title: Genetic mapping of the cloned subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus receptor gene to the TVA locus.
abstract: A chicken gene conferring susceptibility to subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis viruses (ASLV-A) was recently identified by a gene transfer strategy. Classical genetic approaches had previously identified a locus, TVA, that controls susceptibility to ASLV-A. Using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) mapping in inbred susceptible (TVA*S) and resistant (TVA*R) chicken lines, we demonstrate that in 93 F2 progeny an RFLP for the cloned receptor gene segregates with TVA. From these analyses we calculate that the cloned receptor gene lies within 5 centimorgans of TVA, making it highly probable that the cloned gene is the previously identified locus TVA. The polymorphism that distinguishes the two alleles of TVA in these inbred lines affects the encoded amino acid sequence of the region of Tva that encompasses the viral binding domain. However, analysis of the genomic sequence encoding this region of Tva in randomly bred chickens suggests that the altered virus binding domain is not the basis for genetic resistance in the chicken lines analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6076, USA. pbates@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Varmus
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Crittenden
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001354:Avian Leukosis Virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D030161:Avian Proteins; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002645:Chickens; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D030161:Avian Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011991:Receptors, Virus; C088745:Tva receptor; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C027046:TCGA-specific type II deoxyribonucleases