Publication Date:
1987-03-20
Description:
A 4-kilobase complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding human macrophage-specific colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1) was isolated. When introduced into mammalian cells, this cDNA directs the expression of CSF-1 that is structurally and functionally indistinguishable from the natural human urinary CSF-1. Direct structural analysis of both the recombinant CSF-1 and the purified human urinary protein revealed that these species contain a sequence of at least 40 amino acids at their carboxyl termini which are not found in the coding region of a 1.6-kilobase CSF-1 cDNA that was previously described. These results demonstrate that the human CSF-1 gene can be expressed to yield at least two different messenger RNA species that encode distinct but related forms of CSF-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wong, G G -- Temple, P A -- Leary, A C -- Witek-Giannotti, J S -- Yang, Y C -- Ciarletta, A B -- Chung, M -- Murtha, P -- Kriz, R -- Kaufman, R J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Mar 20;235(4795):1504-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3493529" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Base Sequence
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Cloning, Molecular
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Colony-Stimulating Factors/*genetics/urine
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DNA/genetics
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Humans
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Macrophages/physiology
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Molecular Weight
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Peptide Fragments
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Protein Processing, Post-Translational
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RNA, Messenger/genetics
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
