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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-14
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The molecular cloning and initial characterization of the complementary DNA encoding the chicken homologue of the human retinoblastoma susceptibility gene product Rb are described. Chicken Rb (chRb) was found to be highly homologous to human, mouse, and Xenopus Rb in primary amino acid sequence, underlining its conserved function in cell cycle control in higher eukaryotes. The highest level of homology was found within the Rb "pocket domains" and at the Rb COOH terminus, whereas the extreme NH2 terminus of chRb is divergent. We also show that transcription of chRb initiates at multiple start sites within a DNA segment which represents a CpG island. ChRb is transcribed as a 4.7-kilobase (kb) mRNA species in a variety of normal chicken tissues and oncogene-transformed hematopoietic cells. However, in v-rel-transformed cell lines, a variant 3.1-kb Rb-specific mRNA was detected in addition to the 4.7-kb transcript. ChRb is expressed as a 104 kilodalton protein and is therefore slightly smaller than the mammalian Rb proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1044-9523
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:geneSymbol
Rb, chRb, v-rel
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Genes, Retinoblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Retinoblastoma Protein, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8180136-Xenopus
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure and expression of the chicken retinoblastoma gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study