Rosenberg C, Blakemore K J, Kearns W G, Giraldez R A, Escallon C S, Pearson P L, Stetten G
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Am J Hum Genet. 1992 Apr;50(4):700-5.
Fluorescent in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific DNA libraries (chromosome painting) is an important new method for assessing chromosome rearrangements. In the research presented in this paper, two familial reciprocal translocations have been studied in the balanced and unbalanced forms, using both traditional G-banding techniques and chromosome painting. Although for each case two chromosomes were involved in the rearrangement, we found that only one chromosome library was suitable for detecting the translocation. These findings illustrate both the potential and the limitations of chromosome painting as a diagnostic tool in cytogenetics.
使用染色体特异性DNA文库进行荧光原位杂交(染色体描绘)是评估染色体重排的一种重要新方法。在本文所介绍的研究中,利用传统的G显带技术和染色体描绘,对两个家族性相互易位的平衡型和不平衡型进行了研究。虽然每个病例中重排涉及两条染色体,但我们发现仅一个染色体文库适用于检测该易位。这些发现阐明了染色体描绘作为细胞遗传学诊断工具的潜力和局限性。