PCR DETECTION OF THE RAT-BRAIN BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH-FACTOR (BFGF) MESSENGER-RNA CONTAINING A UNIQUE 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION

被引:17
作者
ELHUSSEINI, AED [1 ]
PATERSON, JA [1 ]
MYAL, Y [1 ]
SHIU, RPC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MANITOBA,FAC MED,DEPT ANAT,WINNIPEG R3E 0W3,MANITOBA,CANADA
关键词
BFGF; RT-PCR; MESSENGER RNA STABILITY; NOVEL SEQUENCE;
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(92)90031-T
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We utilized the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect the presence of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) messenger RNA in rat brain, ovary and kidney. The nucleotide sequence of the RT-PCR product revealed a novel 3' untranslated (UT) sequence in the rat basic FGF mRNA. In this sequence, as in the 3' UT regions of many growth regulatory genes, there is a high degree of conservation of A + T rich motifs which have been shown to play a major role in mRNA stability.
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