CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENE ENCODING HUMAN PITUITARY-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, PIT-1

被引:38
作者
OHTA, K
NOBUKUNI, Y
MITSUBUCHI, H
OHTA, T
TOHMA, T
JINNO, Y
ENDO, F
MATSUDA, I
机构
[1] KUMAMOTO UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PEDIAT,HONJO 1-1-1,KUMAMOTO 860,JAPAN
[2] NAGOYA CITY UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT HUMAN GENET,NAGOYA,AICHI 467,JAPAN
关键词
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECOMBINANT DNA; MULTIPLE PITUITARY DEFICIENCIES; PCR GENOME WALKING; CHROMOSOME; 3P11;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(92)90234-G
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Pit-1 is a pituitary-specific transcription factor that binds to and transactivates promoters of growth hormone- and prolactin-encoding genes. A chromosomal gene related to human Pit-1 isolated from human gene libraries was over 14 kb long and split into six exons. All of the splice donor and acceptor sites conformed to the GT/AG rule. The gene was mapped to human chromosome region 3p11.
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页码:387 / 388
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