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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

Morphometric Analysis of Recognized Genes for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Obesity in Relationship to the Distribution of Protein-Coding Genes on Human Chromosomes.

Austen B McGuire, Syed K Rafi, Ann M Manzardo, Merlin G Butler

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Austen B McGuire
Syed K Rafi
Ann M ManzardoDepartments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. amanzardo@kumc.edu.
Merlin G ButlerDepartments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. mbutler4@kumc.edu.
University of Kansas Medical Center · US

Funding

Research Design and Analysis Core (RDAC)P30HD002528 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI COLOMBO, JOHN A. · 1985 to 2015
$22.1M
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD002528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian chromosomes are comprised of complex chromatin architecture with the specific assembly and configuration of each chromosome influencing gene expression and function in yet undefined ways by varying degrees of heterochromatinization that result in Giemsa (G) negative euchromatic (light) bands and G-positive heterochromatic (dark) bands. We carried out morphometric measurements of high-resolution chromosome ideograms for the first time to characterize the total euchromatic and heterochromatic chromosome band length, distribution and localization of 20,145 known protein-coding genes, 790 recognized autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genes and 365 obesity genes. The individual lengths of G-negative euchromatin and G-positive heterochromatin chromosome bands were measured in millimeters and recorded from scaled and stacked digital images of 850-band high-resolution ideograms supplied by the International Society of Chromosome Nomenclature (ISCN) 2013. Our overall measurements followed established banding patterns based on chromosome size. G-negative euchromatic band regions contained 60% of protein-coding genes while the remaining 40% were distributed across the four heterochromatic dark band sub-types. ASD genes were disproportionately overrepresented in the darker heterochromatic sub-bands, while the obesity gene distribution pattern did not significantly differ from protein-coding genes. Our study supports recent trends implicating genes located in heterochromatin regions playing a role in biological processes including neurodevelopment and function, specifically genes associated with ASD.

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Chromosome BandingOpen Reading FramesAutism Spectrum DisorderCase-Control StudiesChromosomesHeterochromatinHumansKaryotypeObesityHeterochromatinautism spectrum disorder (ASD) geneschromosome organizationG-negative euchromatinG-positive heterochromatinhigh-resolution chromosome ideogramsobesity genesprotein-coding genes

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PMID27164088
PMCPMC4881499
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