Publication Date:
1991-01-04
Description:
An expression cloning strategy was devised to isolate the keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) receptor complementary DNA. NIH/3T3 fibroblasts, which secrete this epithelial cell-specific mitogen, were transfected with a keratinocyte expression complementary DNA library. Among several transformed foci identified, one demonstrated the acquisition of specific high-affinity KGF binding sites. The pattern of binding competition by related fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) indicated that this receptor had high affinity for acidic FGF as well as KGF. The rescued 4.2-kilobase complementary DNA was shown to encode a predicted membrane-spanning tyrosine kinase related to but distinct from the basic FGF receptor. This expression cloning approach may be generally applicable to the isolation of genes that constitute limiting steps in mitogenic signaling pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Miki, T -- Fleming, T P -- Bottaro, D P -- Rubin, J S -- Ron, D -- Aaronson, S A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Jan 4;251(4989):72-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1846048" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Binding, Competitive
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Cell Line
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*Cloning, Molecular
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DNA/*genetics
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Fibroblast Growth Factor 10
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Fibroblast Growth Factor 7
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Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism
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Fibroblasts/metabolism
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*Gene Expression
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Growth Substances/metabolism
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization
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Plasmids
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Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2
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Receptors, Cell Surface/*genetics/metabolism
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*Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Transfection
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Transformation, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
