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Chromosomal location of the mouse gene that encodes the myelin-associated glycoproteins.

The two myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) species, designated large MAG (L-MAG) and small MAG (S-MAG), are believed to be generated by differential splicing from a single RNA transcript. We have now defined the genetic locus encoding the two MAG proteins in the mouse. Analysis of a panel of interspecies somatic cell hybrids indicated that all MAG coding sequences reside on chromosome 7. Following the inheritance of a restriction fragment length polymorphism associated with MAG coding sequences allowed the locus to be positioned 0.5 centimorgans from the locus Abpa (androgen binding protein alpha) on proximal chromosome 7. These data strongly support the hypothesis that a single gene encodes the two MAG proteins, and we propose the name Mag for this locus. This localization places Mag in close proximity to the neurological mutant locus qv (quivering) and raises the possibility of a functional relationship or identity between Mag and qv. However, an analysis of the MAG gene, its RNA transcripts, and its protein products revealed no abnormalities in homozygous qv mutant mice, suggesting that this chromosomal linkage is not etiologically significant.[1]

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  1. Chromosomal location of the mouse gene that encodes the myelin-associated glycoproteins. D'Eustachio, P., Colman, D.R., Salzer, J.L. J. Neurochem. (1988) [Pubmed]
 
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