title: The syntenic relationship of proximal mouse chromosome 7 and the myotonic dystrophy gene region on human chromosome 19q.
abstract: The syntenic relationship of the myotonic dystrophy (DM) gene region on human chromosome 19q and proximal mouse chromosome 7 was examined using an interspecific backcross between C3H/HeJ-gld/gld mice and Mus spretus. Segregation analyses were used to order homologs of nine human loci linked with the DM gene. Their order from the centromere was Prkcg, [Apoe, Atpa-2, Ckmm, D19S19h, Ercc-2], Cyp2b, Mag, Lhb. Two other murine loci, D7Rp2 and Ngfg, were also positioned within this interval. Homologs for five human chromosome 11 and 15 loci (Calc, Fes, Hras-1, Igflr, Tyr) were localized within an 18-cM span telomeric to Lhb. Comparison of the gene orders indicates an inversion extending from Prkcg through the interval between Mag and Lhb. This study establishes a detailed map of proximal mouse chromosome 7 that will be useful in identifying and determining whether new human chromosome 19 probes are linked to the DM region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Seldin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000235:genetics*