title: Mapping of unconventional myosins in mouse and human.
abstract: Myosins are molecular motors that move along filamentous actin. Seven classes of myosin are expressed in vertebrates: conventional myosin, or myosin-II, as well as the 6 unconventional myosin classes-I, -V, -VI, -VII, -IX, and -X. We have mapped in mouse 22 probes encompassing all known unconventional myosins and, as a result, have identified 16 potential unconventional myosin genes. These genes include 7 myosins-I, 2 myosins-V, 1 myosin-VI, 3 myosins-VII, 2 myosins-IX, and 1 myosin-X. The map location of 5 of these genes was identified in human chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasson
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Skowron
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Avraham
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Bement
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Sherr
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Corey
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mooseker
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009218:Myosins