title: Assignment of mouse beta-spectrin gene to chromosome 12.
abstract: The structural gene for the beta-subunit of the mouse erythrocyte spectrin, hereinafter designated as Sp-b, was assigned to the mouse chromosome 12. This assignment was made by Southern analysis of genomic DNA from mouse X Chinese hamster hybrid cells using cloned mouse erythrocyte beta-spectrin cDNA as a probe. In the PstI-digested genomic hamster cell DNA a single band of 2.0 kb was detected, whereas PstI-digested mouse DNA gave a band of 4.2 kb, when probed with the mouse erythroid beta-spectrin cDNA clone. This allowed us to analyze a panel of mouse X Chinese hamster somatic cell hybrids to map this gene to chromosome 12. Interestingly, this assignment is different from that observed for the alpha-subunit of spectrin, which has been mapped to chromosome 1 in mouse. These results serve as a basis for further genetic characterization of the mouse hemolytic anemias.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D051379:Mice; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D013049:Spectrin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D013049:Spectrin; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes