| First Author | Cebra-Thomas JA | Year | 1991 |
| Journal | Nature | Volume | 349 |
| Issue | 6306 | Pages | 239-41 |
| PubMed ID | 1987476 | Mgi Jnum | J:10933 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:59376 | Doi | 10.1038/349239a0 |
| Citation | Cebra-Thomas JA, et al. (1991) Allele- and haploid-specific product generated by alternative splicing from a mouse t complex responder locus candidate. Nature 349(6306):239-41 |
| abstractText | Mouse t haplotypes represent a variant form of chromosome 17 that has evolved the ability to propagate through natural populations by the phenomenon of 'transmission ratio distortion' (TRD), in which heterozygous +/t males transmit their t-carrying chromosome to 95% or more of their offspring. Although multiple t-associated loci have a role in expression of this phenotype, only one--the t complex responder (Tcr) locus--is responsible for determining which of the two homologues of chromosome 17 will be transmitted at a high ratio. A candidate gene (Tcp-10b) for Tcr that is expressed in both meiotic and post-meiotic male germ cells has been cloned. But for this candidate gene to function as the haploid effector of TRD, the t-allele of this gene (Tcp-10bt) must express a unique product in a haploid-specific manner. Here we show that a change in the splicing pattern of Tcp-10bt transcripts occurs during sperm differentiation. This change results in a unique allele-specific and haploid-specific transcript which could encode a variant polypeptide that would fulfil the conditions required of the Tcr effector of TRD. |
