First Author | Owerbach D | Year | 1981 |
Journal | Somatic Cell Genet | Volume | 7 |
Issue | 3 | Pages | 359-69 |
PubMed ID | 7292253 | Mgi Jnum | J:6618 |
Mgi Id | MGI:55093 | Doi | 10.1007/BF01538860 |
Citation | Owerbach D, et al. (1981) The proopiocortin (adrenocorticotropin/beta-lipoprotein) gene is located on chromosome 2 in humans. Somatic Cell Genet 7(3):359-69 |
abstractText | The proopiocortin gene is located on chromosome 2 in humans. A 13-kb DNA fragment containing proopiocortin gene sequences was identified in human cells while proopiocortin-related genes sequences of 9.8 and 6.2 kb were present in mouse cells. In human-mouse cell hybrids which contained reduced numbers of human chromosomes and a complete set of mouse chromosomes, the 9.8- and 6.2-kb fragments were always present while the 13-kb fragment segregated with human chromosome 2 and the chromosome 2 enzyme markers acid phosphatase-1 (ACP1), malate dehydrogenase-1 (MDHI), and isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1). Analysis of a single cell hybrid with a broken chromosome 2 indicates that the proopiocortin and ACP1 genes are closely linked and in the distal region of the short arm of chromosome 2. |