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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-9
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
At least two versions of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist generated by alternative splicing are found intracellularly, but their functions remain poorly characterized. During studies aimed at characterizing the expression of these transcripts in human articular cartilage, we detected a variant cDNA species that contained an additional 171 nucleotides within the type I interleukin-1 intracellular receptor antagonist cDNA which interrupted the coding region. This mRNA variant was also found to be expressed in keratinocytes. Translation likely initiates at an alternate methionine codon than that utilized for the previously reported interleukin-1 intracellular receptor antagonist isoforms, suggesting that this mRNA variant encodes a novel polypeptide that may play a role in interleukin-1 signaling.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
244
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of an interleukin-1 intracellular receptor antagonist mRNA variant.
pubmed:affiliation
Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. weissbach@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't