title: Human regeneration protein/lithostathine genes map to chromosome 2p12.
abstract: The pancreatic stone protein (lithostathine) secreted by the exocrine pancreas is an inhibitor of CaCO3 crystal growth. This protein, which is also present in endocrine pancreas, has also been called the regeneration protein (reg). Here we report the mapping of the REG gene to chromosome 2 using the polymerase chain reaction for the specific amplification of human reg sequences in rodent/human somatic cell hybrid DNA. A regional assignment has been made by in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes using two different fluorescently labelled genomic probes corresponding to the REG gene and a related gene REGL. Both probes hybridized to chromosome 2p12 suggesting the tandem organization of these genes.
authors.affiliation: Unité 315 de l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gharib
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sansonetti
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Swallow
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dagorn
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Berge-lefranc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D006224:Cricetinae; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051847:Lithostathine; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D051847:Lithostathine; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C497617:REG1A protein, human; C497615:Reg1 protein, mouse; C497616:Reg1a protein, rat