CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF CDNAS ENCODING THE HUMAN HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4 INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF 2 ISOFORMS IN HUMAN LIVER

被引:74
作者
CHARTIER, FL [1 ]
BOSSU, JP [1 ]
LAUDET, V [1 ]
FRUCHART, JC [1 ]
LAINE, B [1 ]
机构
[1] INST PASTEUR,CNRS,URA 1160,F-59045 LILLE,FRANCE
关键词
HEPATIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HNF-4; STEROID HORMONE NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(94)90079-5
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF-4) is a key transcription factor involved in the specific expression of many genes in liver and intestine. Sequences of cDNAs coding for HNF-4 have been established in rat and Drosophila melanogaster. Rat HNF-4 exhibits two isoforms which probably result from differential splicing. We have isolated HNF-4 cDNAs from an adult human cDNA library. Sequence analysis revealed that two HNF-4 isoforms are also present in human liver. The complete sequence of the longest human isoform has been established and compared to the rat HNF-4 aminoacid sequences.
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