A NOVEL PITUITARY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IS PRODUCED BY ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF THE HUMAN GHF-1/PIT-1 GENE

被引:27
作者
DELHASE, M
VILA, V
HOOGHEPETERS, EL
CASTRILLO, JL
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID,CSIC,CTR BIOL MOLEC SEVERO OCHOA,E-28049 MADRID,SPAIN
[2] FREE UNIV BRUSSELS,SCH MED,DEPT PHARMACOL,B-1090 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
关键词
RECOMBINANT DNA; TISSUE-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION; POU TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(94)00757-J
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
An alternative splice acceptor site in intron 1 of the human GHF-1/PIT-1 gene was sequenced. The use of this splice site is responsible for a 78-bp in-frame insertion upstream from exon 2 and leads to the hGHF-2/PIT-2 cDNA detected in normal human pituitary.
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页码:273 / 275
页数:3
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