The rat vitamin D binding protein (Gc-globulin) gene is syntenic with the rat albumin and alpha-fetoprotein genes on chromosome 14.
Using a panel of mouse X rat somatic cell hybrids and a characterized rat vitamin D binding protein (DBP) cDNA probe, we assigned the gene coding for rat DBP to chromosome 14. We conclude that the genes for DBP, albumin, and alpha-fetoprotein, all of which derive from a common precursor, are syntenic in the rat, as they are in man.
D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D051379:Mice; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000235:genetics*; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000235:genetics*
D005819:Genetic Markers; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes