MOLECULAR-CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF CDNA-ENCODING URINARY STONE PROTEIN, WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO OSTEOPONTIN

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作者
KOHRI, K
SUZUKI, Y
YOSHIDA, K
YAMAMOTO, K
AMASAKI, N
YAMATE, T
UMEKAWA, T
IGUCHI, M
SINOHARA, H
KURITA, T
机构
[1] Department of Urology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka
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10.1016/0006-291X(92)90669-C
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have sequenced a cDNA of urinary stone protein. cDNA sequences show complete homology between urinary stone protein and human osteopontin(bone sialoprotein) (nucleotides 265-886 and 1183-1424). Osteopontin is a recently discovered bone matrix protein which has been implicated in mediating mineral formation within bone extracellular matrix. This result shows that osteopontin is presumably involved in stone formation as stone matrix. © 1992.
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