title: Partial inversion of gene order within a homologous segment on the X chromosome.
abstract: The locus for the erthyroid transcription factor, GATA1, has been positioned in the small interval between DXS255 and TIMP on the proximal short arm of the human X Chromosome (Chr) by use of a partial human cDNA clone and a well-characterized somatic cell hybrid panel. Analysis of selected recombinants from 108 Mus musculus x Mus spretus backcross progeny with the same clone confirmed that the homologous murine locus (Gf-1) lies between Otc and the centromere of the mouse X Chr. These data imply that a partial inversion of gene order has occurred within the conserved segment that represents Xp21.1-Xp11.23 in human (CYBB-GATA1) and the proximal 6 cM of the mouse X Chr (Gf-1-Timp). Furthermore, they indicate that the mouse mutant scurfy and the human genetic disorder Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, which have been mapped to the same regions as GATA1/Gf-1 in both species, may indeed be homologous disorders.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Division, Medical Research Council Radiobiology Unit, Didcot, Oxon, UK.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Laval
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D005260:Female; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494688:GATA1 protein, human; C494689:Gata1 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors