title: Cloning and characterization of four murine homeobox genes.
abstract: Four novel murine homeobox genes, Uncx-4.1, OG-2, OG-9, and OG-12, were cloned and partially sequenced. The amino acid sequence of the mouse Uncx-4.1 homeodomain is closely related to the sequence of the unc-4 homeodomain of Caenorhabditis elegans. However, the OG-2, OG-9, and OG-12 homeodomains are relatively diverged and are not closely related to any previously described homeodomain. Northern blot analyses revealed multiple bands of Uncx-4.1, OG-2, OG-9, and OG-12 poly(A)+ RNA in RNA from mouse embryos and adults that change during development and showed that each gene is expressed in a tissue-specific manner. OG-12 cDNAs were cloned that correspond to two alternatively spliced species of OG-12 mRNA. Three major bands of Uncx-4.1 poly(A)+ RNA were found only in RNA from adult mouse brain, but an additional band was observed in RNA from all of the other tissues tested. Major bands of OG-9 and OG-2 poly(A)+ RNA were found only in RNA from striated muscle; however, trace bands were detected in RNA from other tissues.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4036, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rovescalli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nirenberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice / Q000196:embryology; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins