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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites is controlled by a dominant gene on mouse chromosome 1, called Bcg, Lsh, or Ity. Bcg affects the capacity of macrophages to destroy ingested intracellular parasites early during infection. We have assembled a 400 kb bacteriophage and cosmid contig within the genomic interval containing Bcg. A search for transcription units by exon amplification identified six novel genes in this contig. RNA expression studies showed that one of them, designated Nramp, was expressed exclusively in macrophage populations from reticuloendothelial organs and in the macrophage line J774A. Nramp encodes an integral membrane protein that has structural homology with known prokaryotic and eukaryotic transport systems, suggesting a macrophage-specific membrane transport function. Susceptibility to infection (Bcgs) in 13 Bcgr and Bcgs strains tested is associated with a nonconservative Gly-105 to Asp-105 substitution within predicted transmembrane domain 2 of Nramp.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:geneSymbol
Bcg, Ity, Lsh, Nramp
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
469-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Genes, Dominant, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Iron-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Models, Structural, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Parasitic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8490962-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites: isolation of a candidate for Bcg.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't