Table 2.

Cytogenetic Assignments for Chicken Genes with and without CGIs, and Number of MseI Fragments per CGI

Gene Accession no. CGI Assignment CGI MseI fragments (kb)
MHC class II β chain M26306 +MIC 161 frag > 0.5
MHC class II β chain M26307 +MIC 161 frag > 0.5
MHC class I α chain M31012 +MIC 161 frag > 0.5
Polyubiquitin Ub II X58195 +MIC (results)0 frags > 0.5
Adenylate kinase I D00251 +MIC > 161 frag > 0.5
Conalbumin Y00407 −MIC 10–12–
α-A and α-D globin X59989 −MIC 10–15–
Dmd X06294 −MIC 10–
Transforming GF β3 X58127 +MAC 51 frag > 0.5
Transforming GF β2 X58071 +MAC 32 frags > 0.5
GAPDH M11213 +MAC 11 frag > 0.5
Acetylcholine receptor J05218 +–1 frag > 0.5
Retinoblastoma X72217 +–1 frag > 0.5
Heat shock protein 70 J02579 +–1 frag > 0.5
U plasminogen activator J05188 +–1 frag > 0.5
Lipoprotein lipase X60547 +–2 frags > 0.5
G protein α-subunit L24550 +–1 frag > 0.5

[i] All assignments from ChickGBase at http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.ukexcept α-globin genes (Hughes et al. 1979), and the polyubiquitin gene (see Results). (U) Urokinase.