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      Molecular investigation of two male subjects with short stature and a 45,X/46,X,ring(Y) karyotype.

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      Hormone research
      S. Karger AG

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          We studied 2 subjects with a 45,X/46,X,ring(Y) karyotype. Both of them were evaluated because of short stature and a subnormal rate of linear growth. One patient had additional features of the Ullrich-Turner syndrome. Both subjects had normal male external genitalia. Two copies of the pseudoautosomal gene, MIC2, were present in DNA of each individual. All sequences examined on the Y-specific portion of the short arm, including those for the sex-determining region Y (SRY) gene, were present. By contrast, portions of the long arm of the Y chromosome were missing from DNA of both subjects. In subject 1, deletion intervals 6 and 7 were missing. In subject 2, deletion interval 5, distal to 5B, was missing in addition to intervals 6 and 7. The most likely explanation for the ring formation in these subjects is a chromosomal break in the long arm and in the pseudoautosomal region of the short arm distal to MIC2 with subsequent ligation of the remaining sequences on the long arm and short arm. However, a complex rearrangement cannot be excluded.

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          Homologous ribosomal protein genes on the human X and Y chromosomes: escape from X inactivation and possible implications for Turner syndrome.

          We have isolated two genes on the human sex chromosomes, one on the Y and one on the X, that appear to encode isoforms of ribosomal protein S4. These predicted RPS4Y and RPS4X proteins differ at 19 of 263 amino acids. Both genes are widely transcribed in human tissues, suggesting that the ribosomes of human males and females are structurally distinct. Transcription analysis revealed that, unlike most genes on the X chromosome, RPS4X is not dosage compensated. RPS4X maps to the long arm of the X chromosome (Xq), where no other genes are known to escape X inactivation. Curiously, RPS4X maps near the site from which the X-inactivating signal is thought to emanate. On the Y chromosome, RPS4Y maps to a 90 kb segment that has been implicated in Turner syndrome. We consider the possible role of RPS4 haploinsufficiency in the etiology of the Turner phenotype.
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            Population structure of the human pseudoautosomal boundary.

            The mammalian sex chromosomes are composed of two genetically distinct segments: the pseudoautosomal region, where recombination occurs between the X and Y chromosomes, and the sex chromosome-specific parts. Between these two segments the human sex chromosomes differ by the insertion of an Alu element on the Y chromosome. We have surveyed the sequence variation in the boundary region using the polymerase chain reaction. Fifty seven Y and sixty X chromosomes from ten different human populations were analysed. The X chromosomes were found to be polymorphic at five positions in a 300-base-pair region. By contrast, all Y chromosomes were identical except for one distal polymorphism shared with the X chromosome.
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              Journal
              Horm. Res.
              Hormone research
              S. Karger AG
              0301-0163
              0301-0163
              1998
              : 49
              : 1
              Affiliations
              [1 ] Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA.
              Article
              hre49046
              10.1159/000023125
              9438785
              a5126723-a9ce-4515-8492-d61c3f5790ce
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