Assignment of the mouse desmin gene to chromosome 1 band C3.
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.
Li
Z L
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Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Différenciation de l'Université Paris.
Mattei
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Mattei
J F
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Paulin
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D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003893:Desmin / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*
D003893:Desmin