Comparative gene mapping: cytogenetic localization of PROC, EN1, ALPI, TNP1, and IL1B in cattle and sheep reveals a conserved rearrangement relative to the human genome
Nl. Lopez-corrales et al., Comparative gene mapping: cytogenetic localization of PROC, EN1, ALPI, TNP1, and IL1B in cattle and sheep reveals a conserved rearrangement relative to the human genome, CYTOG C GEN, 83(1-2), 1998, pp. 35-38
The cytogenetic locations of the genes for protein C (PROC), transition pro
tein 1 (TNP1), intestinal alkaline phosphatase (ALPI), engrailed (EN1), and
human protointerleukin beta (IL1B) have been compared between cattle (Bos
taurus, BTA) and sheep (Ovis aries, OAR). Bovine YAC and cosmid clones were
used as FISH probes to determine the order (centromere to telomere) of fou
r of these genes on OAR 2q, as well as the location of IL1B on OAR 3p. In c
attle, IL1B and EN1 were assigned to BTA 11 and BTA 2, respectively. Alignm
ent of the ovine, bovine, and human physical maps based on these data shows
that segments of conserved synteny and chromosomal rearrangements detected
between cattle and human are also found in sheep, where the order in cattl
e is conserved.