Elsevier

Genomics

Volume 22, Issue 3, August 1994, Pages 648-651
Genomics

Short Communication
Genetic and Physical Mapping of a Gene Encoding a Methyl CpG Binding Protein, Mecp2, to the Mouse X Chromosome

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Abstract

The methyl CpG binding proteins (MeCP1 and MeCP2) are a class of proteins that bind to templates containing symmetrically methylated CpGs. Using an interspecific backcross segregating a number of X-linked markers, we have localized the Mecp2 gene in mouse to the X chromosome close to the microsatellite marker DXMit1. Detailed physical mapping utilizing an available YAC contig encompassing the DXMit1 locus has localized the Mecp2 gene to a 40-kb region between the L1cam and the Rsvp loci, indicating the probable position of a homologue on the human X chromosome.

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