title: Assignment of the mouse desmin gene to chromosome 1 band C3.
abstract: The chromosomal localization of the mouse gene coding for desmin, one of the muscle-specific intermediate filament subunits, was determined by in situ hybridization using a specific 3H-labelled DNA probe. There is only one copy of the desmin gene and it is located on chromosome 1 in the band C3. This result adds an eleventh locus to a conserved gene cluster and confirms the partial homology that exists between the long arm of human chromosome 2 and chromosome 1 of the mouse.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Différenciation de l'Université Paris.
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paulin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003893:Desmin / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003893:Desmin