title: Cloning and sequencing of the mouse Gli2 gene: localization to the Dominant hemimelia critical region.
abstract: The GLI family of zinc finger genes has been implicated in both neoplastic and developmental disorders. We have cloned and sequenced the mouse homolog of the zinc finger gene Gli2 and demonstrated significant similarity to the human GLI3 gene. We have also localized Gli2 to mouse chromosome 1, in the vicinity of the morphogenetic mutation Dominant hemimelia (Dh), which is characterized by tibial hemimelia, poly/oligodactyly, and a number of visceral abnormalities, most strikingly absence of the spleen. Using a Gli2-associated microsatellite, we demonstrated no recombination between Dh and Gli2 in a Dh intraspecific backcross. Gli2 is expressed in Dh heterozygotes and homozygotes. However, using a combination of mismatch analysis and direct sequencing, we have failed to identify any mutations in the coding sequence of Gli2 from Dh. We have also demonstrated that it is unlikely that there are any Gli genes in the mouse genome in addition to the previously described Gli, Gli2, and Gli3.
authors.affiliation: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. davidh@ihr.mrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sutherland
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prosser
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lettice
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farrall
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004480:Ectromelia / Q000235:genetics*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014764:Viral Proteins; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D000075746:Zinc Finger Protein Gli2; D000074290:Zinc Finger Protein Gli3; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C082593:GLI2 protein, human; C108003:GLI3 protein, Xenopus; C065683:GLI3 protein, human; C000618551:Gli2 protein, mouse; C465571:Gli3 protein, mouse; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D000075746:Zinc Finger Protein Gli2; D000074290:Zinc Finger Protein Gli3