title: Tandem linkage of genes coding for leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and oncostatin M (OSM) on human chromosome 22.
abstract: Leukemia-inhibitory factor (LIF) and oncostatin M (OSM) are members of a family of structurally similar growth factors presenting overlapping and specific functions. Although the genes coding for IL-6, CSF3 and CNTF are scattered in the human and mouse genome, human LIF and OSM genes have conserved synteny in the course of evolution. Through isolation of a YAC and a cosmid clone containing both LIF and OSM we demonstrate that the two genes are linked in tandem on human chromosome 22q12, separated by 16 kilobases of intervening genomic DNA and transcribed in the same head-to-tail orientation. The close physical linkage between LIF and OSM genes brings new evidence of their evolutionary relationship.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92138.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djabali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McElligott
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Selleri
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D003360:Cosmids; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053683:Oncostatin M; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D017931:DNA Primers; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; C507837:LIF protein, human; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; C507838:Lif protein, mouse; D008222:Lymphokines; C508351:OSM protein, human; C508352:Osm protein, mouse; D010455:Peptides; D053683:Oncostatin M