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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the characterization of recombinant clones for the human transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (hC/EBP alpha). The intronless hC/EBP alpha gene is almost 90% homologous to its rat and mouse counterparts. The gene copies of more distant species are less conserved, but the alignment reveals a striking homology in five regions, of which four may be involved in transactivation functions while the fifth concerns the carboxy-terminal bZip sequences (basic region and leucine zipper) mediating sequence specific DNA-binding. In addition to the usual expression sites, significant transcript levels were detected in the epidermal compartment of human skin and in rat aorta by northern analysis. The presence of hC/EBP alpha is further documented by immunohistochemical analysis of human skin biopsies and cultured keratinocytes showing the nuclear presence of the protein, notably in the suprabasal layers of the epidermis and in human keratinocytes induced to differentiate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1431-6730
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
378
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
373-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9191024-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Transcription factor C/EBPalpha: novel sites of expression and cloning of the human gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article