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Symbol
Name
ID
Chromosome
Gja8
gap junction protein, alpha 8
MGI:99953
3
13 mapping experiments
Experiment Type Details Chromosome Reference
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
Mapping Panel: JAX (BSS)
3 J:44483 Brady KP, et al., Genetic mapping of 262 loci derived from expressed sequences in a murine interspecific cross using single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis. Genome Res. 1997 Nov;7(11):1085-93
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
Mapping Panel: JAX (BSS)
3 J:39319 Deussing J, et al., The genes of the lysosomal cysteine proteinases cathepsin B, H, L, and S map to different mouse chromosomes. Mamm Genome. 1997 Apr;8(4):241-5
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
3 J:74555 Graw J, et al., Characterization of a mutation in the lens-specific MP70 encoding gene of the mouse leading to a dominant cataract. Exp Eye Res. 2001 Dec;73(6):867-76
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
Mapping Panel: JAX (BSS)
3 J:37796 Hart MC, et al., Mapping of the mouse actin capping protein alpha subunit genes and pseudogenes. Genomics. 1997 Feb 1;39(3):264-70
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
Mapping Panel: EUCIB (BSS)
3 J:29219 Kerscher S, et al., Mapping of four mouse genes encoding eye lens-specific structural, gap junction, and integral membrane proteins: Cryba1 (crystallin beta A3/A1), Crybb2 (crystallin beta B2), Gja8 (MP70), and Lim2 (MP19). Genomics. 1995 Sep 20;29(2):445-50
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
Mapping Panel: JAX (BSS)
3 J:49765 Peterfy M, et al., Characterization and chromosomal mapping of two pseudogenes of the mouse Pafaha/Lis1 gene: retrointegration hotspots in the mouse genome. Gene. 1998 Aug 31;216(2):225-31
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
3 J:49942 Steele EC Jr, et al., A mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene is a candidate for the No2 mouse cataract. Curr Eye Res. 1998 Sep;17(9):883-9
CROSS Cross Type: Backcross
3 J:49942 Steele EC Jr, et al., A mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene is a candidate for the No2 mouse cataract. Curr Eye Res. 1998 Sep;17(9):883-9
HYBRID 3 J:20530 Schwarz HJ, et al., Chromosomal assignments of mouse genes for connexin 50 and connexin 33 by somatic cell hybridization. Somat Cell Mol Genet. 1994 May;20(3):243-7
TEXT 3 J:75387 Chang B, et al., A Gja8 (Cx50) point mutation causes an alteration of alpha3 connexin (Cx46) in semi-dominant cataracts of Lop10 mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 Mar 1;11(5):507-13
TEXT-Cytogenetic Localization 3 J:29219 Kerscher S, et al., Mapping of four mouse genes encoding eye lens-specific structural, gap junction, and integral membrane proteins: Cryba1 (crystallin beta A3/A1), Crybb2 (crystallin beta B2), Gja8 (MP70), and Lim2 (MP19). Genomics. 1995 Sep 20;29(2):445-50
TEXT-Genetic Cross 3 J:49942 Steele EC Jr, et al., A mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene is a candidate for the No2 mouse cataract. Curr Eye Res. 1998 Sep;17(9):883-9
TEXT-QTL 3 J:65478 Koza RA, et al., Synergistic gene interactions control the induction of the mitochondrial uncoupling protein (Ucp1) gene in white fat tissue. J Biol Chem. 2000 Nov 3;275(44):34486-92

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