title: A new sodium channel alpha-subunit gene (Scn9a) from Schwann cells maps to the Scn1a, Scn2a, Scn3a cluster of mouse chromosome 2.
abstract: We have used a total of 27 AXB/BXA recombinant inbred mouse strains to determine the chromosomal location of a newly identified gene encoding an alpha-subunit isoform of the sodium channel from Schwann cells, Scn9a. Linkage analysis established that Scn9a mapped to the proximal segment of mouse chromosome 2. The segregation of restriction fragment length polymorphisms in 145 progeny from a Mus spretus x C57BL/6J backcross indicates that Scn9a is very tightly linked to Scn1a (gene encoding the type I sodium channel alpha-subunit of the brain) and forms part of a cluster of four Scna genes located on mouse chromosome 2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, H3G 1Y6, Canada.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Beckers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belcher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Levenson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D009115:Muridae; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012583:Schwann Cells; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D015222:Sodium Channels