title: Locations of human and mouse genes encoding the RFX1 and RFX2 transcription factor proteins.
abstract: RFX transcription factors constitute a highly conserved family of site-specific DNA binding proteins involved in the expression of a variety of cellular and viral genes, including major histocompatibility complex class II genes and genes in human hepatitis B virus. Five members of the RFX gene family have been isolated from human and mouse, and all share a highly characteristic DNA binding domain that is distinct from other known DNA binding motifs. The human RFX1 and RFX2 genes have been assigned by in situ hybridization to chromosome 19p13.1 and 19p13.3, respectively. In this paper, we present data that localize RFX1 and RFX2 precisely within the detailed physical map of human chromosome 19 and genetic data that assign Rfx1 and Rfx2 to homologous regions of mouse chromosomes 8 and 17, respectively. These data define the established relationships between these homologous mouse and human regions in further detail and provide new tools for linking cloned genes to phenotypes in both species.
authors.affiliation: Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-8077, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ucla
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reith
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mach
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stubbs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 / Q000235:genetics*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D016758:Genes, jun; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009115:Muridae / Q000235:genetics; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D000071716:Regulatory Factor X1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C000605537:RFX1 protein, human; C101059:RFX2 protein, human; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D000071716:Regulatory Factor X1; C000605538:Rfx1 protein, mouse; C484417:Rfx2 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors