Publication Date:
2000-10-20
Description:
Ectodysplasin, a member of the tumor necrosis factor family, is encoded by the anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (EDA) gene. Mutations in EDA give rise to a clinical syndrome characterized by loss of hair, sweat glands, and teeth. EDA-A1 and EDA-A2 are two isoforms of ectodysplasin that differ only by an insertion of two amino acids. This insertion functions to determine receptor binding specificity, such that EDA-A1 binds only the receptor EDAR, whereas EDA-A2 binds only the related, but distinct, X-linked ectodysplasin-A2 receptor (XEDAR). In situ binding and organ culture studies indicate that EDA-A1 and EDA-A2 are differentially expressed and play a role in epidermal morphogenesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yan, M -- Wang, L C -- Hymowitz, S G -- Schilbach, S -- Lee, J -- Goddard, A -- de Vos, A M -- Gao, W Q -- Dixit, V M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Oct 20;290(5491):523-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11039935" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Amino Acid Substitution
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Animals
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Binding Sites
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Cell Line
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DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Ectodermal Dysplasia/genetics
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Ectodysplasins
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Epidermis/embryology/*metabolism
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Humans
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*I-kappa B Proteins
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In Situ Hybridization
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Ligands
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Membrane Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism
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Mice
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Morphogenesis
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NF-kappa B/metabolism
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Phosphorylation
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Point Mutation
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Protein Conformation
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Proteins/metabolism
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Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6
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Transfection
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
