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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-6
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Genes related to the Drosophila melanogaster doublesex and Caenorhabditis elegans mab-3 genes are conserved in human. They are identified by a DNA-binding homology motif, the DM domain, and constitute a gene family (DMRTs). Unlike the invertebrate genes, whose role in the sex-determination process is essentially understood, the function of the different vertebrate DMRT genes is not as clear. Evidence has accumulated for the involvement of DMRT1 in male sex determination and differentiation. DMRT2 (known as terra in zebrafish) seems to be a critical factor for somitogenesis. To contribute to a better understanding of the function of this important gene family, we have analyzed DMRT1, DMRT2, and DMRT3 from the genome model organism Fugu rubripes and the medakafish, a complementary model organism for genetics and functional studies. We found conservation of synteny of human chromosome 9 in F. rubripes and an identical gene cluster organization of the DMRTs in both fish. Although expression analysis and gene linkage mapping in medaka exclude a function for any of the three genes in the primary step of male sex determination, comparison of F. rubripes and human sequences uncovered three putative regulatory regions that might have a role in more downstream events of sex determination and human XY sex reversal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Chromosomes, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Fishes, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Oryzias, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11543627-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Genomic organization and expression of the doublesex-related gene cluster in vertebrates and detection of putative regulatory regions for DMRT1.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't