Faculty Articles
PubMed Identifier
2890215
Title
Regional localization of the murine Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene on the mouse X chromosome
ISBN or ISSN
0740-7750
Publication Title
Somatic cell and molecular genetics
Volume
13
Issue
6
Publication Date / Copyright Date
11-1987
First Page
671
Last Page
678
Abstract
The murine locus corresponding to the human Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene has been regionally mapped on the mouse X chromosome by hybridizing DNA from interspecies mouse crosses with a cDNA clone for the mouse Dmd gene. The results demonstrate that the relative organization of genes on the murine and human X chromosomes is more divergent than has previously been postulated. Furthermore, the mouse Dmd gene maps to a similar region of the X chromosome as does the mouse muscular dystrophy mutation mdx, providing further evidence that the mdx mutant may be a murine equivalent of human DMD. However, Southern analysis of portions of the mouse Dmd gene has not yet revealed any differences between mdx and wild-type mice.
Disciplines
Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy | Public Health
Keywords
Animals, Chromosome Mapping, DNA, Disease Models, Animal, Genetic Linkage, Humans, Mice, Muscular Dystrophy, Animal, Mutation, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Species Specificity, X Chromosome
NSUWorks Citation
Chamberlain, J S.; Grant, S G.; Reeves, A A.; Mullins, L J.; Stephenson, D A.; Hoffman, E P; Monaco, A P.; Kunkel, L M.; Caskey, C T.; and Chapman, V M., "Regional localization of the murine Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene on the mouse X chromosome" (1987). Faculty Articles. 1535.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_faculty_articles/1535
