A polymorphic marker for the human cathepsin B gene

J. R. MacKenzie; Sue L. Mason; Jon G.H. Hickford; Maija R.J. Kohonen-Corish; Roy Bickerstaffe

doi:10.1006/mcpr.2001.0362

A polymorphic marker for the human cathepsin B gene

J. R. MacKenzie^*, Sue L. Mason, Jon G.H. Hickford, Maija R.J. Kohonen-Corish, Roy Bickerstaffe

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Human cathepsin B (CTSB) is a proteolytic enzyme implicated in tumor invasion and metastasis. We describe a PCR-based polymorphic marker for this gene comprising two amplimers differing in length by 19 consecutive nucleotides in intron 7, near the exon 8 splice acceptor site, identifying two gene alleles (A and B). Allele frequencies were 0.614 for A and 0.386 for the B allele, with an observed heterozygosity of 0.457 in a cohort of 70 non-related Australian blood donors. One additional nucleotide difference was also revealed through sequencing. The human CTSB gene is located on chromosome 8 and the alleles described here can potentially be used as markers in linkage and association studies of cancers and other diseases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-237
Number of pages	3
Journal	Molecular and Cellular Probes
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/mcpr.2001.0362
Publication status	Published - 2001

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