Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 10, 205-209, Copyright © 1990 by Society for Neuroscience
The gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero is located on mouse chromosome 1
R Kuhn, D Pravtcheva, F Ruddle and G Lemke
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, San Diego, California 92138.
We have used somatic cell hybrids to map the gene encoding protein zero
(P0), the major structural protein of peripheral myelin. Analysis of
Southern blots of DNA obtained from these hybrids allows us to
unambiguously assign the P0 gene to mouse chromosome 1. This observation
indicates that mutations in the P0 gene do not account for Trembler, a
chromosome 11 mutation that specifically affects myelination in the
peripheral nervous system.