The prostate-specific antigen gene and the human glandular kallikrein-1 gene are tandemly located on chromosome 19

P. H.J. Riegman*, R. J. Vlietstra, P. Klaassen, J. A.G.M. van der Korput, A. Geurts van Kessel, J. C. Romijn, J. Trapman

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Abstract

Using a prostate-specific antigen cDNA as a hybridization probe, clones containing the kallikrein genes encoding prostate-specific antigen, human glandular kallikrein-1 and pancreas/kidney kallikrein were isolated from a human genomic library. Clones containing the prostate-specific antigen gene and the human glandular kallikrein-1 gene overlap and span a region of about 36 kb. The two genes are aligned in a head to tail orientation at a mutual distance of 12 kb. Southern blot analysis of DNA from a panel of human-hamster hybrid cells with specific probes revealed the genes to be situated on chromosome 19. Assuming that the pancreas/kidney kallikrein gene is located in the same cluster, the distance to the prostate-specific antigen gene and the human glandular kallikrein gene must be at least 15 kb.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-126
Number of pages4
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume247
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 1989

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AcknowledgementWs:e are indebtedt o Mrs Paula Delfos for photography.T his work has been supportedb y a grant from the NetherlandsC ancerF oundation( KWF).

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