Publication Date:
1988-04-15
Description:
The androgen receptor (AR) mediates the actions of male sex steroids. Human AR genomic DNA was cloned from a flow-sorted human X chromosome library by using a consensus nucleotide sequence from the DNA-binding domain of the family of nuclear receptors. The AR gene was localized on the human X chromosome between the centromere and q13. Cloned complementary DNA, selected with an AR-specific oligonucleotide probe, was expressed in monkey kidney (COS) cells and yielded a high-affinity androgen-binding protein with steroid-binding specificity corresponding to that of native AR. A predominant messenger RNA species of 9.6 kilobases was identified in human, rat, and mouse tissues known to contain AR and was undetectable in tissues lacking AR androgen-binding activity, including kidney and liver from androgen-insensitive mice. The deduced amino acid sequence of AR within the DNA-binding domain has highest sequence identity with the progesterone receptor.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lubahn, D B -- Joseph, D R -- Sullivan, P M -- Willard, H F -- French, F S -- Wilson, E M -- HD04466/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD16910/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD21744/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Apr 15;240(4850):327-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3353727" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Cell Line
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Chromosome Mapping
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*Cloning, Molecular
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Codon
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*Genes
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Receptors, Androgen/*genetics
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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*X Chromosome
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
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