| Literature DB >> 25799105 |
Claudia M B Carvalho1, Rolph Pfundt2, Daniel A King3, Sarah J Lindsay3, Luciana W Zuccherato4, Merryn V E Macville5, Pengfei Liu4, Diana Johnson6, Pawel Stankiewicz4, Chester W Brown7, Chad A Shaw4, Matthew E Hurles3, Grzegorz Ira4, P J Hastings4, Han G Brunner8, James R Lupski9.
Abstract
We investigated complex genomic rearrangements (CGRs) consisting of triplication copy-number variants (CNVs) that were accompanied by extended regions of copy-number-neutral absence of heterozygosity (AOH) in subjects with multiple congenital abnormalities. Molecular analyses provided observational evidence that in humans, post-zygotically generated CGRs can lead to regional uniparental disomy (UPD) due to template switches between homologs versus sister chromatids by using microhomology to prime DNA replication-a prediction of the replicative repair model, MMBIR. Our findings suggest that replication-based mechanisms might underlie the formation of diverse types of genomic alterations (CGRs and AOH) implicated in constitutional disorders.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25799105 PMCID: PMC4385179 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.01.021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025