title: Assignment of 12 loci to rat chromosome 5: evidence that this chromosome is homologous to mouse chromosome 4 and to human chromosomes 9 and 1 (1p arm).
abstract: Twelve loci have been assigned to rat chromosome 5: aldolase B (ALDOB), atrial natriuretic factor (ANF = pronatriodilatin, PND), D4RP1, DSI1, galactosyltransferase (GGTB2), glucose transporter (GLUT1), interferon alpha 1 and related interferon alpha (INFA), interferon beta (INFB), lymphocyte-specific protein-tyrosine kinase (LCK), oncogene MOS, alpha 2U-globulin (major urinary protein, MUP), and orosomucoid (ORM, also called alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, AGP). Among these, the interferon alpha and beta genes map in the q22-23 region, which also contains a transformation suppressor gene (SAI1). The other loci reside outside this region. This study also indicated that the rat genome contains 2 LCK genes, unlike the human and murine genomes. These new assignments on rat chromosome 5 demonstrate that this chromosome is highly homologous to mouse chromosome 4 and carries synteny groups conserved on human chromosome 9 (interferon alpha and beta, galactosyltransferase, orosomucoid, and aldolase B genes) and on the short arm of human chromosome 1 (MYCL, glucose transporter, protein kinase LCK, and atrial natriuretic factor genes).
authors.affiliation: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szpirer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szpirer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Genet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drèze
authors.forename: M Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers