title: The endogenous Mtv-8 provirus resides within the V kappa locus.
abstract: The endogenous Mtv-8 provirus previously has been mapped within approximately 0.52 centimorgan from several V kappa markers on mouse chromosome 6. Using Southern blotting and DNA from a recombinant backcross mouse from the C57BL/6 (Mtv-8 positive) and C58 (Mtv-8 negative) strains, Mtv-8 was localized to the same side of the crossover point as immunoglobulin kappa (Ig kappa)-V24 but on the opposite side of the crossover from Ig kappa-V10 and Ig kappa-V21. Molecular cloning and characterization of cellular DNA adjacent to Mtv-8 revealed a functional V kappa 9 gene approximately 4.6 kb downstream and in the same transcriptional orientation as the provirus. These data suggest that Mtv-8 is within the centromere-proximal portion of the V kappa locus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas, Austin 78712-1095.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dudley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D009052:Leukemia Virus, Murine / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011533:Proviruses / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains