represented on the chip. A total of 53 genes showed elevated expression levels in cells with multiple X chromosomes and many of these were found to escape X-inactivation. Moreover, the detection of a male-viable deletion encompassing three genes illustrates the utility of this array for the identification of small unbalanced chromosome rearrangements.}},
  author       = {{Sudbrak, Ralf and Wieczorek, Georg and Nuber, Ulrike and Mann, Wolfgang and Kirchner, Roland and Erdogan, Fikret and Brown, Carolyn J and Wohrle, Doris and Sterk, Peter and Kalscheuer, Vera M and Berger, Wolfgang and Lehrach, Hans and Ropers, Hans-Hilger}},
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  title        = {{X chromosome-specific cDNA arrays: identification of genes that escape from X-inactivation and other applications}},
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  doi          = {{10.1093/hmg/10.1.77}},
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