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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
Transcription factors of the NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) family play important roles in immune and inflammatory responses by regulating the expression of genes encoding cytokines and immunoregulatory proteins. Here we describe cloning and characterization of full-length cDNA encoding murine (m) NFATc which predicts that the protein has all the conserved structural motifs of NFAT family members, including the rel homology domain, the NFAT homology domain and the nuclear translocation signals. mNFATc complexed with AP-1 bound specifically to the murine IL-2 NFAT recognition sequence and activated transcription from the co-transfected IL-2 promoter in COS-7 cells. Northern blot analysis showed that the cDNA probe hybridized with a 4.5 kb transcript which is highly inducible in murine T cells. By Northern and in situ hybridization, mNFATc transcript was detected from the early stage of development. In the mouse embryo, mNFATc transcript was strongly expressed in thymus, lung and submandibular gland and weakly in skeletal muscle and heart suggesting that mNFATc may have a role both in embryogenesis and in mature T cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
314-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-NFATC Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Submandibular Gland, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Thymus Gland, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:9388475-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning and functional characterization of murine cDNA encoding transcription factor NFATc.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article