title: Discovery of a new Pomc1 allele in the LS x SS recombinant inbred strains: relationship to locomotor behavior.
abstract: Various lines of evidence suggest that a polymorphism in the gene for proopiomelanocortin, Pomc1, might account for some portion of the genetic variance for open-field activity in the LS x SS RI strains. To test this hypothesis, approximately 1600 bp of Pomc1 was sequenced from genomic DNA of seven of the LS x SS strains. Two distinct alleles containing a total of five single-base pair differences were detected. A substitution was found in the coding region causing a Pro-to-Ser conversion, two substitutions occurred in the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA, and a substitution and a deletion were detected in the 3' untranscribed flanking region. The fragment containing the coding region substitution was sequenced in an additional 15 of the LS x SS strains. A total of 12 strains contained one form of the allele, while 10 had the other. The strain distribution pattern of open-field activity scores between the two allels suggests that these alleles do not contribute to the genetic variation of open-field activity in the LS x SS RI strains.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0447, USA. radclifr@colorado.edu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Radcliffe
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sikela
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Erwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000235:genetics*; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013996:Time and Motion Studies
chemical_list: D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin