Abstract
Smooth muscle γ actin (Actg) is expressed in smooth muscle and in haploid male germ cells. In order to further characterize theActg gene, a 60-nucleotide-long isotype-specific probe was synthesized. Single bands of DNA were detected when this oligonucleotide was used to probe blots of mouse genomic DNA digested with PstI, EcoRI, KpnI, or XbaI. These results suggestActg is a single-copy gene with no detectable pseudogenes. TheActg gene was mapped to mouse chromosome 6 by Southern blot analysis of DNA isolated from 15 mouse-hamster hybrid cell lines.
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Kim, E., Kwon, Y.K., Trasler, J.M. et al. The mouse smooth muscle γ actin gene is on chromosome 6. Somat Cell Mol Genet 16, 287–291 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01233365
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