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Hi-C: A Method to Study the Three-dimensional Architecture of Genomes.
Published on: May 6, 2010
人間のゲノムの遺伝子地図
G D Schuler1, M S Boguski, E A Stewart
1National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
まとめ
科学者は,配列タグのサイトマーカーを使用して16,000以上のヒト遺伝子をマッピングしました. この統合遺伝子マップは,遺伝疾患に関連した遺伝子の発見を加速し,遺伝子研究を支援します.
科学分野:
- 人間の遺伝学 人間の遺伝学
- ゲノミクスゲノミクスとは
- バイオインフォマティックス
背景:
- 人間のゲノムには,推定5万から10万の遺伝子が含まれています.
- これらの遺伝子の約半分は,発現した配列タグによって識別されています.
- 遺伝病を理解するために,包括的な遺伝子マップが不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 遺伝子ベースのシーケンスタグサイト (STS) マーカーを開発し,マッピングする.
- ヒトゲノムの遺伝的,物理的,配列データを統合する.
- 人間の遺伝疾患に関連する遺伝子の識別を容易にする.
主な方法:
- 国際的なコンソーシアムは,放射線ハイブリッドパネルと酵母人工染色体ライブラリを使用した.
- 16,000以上のヒトの遺伝子がマッピングされました.
- 約1000の多形遺伝子マーカーを含むフレームワークマップが作成されました.
主要な成果:
- 遺伝的地図と物理的地図を統合した包括的な遺伝子地図が作成されました.
- この地図は,核酸とタンパク質配列のデータベースをリンクしています.
- 16,000以上のヒトの遺伝子が局所化されています.
結論:
- 統合遺伝子マップは,遺伝研究の貴重なリソースです.
- このリソースは,病気に関連する遺伝子の発見を加速させるものと期待されています.
- 地図はオンラインで利用可能で,共同研究を促進しています.
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