Evolutionary relationships between laboratory mice and subspecies of Mus musculus based on the genetic study of pancreatic proteinase loci,Prt-1, Prt-2, Prt-3, and Prt-6 |
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Authors: | Tomomasa Watanabe Nobumoto Miyashita Kazuo Moriwaki Jo Hilgers |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Prefecture Colony, Kamiyacho, 480-03 Kasugai, Aichi, Japan;(2) Department of Cytogenetics, National Institute of Genetics, Yata, Mishima, 411 Shizuoka, Japan;(3) Division of Genetics and Experimental Animals, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Various patterns of mouse pancreatic proteinase activity bands were observed on agarose gel electrophoresis. Prt-1
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and Prt-1
b
genes control the positive (PRT-1A) and negative (PRT-1B) expression of tryptic band V, respectively; Prt-2
a
and Prt-2
b
correspond to chymotryptic bands II (PRT-2A) and III (PRT-2B); Prt-3
a
and Prt-3
b
control the low (PRT-3A) and high (PRT-3B) tryptic activities of band IV; the Prt-1 and Prt-3 loci are closely linked on the same chromosome; Prt-6
a
and Prt-6
b
correspond to tryptic bands I (PRT-6A) and I (PRT-6B). Twenty-four laboratory strains from the United States showed the phenotype PRT-1A, PRT-3A, and PRT-2A. Of laboratory strains established in Europe, 6 showed PRT-1A, PRT-3A, and PRT-2A, and 10 had PRT-1B, PRT-3A, and PRT-2A bands. Most wild mice around the world and their descendants showed the phenotype PRT-1B, PRT-3B, and PRT-2A. Only the phenotype of M. m. brevirostris was PRT-1A, PRT-3A, and PRT-2A, which was the same as most laboratory inbred strains. PRT-2B was observed mainly in Japanese (M. m. molossinus) and Korean (M. m. yamashinai) wild mice. PRT-6B was detected only in Mus spicilegus and Mus caroli, but all other mice including wild populations and laboratory strains showed PRT-6A. New biochemical phenotypes such as PRT-2C and PRT-3C were also found in this study. |
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Keywords: | mice subspecies pancreas trypsin chymotrypsin electrophoresis |
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