THE HOX COMPLEX NEIGHBORED BY THE EVX GENE, AS WELL AS 2 OTHER HOMEOBOX-CONTAINING GENES, THE GBX-CLASS AND THE EN-CLASS, ARE LOCATED ON THE SAME CHROMOSOME-2 AND CHROMOSOME-7 IN HUMANS

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作者
MATSUI, T
HIRAI, M
HIRANO, M
KUROSAWA, Y
机构
[1] FUJITA HLTH UNIV,INST COMPREHENS MED SCI,TOYOAKE,AICHI 47011,JAPAN
[2] FUJITA HLTH UNIV,DEPT INTERNAL MED,TOYOAKE,AICHI 47011,JAPAN
[3] UNIV TOKYO,GRAD SCH SCI,DEPT ANTHROPOL,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
关键词
HOMEOBOX GENE; LINKAGE GROUP; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(93)81620-F
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Two newly identified human homeobox-containing genes, GBX1 and GBX2, are closely related genes, as are members of the other homeobox genes, EN-1 and EN-2. GBX1 and EN-2 have been mapped to chromosome 7q36. The present study shows that GBX2 was mapped to chromosome 2q37. EN-1 was mapped to chromosome 2q14. Moreover, two HOX complexes neighbored by the EVX gene, HOXA and HOXD, are located at chromosome 7p15-p14 and 2q31-q37, respectively. Thus, it is possible that these homeobox genes were linked to each other on an ancestral genome and that the ancestral chromosome segment was duplicated during evolution.
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