title: The highly conserved defender against the death 1 (DAD1) gene maps to human chromosome 14q11-q12 and mouse chromosome 14 and has plant and nematode homologs.
abstract: We have cloned the cDNA encoding the mouse DAD1 (defender against apoptotic cell death) protein. While showing an expected high homology with the previously cloned human and Xenopus DAD1-encoding cDNAs, this sequence has striking homology to partial cDNA sequences reported from O. sativa (rice) and C. elegans (nematode), suggesting the existence of plant and invertebrate homologs of this highly conserved gene. The human and mouse DAD1 genes map to chromosome 14q11-q12 and chromosome 14, respectively. This mapping data supports and extends the previously reported similarities between human chromosome 14q and mouse chromosome 14.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Apte
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Seldin
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C489988:DAD1 protein, Xenopus; C083331:DAD1 protein, human; D017931:DNA Primers; C489987:Dad1 protein, mouse; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D029867:Xenopus Proteins