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We report the chromosomal localization of the gene for human poly(A) polymerase (PAP) and the characterization of a newly isolated CA repeat near the PAP locus. By fluorescence in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based analysis with both a human/rodent monochromosomal hybrid cell panel and a radiation hybrid mapping panel, this gene was mapped on the q32.1–q32.2 region of chromosome 14. From a genomic clone containing the human PAP locus, we have isolated a polymorphic dinucleotide (CA) sequence. High heterozygosity (0.81) makes this polymorphism a useful marker in the genetic study of disorders localized at the 14q32 region, such as autosomal recessive congenital microphthalmia (CMIC).
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Received: February 8, 1999 / Accepted: March 26, 1999
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Yamauchi, T., Sugimoto, J., Hatakeyama, T. et al. Assignment of the human poly(A) polymerase (PAP) gene to chromosome 14q32.1–q32.2 and isolation of a polymorphic CA repeat sequence. J Hum Genet 44, 253–255 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380050154
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380050154