title: Mapping of the mouse Tdgf1 gene and Tdgf pseudogenes.
abstract: Teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor-1 (Tdgf1), a member of the "EGF family" of growth factors, is expressed during mouse gastrulation in the forming mesoderm and later in the truncus arteriosus of the developing heart. In humans, TDGF1 is highly expressed in germ cell tumors and in colon and mammary carcinomas. In mouse, one gene (Tdgf1) and two pseudogenes (Tdgf1-ps1 and Tdgf1-ps2) have been isolated and characterized. Tdgf1 corresponds to the gene expressed in F9 teratocarcinoma cells. Tdgf1-ps1 and Tdgf1-ps2 are two intronless sequences with all the characteristics of retroposons. In the present paper, we assign the chromosomal location for Tdgf1, Tdgf1-ps1, and Tdgf1-ps2 sequences to Chromosomes (Chrs) 9, 16, and 17, respectively. Two previously described mouse mutants, scant hair (sch) and fur deficient (fd), map near the Tdgf1 gene. Analysis of their DNA coding region provided no evidence that Tdgf1 could be the responsible gene for these phenotypes. Finally, analysis of the DNA from several Mus musculus strains and from Mus spretus mice revealed a highly variable restriction pattern and the absence of the Tdgf1-ps1 genomic sequence from the Mus spretus genome.
authors.affiliation: International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Via Guglielmo Marconi, 12, 80125 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Gregorio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tucci
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lago
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barra
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dragani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Persico
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015245:Deoxyribonuclease BamHI / Q000235:genetics; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D011544:Pseudogenes; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C489450:Tdgf1 protein, mouse; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015245:Deoxyribonuclease BamHI