title: Mapping of the focal adhesion kinase (Fadk) gene to mouse chromosome 15 and human chromosome 8.
abstract: Focal adhesion kinase (pp125FAK or FAK) is a cytoplasmic protein-tyrosine kinase stimulated in response to cell interactions with extracellular matrix components and by exposure to a variety of agonists, including neuropeptides. FAK lacks Src-homology SH2 and SH3 domains, is highly conserved across species, and may represent the prototype for a tyrosine kinase family involved in novel signal transduction pathways. We have identified sequence variants in the 3' untranslated regions of the focal adhesion kinase gene in mice and used a PCR-based oligonucleotide hybridization assay to map the mouse gene (Fadk) to Chromosome (Chr) 15 distal to the myelocytomatosis protooncogene (Myc). The human homolog (PTK2) has been assigned to human Chr 8 on a panel of somatic hybrid cell lines. On the basis of synteny of mouse and human chromosomal maps, the position of the human PTK2 gene probably corresponds to human Chr 8q24-qter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Fiedorek
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009115:Muridae / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human; C496051:Ptk2 protein, mouse