title: Assignment of the chicken MAX gene to chromosome 5p by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
abstract: It has been shown that the protein encoded by the MAX gene plays an important role in the physiological activity of Myc oncoproteins. In this study, we determined the chromosome location of the chicken MAX gene via fluorescence in situ hybridization. Hybridization of two biotinylated cloned fragments of 5.7 kb and 12.0 kb derived from the chicken MAX locus localized the gene to chromosome 5p. It is the third gene marker to be assigned to this telocentric macrochromosome. Since the MAX sequence is highly conserved both at the nucleotide and at the amino acid level in a wide range of vertebrate species, our data may provide evidence for the existence of a segmental homology between human and chicken chromosomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Biozentrum, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Taparowsky
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C499330:MAX protein, human; C067850:Myc associated factor X; D014157:Transcription Factors