title: Tissue-specific expression of the human laminin alpha5-chain, and mapping of the gene to human chromosome 20q13.2-13.3 and to distal mouse chromosome 2 near the locus for the ragged (Ra) mutation.
abstract: To investigate the function of the laminin alpha5-chain, previously identified in mice, cDNA clones encoding the 953-amino-acid carboxy terminal G-domain of the human laminin alpha5-chain were characterized. Northern blot analysis showed that the laminin alpha5-chain is expressed in human placenta, heart, lung, skeletal muscle, kidney, and pancreas. The human laminin alpha5-chain gene (LAMA5) was assigned to chromosome 20q13.2-q13.3 by in situ hybridization, and the mouse gene (Lama5) was mapped by linkage analysis to a syntonic region of distal chromosome 2, close to the locus for the ragged (Ra) mutation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Pathology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Durkin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Loechel
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Gilpin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Albrechtsen
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Wewer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002890:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007797:Laminin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D007797:Laminin; D012333:RNA, Messenger