LOCALIZATION OF THE GENE (LAMA4) TO CHROMOSOME-6Q21 AND ISOLATION OF A PARTIAL CDNA-ENCODING A VARIANT LAMININ-A CHAIN

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作者
RICHARDS, AJ [1 ]
ALIMARA, L [1 ]
CARTER, NP [1 ]
LLOYD, JC [1 ]
LEVERSHA, MA [1 ]
POPE, FM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,DEPT PATHOL,CAMBRIDGE CB2 1QP,ENGLAND
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10.1006/geno.1994.1372
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Laminin is a basement membrane glycoprotein composed of three nonidentical chains, A, B1, and B2. Variant chains such as merosin and S-laminin have been found in different tissues. We have isolated a cDNA encoding a novel laminin A variant that hybridizes to a 6.45-kb mRNA. Using amplification of genomic DNA and flow-sorted chromosomes we have assigned the gene (LAMA4) for this new laminin A variant to chromosome 6. Fluorescence in situ hybridization of a YAC clone further localized the gene to 6q21. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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