skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: An intron capture strategy used to identify and map a lysyl oxidase-like gene on chromosome 9 in the mouse

Journal Article · · Genomics
;  [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
  2. UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ (United States)

An intron capture strategy involving use of polymerase chain reaction was used to identify and map the mouse homologue of a human lysyl oxidase-like gene (LOXL). Oligonucleotides complementary to conserved domains within exons 4 and 5 of the human lysyl oxidase-like gene were used to amplify the corresponding segment from mouse genomic DNA. Sequencing of the resulting mouse DNA fragment of approximately 1 kb revealed that the exon sequences at the ends of the amplified fragment are highly homologous (90% nucleotide identity) to exons 4 and 5 of the human lysyl oxidase-like gene. An AluI restriction site polymorphism within intron 4 was used to map the mouse lysyl oxidase-like gene (Loxl) to mouse Chromosome 9 in a region that shares linkage conservation with human chromosome 15q24, to which the LOXL was recently mapped. 22 refs., 3 figs.

OSTI ID:
518482
Journal Information:
Genomics, Vol. 40, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English