DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF VIMENTIN IN RAT PROSTATIC TUMORS

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BUSSEMAKERS, MJG [1 ]
VERHAEGH, GWCT [1 ]
VANBOKHOVEN, A [1 ]
DEBRUYNE, FMJ [1 ]
SCHALKEN, JA [1 ]
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[1] CATHOLIC UNIV NIJMEGEN,DEPT BIOCHEM,6500 HB NIJMEGEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0006-291X(92)91866-O
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Differential hybridization analysis was used to identify molecular differences between a relative benign and a highly aggressive rat prostatic tumor derived from the Dunning R-3327-H adenocarcinoma. From the several differentially expressed mRNAs identified, we here report the characterization of pBUS51 which encodes a transcript highly expressed in all anaplastic Dunning tumors. Only a very low expression was detectable in normal rat prostate or in the differentiated tumors of the Dunning system. Nucleotide sequence analysis and computer-assisted database comparison revealed that pBUS51 was highly homologous to vimentin and therefore likely the rat homolog of this protein. © 1992.
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