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Functional screening of 2 Mb of human chromosome 21q22.2 in transgenic mice implicates minibrain in learning defects associated with Down syndrome.

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  • 1. Human Genome Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA.
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    • Smith DJ 1
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Nature Genetics, 01 May 1997, 16(1):28-36
https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0597-28 PMID: 9140392 

A comment on this article appears in "Simple minded mice from 'in vivo' libraries." Nat Genet. 1997 May;16(1):8-9.

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Using Down syndrome as a model for complex trait analysis, we sought to identify loci from chromosome 21q22.2 which, when present in an extra dose, contribute to learning abnormalities. We generated low-copy-number transgenic mice, containing four different yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) that together cover approximately 2 megabases (Mb) of contiguous DNA from 21q22.2. We subjected independent lines derived from each of these YAC transgenes to a series of behavioural and learning assays. Two of the four YACs caused defects in learning and memory in the transgenic animals, while the other two YACs had no effect. The most severe defects were caused by a 570-kb YAC; the interval responsible for these defects was narrowed to a 180-kb critical region as a consequence of YAC fragmentation. This region contains the human homologue of a Drosophila gene, minibrain, and strongly implicates it in learning defects associated with Down syndrome.

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