NER, A NEW MEMBER OF THE GENE FAMILY ENCODING THE HUMAN STEROID-HORMONE NUCLEAR RECEPTOR

被引:122
作者
SHINAR, DM [1 ]
ENDO, N [1 ]
RUTLEDGE, SJ [1 ]
VOGEL, R [1 ]
RODAN, GA [1 ]
SCHMIDT, A [1 ]
机构
[1] MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD,RES LABS,DEPT BONE BIOL & OSTEOPOROSIS RES,W POINT,PA 19486
关键词
OSTEOSARCOMA; RETINOID; DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE; ORPHAN RECEPTOR;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(94)90080-9
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
NER, a new member of the steroid hormone nuclear receptor (NR)-encoding gene family, was isolated from a human osteosarcoma SAOS/B10 cell line cDNA library. NER codes for a polypeptide of 461 amino acids which contains the conserved sequences of the DNA-binding and ligand-binding domains of typical steroid hormone NR. It has highest homology with the retinoic acid receptors: 55% at the DNA-binding domain and 38-40% at the ligand-binding domain. A single transcript of 2.3 kb was detected in all cells and tissues tested. Although no ligand was identified for NER-I, its wide distribution may indicate that this novel steroid hormone NR may play a basic role in cell function.
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页码:273 / 276
页数:4
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