THE THYROGLOBULIN GENE - EVOLUTIONARY AND REGULATORY ISSUES

被引:16
作者
CHRISTOPHE, D [1 ]
VASSART, G [1 ]
机构
[1] HOP ERASME,SERV GENET MED,B-1070 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1016/1043-2760(90)90083-F
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The coding information for thyroglobulin synthesis is contained in a large transcription unit, which is made from the juxtaposition of short repetitive gene modules and of a copy of an ancient acetylcholinesterase homologue. Minor alternatively spliced transcripts with conservation of the reading frame seem to be common. Whether they have a role or represent noise in the splicing phenomena is unknown. Transcription of the thyroglobulin gene is controlled by cAMP through a pathway involving sequence motifs and trans-acting factors that differ from those identified so far in other systems. © 1990.
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