Lp. Zhao et al., CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MYR-6, AN UNCONVENTIONAL MYOSIN DILUTE MYOSIN-V FAMILY/, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 93(20), 1996, pp. 10826-10831
We have isolated cDNAs encoding a second member of the dilute (myosin-
V) unconventional myosin family in vertebrates, myr 6 (myosin from rat
6), Expression of myr 6 transcripts in the brain is much more limited
than is the expression of dilute, with highest levels observed in cho
roid plexus and components of the limbic system, We have mapped the my
r 6 locus to mouse chromosome 18 using an interspecific backcross, The
3' portion of the myr 6 cDNA sequence from rat is nearly identical to
that of a previously published putative glutamic acid decarboxylase f
rom mouse [Huang, W. M., Reed-Fourquet, L., Wu, E. & Wu, J. Y. (1990)
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 8491-8495].