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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-15
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Oct-1 is a ubiquitously expressed regulatory gene of the POU domain family. The Oct-1 protein binds to the octamer motif present in the control regions of a variety of genes such as the immunoglobulins, histone H2B and snRNAs. To learn about Oct-1 and its possible role in B-cell maturation, we have used oct-2 cDNA to screen a murine pre-B cell, cDNA library. Two cDNA clones were identical in their POU-homeo box DNA binding domain, but differed in their 3'-region. Whereas one clone (oct-1a) was very similar to its human oct-1 homologue, the other (oct-1b), contained an additional 72 bp sequence (designated E1) at the serine threonine rich coding region (position 1485 of the human oct-1), and a deletion of another 72 bp sequence (designated E2) downstream (position 1920). These changes preserve the protein reading frame. DNA blot analysis indicates that murine oct-1 is a single copy gene and that the two oct-1 isoforms oct-1 is expressed as a large approximately 10 kb transcript in all the cell are generated by alternative RNA splicing. RNA blots showed that oct-1 is expressed as a large approximately 10 kb transcript in all the cell lines tested. PCR analysis of the E1 and E2 72 bp regions, indicated the presence of a third isoform containing both E1 and E2 (Oct-1c). Oct-1a and Oct-1b were present in all cell types examined, but the level of expression was lower in liver and spleen as compared to testis, thymus and kidney. The ratio of Oct-1b to Oct-1a ranged between 0.2 to 0.5, for all tissues examined except for testis which expressed higher amounts of oct-1b and/or oct-1c. Our findings thus show that the pattern of expression of the oct-1 gene is more complex than hitherto thought.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
1261
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
201-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning, sequencing and expression of two isoforms of the murine oct-1 transcription factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Hubert Humphrey Center for Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't