title: Order and genomic distances among members of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) gene family determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization was used to establish the order of, and to estimate genomic distances among, members of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (PSG) subgroups on chromosome 19. Fluorescence in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes localized the PSG subgroup telomeric to the CEA subgroup. Cosmid clones containing sequences for individual genes in the CEA and PSG subgroups were also hybridized to human sperm pronuclear and somatic interphase nuclear chromatin targets. The mapping results lead to the gene order cen-CGM7-CEA-NCA-CGM1-BGP-CGM9-CGM8-PSG-te l. The genomic distances between selected pairs of gene family members were estimated from the physical distances between hybridization sites measured in pronuclei. The CEA-PSG gene family region is estimated to span 1.1 to 1.2 Mb.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Brandriff
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Tynan
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Mohrenweiser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fertitta
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Carrano
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Trask
mesh_terms: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D003360:Cosmids; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005810:Multigene Family; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D015342:DNA Probes; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins