The insulin minisatellite

The insulin minisatellite has been associated with predisposition to type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, obesity, and infant birth size (OMIM 125852).

We analysed variant repeat distribution in 876 alleles of the insulin minisatellite from the parents of 219 families of type 1 diabetes affected sib pair families, and defined 189 different alleles within this cohort.

In addition, de novo mutant alleles generated both in the germline and soma were isolated by size-enrichment small pool PCR, and their structures characterised.

The sequences of variant repeats, and nomenclature of allele and mutants codes, is described here:

Intoduction to MVR-PCR at the insulin minisatellite

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Allele diversity study

Mutation analysis

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If you refer to this data in any publication, please cite:

Allele diversity and germline mutation at the insulin minisatellite. Stead, J.D.H. and Jeffreys, A.J. Hum. Mol. Genet., 9, 713-723 (2000).