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Vysis TelVysion Probes


Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes that cap the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Every telomere contains 3 to 20 kb of tandem TTAGGG repeats. The telomere associated repeats (TAR), also known as the subtelomeric repeats, are immediately proximal to the TTAGGG repeats. They contain regions of shared homology between subsets of certain chromosomes.

Each TelVysion targeted site is a unique, chromosome specific DNA located approximately 100 to 300 kb from the chromosome end.Telomere Probes

Schematic of the make-up of human chromosome telomeric regions. Diagram courtesy of C.
Lese and D. Ledbetter, University of Chicago.

In the context of constitutional chromosome analysis, the most distal region of unique DNA on a chromosome arm commonly is referred to as the "subtelomere." Subtelomeres are known to contain a high concentration of genes as compared to other chromosome regions.Yet, subtelomere abnormalities can be difficult, if not impossible, to detect by routine G-band analysis because subtelomeres stain negative (light).

Ordering Information

Product Description Locus Quantity Abbott Order # Additional Information
TelVysion 1p SpectrumGreen CEB108/T7 5 µL 05J03-001
TelVysion 2p SpectrumGreen VIJyRM2052 5 µL 05J03-002
TelVysion 3p SpectrumGreen D3S4559 5 µL 05J03-003
TelVysion 4p SpectrumGreen GS10K2/T7; 4p02 5 µL 05J03-004
TelVysion 5p SpectrumGreen C84c11/T3 5 µL 05J03-005
TelVysion 6p SpectrumGreen 6PTEL48 5 µL 05J03-006
TelVysion 7p SpectrumGreen VIJyRM2185 5 µL 05J03-007
TelVysion 8p SpectrumGreen D8S504 5 µL 05J03-008
TelVysion 9p SpectrumGreen 305J7-T7 5 µL 05J03-009
TelVysion 10p SpectrumGreen 10pTEL006 5 µL 05J03-010
TelVysion 11p SpectrumGreen D11S2071 5 µL 05J03-011
TelVysion 12p SpectrumGreen 8M16/SP6 5 µL 05J03-012
TelVysion 16p SpectrumGreen 16pTEL05 5 µL 05J03-016
TelVysion 17p SpectrumGreen 282M16/SP6 5 µL 05J03-017
TelVysion 18p SpectrumGreen D18S552 5 µL 05J03-018
TelVysion 19p SpectrumGreen 129F16/SP6 5 µL 05J03-019
TelVysion 20p SpectrumGreen 20pTEL18 5 µL 05J03-020
TelVysion 1q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2123, 1QTEL10 (D1S3738, GDB: 9043912) 5 µL 05J04-001
TelVysion 2q SpectrumOrange D2S447 5 µL 05J04-002
TelVysion 3q SpectrumOrange D3S4560 5 µL 05J04-003
TelVysion 4q SpectrumOrange D4S2930 5 µL 05J04-004
TelVysion 5q SpectrumOrange D5S2907 5 µL 05J04-005
Telvysion 6q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2158 5μl 05J04-006
TelVysion 7q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2000 5 µL 05J04-007
TelVysion 8q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2053 5 µL 05J04-008
TelVysion 9q SpectrumOrange D9S325 5 µL 05J04-009
TelVysion 10q SpectrumOrange D10S2290 5 µL 05J04-010
TelVysion 11q SpectrumOrange D11S1037 5 µL 05J04-011
TelVysion 12q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2196 5 µL 05J04-012
TelVysion 13q SpectrumOrange D13S327 5 µL 05J04-013
TelVysion 14q SpectrumOrange D14S1420 5 µL 05J04-014
TelVysion 15q SpectrumOrange D15S936 5 µL 05J04-015
TelVysion 16q SpectrumOrange 16qTEL013 5 µL 05J04-016
TelVysion 17q SpectrumOrange D17S928 5 µL 05J04-017
TelVysion 18q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2050 5 µL 05J04-018
TelVysion 19q SpectrumOrange D19S238E 5 µL 05J04-019
TelVysion 20q SpectrumOrange 20QTEL14 5 µL 05J04-020
TelVysion 21q SpectrumOrange VIJyRM2029 5 µL 05J04-021
TelVysion 22q SpectrumOrange MS607;ACR 5 µL 05J04-022