Table 1 Characterization of cad20/cad19/cad7 gene cluster in different species.

Chick

MN-cad

2 (2_19.90)

68,341,649–68,376,741(-)

[31] Price et al., 2002, [32] Shirabe et al., 2005

cad19

2 (2_19.90)

95,067,813–95,101,300(+)

[27] Takahashi and Osumi, 2005, [33] Luo et al., 2007

cad7

2 (2_19.90)

95,357,588–95,418,911(-)

[20, 21] Nakagawa and Takeichi, 1995, 1998

Rat

cad20

13 (13p12)

10,970,187–11,038,903(+)

In this study

cad7

13 (13p12)

16,884,417–17,020,843(+)

In this study

cad19

13 (13p12)

18,148,715–18,230,353(-)

[27] Takahashi and Osumi, 2005

Mouse

cad20

1

104,833,281–104,893,569 (+)

[28] Moore et al., 2004, [29] Faulkner-Jones et al., 1999

cad7

1

109,880,766–110,037,943(+)

[28] Moore et al., 2004

cad19

1

110,788,240–110,854,295(-)

[27] Takahashi and Osumi, 2005

Human

CDH20

18 (18q22-q23)

57,308,755–57,373,345(+)

[30] Kools et al., 2000

CDH7

18 (18q22-q23)

61,568,468–61,699,155(+)

[17] Shimoyama et al., 2000, [30] Kools et al., 2000

CDH19

18 (18q22-q23)

62,322,301–62,422,196(-)

[30] Kools et al., 2000