Contig Maps and Genomic Sequencing Identify Candidate Genes in the Usher 1C Locus

Table 2.

Transcripts Identified by Sequencing the USH1C Critical Region

Contig (kb) PAC Known genes STSs ESTc (%ID/length) (rep. clone) GRAIL exons CpG islands
761  (7) 169p3
765  (9) 169p3 RP-S4/S25  pseudogenes SHGC3156 5 2
766 (13) 239b22 SUR1 5
767 (13) 169p3 2
770 (25) 169p3 D11S1228
771 (18) 169p3/306b4 NEFA 6 (80/185)(R63988) 1
773 (23) 169p3/306b4 NEFA AFMb340wf5 5 (99/618)(R02788) 3 1
774 (38) 169p3/306b4 NEFA 4 (96/63)(AA091720) 10 1
775 (50) 239b2 SUR1 1 (97/480)(H09680) 18 2
776 (85) 306b4/239b22 SUR1 , BIR 2 (98/460)(H73741) 29 4
3 (99/534)(W93954)
 Total sequenced 281
  • Number of kilobase pairs in sequence contig. Genomic sequence data are available using GenBANK accession nos. AC000406 andAC000407.

  • Sequenced-tagged sites.

  • Expressed sequenced-tagged site cluster. (%ID/length) percent identity/length of homologous region, GenBank accession no. for representative clone.

  • Number of GRAIL-predicted exons of “excellent” quality.

  • CpG islands as defined by Gardiner-Garden and Frommer (1987).

  • Pseudogenes for ribosomal proteins S4 and S25.

  • (SUR1) Sulfonylurea receptor 1 (GenBank accession nos. L78207L78243).

  • (NEFA) DNA binding/ EF-hand/acidic-amino acid rich protein (GenBank accession no. X76732).

  • (BIR) β-Cell inward rectifier potassium channel gene (GenBank accession no. D50582).

This Article

  1. Genome Res. 8: 57-68

Preprint Server