Assignment of the human gene for receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase IA-2 (PTPRN) to chromosome region 2q35 --> q36.1 and identification of an intragenic genetic marker.

Using a mouse protein tyrosine phosphatase cDNA fragment as a probe, cosmid clones containing segments of the human IA-2 PTPase gene (PTPRN) were isolated. The gene was assigned to chromosome region 2q35 --> q36.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. In an intronic region of the IA-2 gene a polymorphic microsatellite sequence was found, which will be useful as a genetic marker for the 2q35 --> q36 region.