Structural variation in the alleles of a short tandem repeat system at the human alpha fibrinogen locus

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 180-185

  Barber, M D ^a   McKeown, B J ^a   Parkin, B H ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic designation; HumFGA; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence variation; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FIBRINOGEN; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LONDON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030071761     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01369788     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Adams M, Urquhart A, Kimpton C, Gill P (1993) The human D11S554 locus: four distinct families of repeat pattern alleles at one locus. Hum Mol Genet 2:1373-1376
2. Beckmann JS, Weber JL (1992) Survey of human and rat microsatellites. Genomics 12:627-631
3. Craig J, Fowler S, Burgoyne LA, Scott AC, Hording HW (1988) Repetitive deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and human genome variation. A concise review relevant to forensic biology. J Forensic Sci 33:1111-1126
4. DNA Commission of the Internationl Society for Forensic Haemogenetics (1992) Recommendations of the DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics relating to the use of PCR based polymorphisms. Forensic Sci Int 55: 1-3
5. DNA Recommendations (1994) 1994 report concerning further recommendations of the DNA commission of the ISFH regarding PCR-based polymorphisms in STR (short tandem repeat) systems. Int J Legal Med 107:159-160
6. Edwards A, Civitello A, Hammond HA, Caskey CT (1991) DNA typing and genetic mapping with trimeric and tetrameric tandem repeats? Am J Hum Genet 49:746-756
7. Frégeau CJ, Fourney RM (1993) DNA typing with fluorescently tagged short tandem repeats: a sensitive and accurate approach to human identification. Bio Techniques 15:100-119
8. Kimpton CP, Walton A, Gill P (1992) A further tetranucleotide polymorphism at the vWF gene. Hum Mol Genet 1:287
9. Kimpton CP, Gill P, Walton A, Urquhart A, Millican ES, Adams M (1993) Automated DNA profiling employing multiplex amplification of short tandem repeat loci. PCR Methods Appl 3: 13-22
10. Kimpton CP, Fisher D, Watson S, Adams M, Urquhart A, Lygo J, Gill P (1994) Evaluation of an automated DNA profiling system employins multiplex amplification of four tetrameric STR loci. Int J Legal Med 106:302-311
11. Koorey DJ, Bishop GA, McCaughan GW (1993) Allele non-amplification: a source of confusion in linkage studies employing microsatellite polymorphisms. Hum Mol Genet 2:289-291
12. Lygo JE, Johnson PE, Holdaway DJ, Woodroffe S, Whitaker JP, Clayton TM, Kimpton CP, Gill P (1994) The validiation of short tandem repeat (STR) loci for use in forensic casework. Int J Legal Med 107:77-89
13. Mills KA, Even D, Murray JC (1992) Tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism at the human alpha fibrinogen locus (FGA). Hum Mol Genet 1:779
14. Möller A, Brinkmann B (1994) Locus ACTBP2 (SE33): sequencing data reveals considerable polymorphism. Int J Legal Med 106:262-267
15. Möller A, Meyer E, Brinkmann B (1994) Different types of structural variation in STR's: HumFES/FPS, HumVWA and HumD21S11. Int J Legal Med 106:319-323
16. Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry (1985) Nomenclature for incompletely specified bases in nucleic acid sequences. Recommendations 1984. Eur J Biochem 150:1-5
17. Oldroyd NJ, Urquhart AJ, Kimpton CP, Millican ES, Watson SK, Downes T, Gill PD (1995) A highly discriminating octoplex short tandem repeat PCR system suitable for human individual identification. Electrophoresis (in press)
18. Straub RE, Speer MC, Luo Y, Rojas K, Overhauser J, Ott J, Gilliam C (1993) A microsatellite genetic linkage map of human chromosome 18. Genomics 15:48-56
19. Sharma V, Litt M (1992) Tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism at the D21S11 locus. Hum Mol Genet 1:67
20. Sullivan KM, Mannucci A, Kimpton CP, Gill P (1993) A rapid and quantitative DNA sex test: fluorescence-based PCR analysis of X-Y homologous sene ameloaenin. Bio Techniques 15:636-641
21. Urquhart A, Kimpton CP, Gill P (1993) Sequence variability of the tetranucleotide repeat of the human beta-actin related pseudogene H-beta-Ac-psi-2 (ACTBP2) locus. Hum Genet 92:637-638
22. Urquhart A, Kimpton CP, Downes TT, Gill P (1994) Variation in short tandem repeat sequences - a survey of twelve microsatellite loci for use as forensic identification markers. Int J Legal Med 107:13-20
23. Urquhan A, Oldroyd NJ, Kimpton CP, Gill P (1995) A highly discriminating heptaplex short tandem repeat PCR system for forensic identification. Bio Techniques 18:116-121
24. Walsh PS, Metzgar DA, Higuchi R (1991) Chelex 100 as a medium for the simple extraction of DNA for PCR based typing from forensic material . Bio Techniques 1:93-98
25. Walsh PS, Varlaro J, Reynolds R (1992) A rapid chemilummescent method for quantitation of human DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 20:5061-5065