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Molecular cloning of a human gene that i ... the nerve growth factor family
Molecular cloning of a human gene that is a member of the nerve growth factor family.
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Cell death within the developing vertebrate nervous system is regulated in part by interactions between neurons and their innervation targets that are mediated by neurotrophic factors. These factors also appear to have a role in the maintenance of the adult nervous system. Two neurotrophic factors, nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, share substantial amino acid sequence identity. We have used a screen that combines polymerase chain reaction amplification of genomic DNA and low-stringency hybridization with degenerate oligonucleotides to isolate human BDNF and a human gene, neurotrophin-3, that is closely related to both nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. mRNA products of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 genes were detected in the adult human brain, suggesting that these proteins are involved in the maintenance of the adult nervous system. Neurotrophin-3 is also expected to function in embryonic neural development.
Jones KR, Reichardt LF
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
1990-10-01 00:00
87
20
8060-4
Amino Acid Sequence,Animals,Base Sequence,Brain,Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor,Cloning, Molecular,Genes,Humans,Molecular Sequence Data,Multigene Family,Nerve Growth Factors,Nerve Tissue Proteins,Oligonucleotide Probes,Organ Specificity,Polymerase Chain Reaction,Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid,Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor,Nerve Growth Factors,Nerve Tissue Proteins,Oligonucleotide Probes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California-San Francisco 94143
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
0027-8424
595
True
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