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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-14
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Natural killer cell enhancement factor (NKEF) belongs to the antioxidant protein family. In the human, NKEF has the ability to enhance natural killer cell cytotoxic activity in vitro. In the present work, the cDNAs of NKEF from three strains of homozygous clones of rainbow trout were cloned from the splenic cDNA library of one of the strains, OSU142, and then by RT-PCR for the Hot Creek (HC) and Arlee (AR) strains. The HC sequence has 99% sequence identity with both OSU142 and AR. OSU142 and AR have only one nucleotide difference in the cDNA sequence. All three sequences have the same deduced NKEF peptide, which contains 199 amino acids. The 6. 5 kb genomic DNA of OSU142 containing NKEF was sequenced and contains six exons and five introns. Tissue specific expression of NKEF was studied by RT-PCR in eight different tissues of OSU142 and revealed that all tissues expressed NKEF. A southern blot revealed that the gene for NKEF is present in a single copy. The cDNA and amino acid sequences of trout NKEF have high similarity with human, rat, mouse and carp sequences, therefore, indicating that NKEF is a very conserved gene.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0145-305X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Blood Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Databases, Factual, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Oncorhynchus mykiss, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Peroxidases, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Peroxiredoxins, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10980317-Sequence Alignment
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning, characterization and genomic structure of the natural killer cell enhancement factor (NKEF)-like gene from homozygous clones of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6351, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.