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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
Oncomodulin is a small calcium-binding protein normally found only in extra-embryonic tissues such as the placenta, but whose presence in a variety of tumors has been documented. We have isolated the oncomodulin gene from a Buffalo rat genomic library. The rat gene is approximately 9000 bases in length and consists of five exons and four introns. The introns interrupt the coding sequence of oncomodulin in positions identical with those previously reported for the parvalbumin gene, indicating that the two genes are derived from a common ancestor. Analysis of the promoter sequence of the oncomodulin gene revealed that the gene is under the control of a solo long terminal repeat element related to intracisternal-A particles, a family of endogenous retroviral elements. This represents a unique example of a mammalian gene transcribed in normal and tumor cells, from a promoter of viral origin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
207
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
481-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Retroviral long terminal repeat is the promoter of the gene encoding the tumor-associated calcium-binding protein oncomodulin in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article