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In this report we describe the linkage between genes encoding human complement componentsC6,C7, andC9. Polymorphisms have been described at the DNA level for theC7 andC9 genes. We have studied 20 individuals by Southern blot analysis with fourC6 cDNA subclones to detect restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). We have found a Taq I polymorphism defined by two alleles of 8.0 (C6 H) and 6.0 (C6 L) kilobases (kb). RFLP segregation for theC6, C7, andC9 loci in informative families allowed us to estimate the maximum Lod scores at a recombination fraction of Φ=0.0 (C6–C7), Φ=0.0 (C7–C9), and Φ=0.0 (C6–C9). Significant linkage disequilibrium was found betweenC6 andC7 and betweenC7 andC9 loci in directly determined haplotypes of unrelated parents. Data from this study show that the genes encoding the human terminal complement componentsC6, C7, andC9 define a cluster in the short arm of chromosome 5. We propose that the clusters involving theC8A andC8B and theC6, C7, andC9 genes be referred to as MACI and MACH, respectively.
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Coto, E., Martínez-Naves, E., Domínguez, O. et al. DNA polymorphisms and linkage relationship of the human complement componentC6,C7, andC9 genes. Immunogenetics 33, 184–187 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01719238
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