title: Assignment of a Polycomb-like chromobox gene (CBX2) to human chromosome 17q25.
abstract: A human clone corresponding to the homologue of the murine Polycomb-like gene M33 has been used to map this gene (CBX2) to human chromosomes. Both somatic cell hybrid panels and FISH on metaphase chromosomes have been used. These techniques gave a consistent localization, at the tip of the long arm of chromosome 17 (17q25). This localization, as well as the potential role of a mammalian Polycomb-like protein, suggests a potential involvement in two different pathologies: the campomelic syndrome, an inherited disorder, and neoplastic disorders linked to allele loss already described in this region.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U242, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gecz
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Gaunt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Passage
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cudrey
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins