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The murine Hox-3.5 gene has been mapped and linked genomically to a position 18 kb 3' of its most 5' locus neighbour, Hox-3.4, on chromosome 15. The sequence of the Hox-3.5 cDNA, together with the position of the gene within the locus, show it to be a paralogue of Hox-2.6, Hox-1.4 and Hox-4.2. The patterns of embryonic expression for the Hox-3.5 gene are examined in terms of three rules, proposed to relate a Hox gene's expression pattern to its position within the locus. The anterior boundaries of Hox-3.5 expression in the hindbrain and prevertebral column lie anterior to those of Hox-3.4 and all other, more 5'-located Hox-3 genes. Within the hindbrain, the Hox-3.5 boundary is seen to lie posterior to that of its paralogue, Hox-2.6, by a distance equal to about the length of one rhombomere. Patterns of Hox-3.5 expression within the oesophagus and spinal cord, but not the testis, are similar to those of other Hox-3 genes, Hox-3.3 and Hox-3.4.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Development

Publication Date

10/1992

Volume

116

Pages

497 - 506

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Chromosome Mapping, Embryonic and Fetal Development, Esophagus, Gene Expression, Genes, Homeobox, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Rhombencephalon, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Spinal Cord