Characterization of the mouse Prox1 gene.
Prox1, a vertebrate homologue of Drosophila prospero, encodes a divergent homeodomain protein. We have isolated and characterized full length mouse Prox1 cDNA and genomic clones. Mouse Prox1 gene mapped to position 106.3 cM from the centromere of Chromosome 1, which is very close to the retinal degeneration mutation, rd3. Although the coding sequence and exon-intron junctions of the Prox1 genes of wild type and rd3 mutant mice are identical, Northern blot analysis indicated that the ratio of the short (2.3 kb) and long (8 kb) forms of Prox1 mRNA is different in RNA isolated from wild type and rd3 retinas. Immunostaining of the eyes from wild type and rd3 animals also revealed differences in the distribution of Prox1 protein in the retina and lens. These data suggest that the rd3 mutation affects expression of the mouse Prox1 gene.
Tomarev
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Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. tomarev@helix.nih.gov
Zinovieva
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Chang
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D000098551:Prospero-Related Homeobox 1 Protein
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D000098551:Prospero-Related Homeobox 1 Protein