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- Ulvsbäck, M., et al.
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Molecular cloning of a small prostate protein, known as beta-microsemenoprotein, PSP94 or beta-inhibin, and demonstration of transcripts in non-genital tissues
- 1989
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Ingår i: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. ; 164:3, s. 5-1310
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to study the gene expression of the seminal plasma protein beta-microseminoprotein, also known as PSP94 and beta-inhibin, clones encoding this protein were isolated from a cDNA library constructed in lambda gt11. Nucleotide sequencing confirmed the structure of a previously cloned cDNA. By northern blot analysis identical sized transcripts were demonstrated in the prostate, the respiratory (tracheal, bronchial and lung) tissues and the antrum part of the gastric mucosa. Thus, the protein is not primarily associated with male reproductive function. Although probably of no physiological significance, a slight structural similarity to the ovarian inhibin beta-chains was identified in the C-terminal half of the molecule.
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- Plos, Kaety, 1944, et al.
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Distribution of the P-associated-pilus (pap) region among Escherichia coli from natural sources: evidence for horizontal gene transfer.
- 1989
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Ingår i: Infection and immunity. - 0019-9567. ; 57:5, s. 1604-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Variation in chromosomal DNA in Escherichia coli was studied with probes specific for the P-associated-pilus (pap) region. The presence of DNA homologous to pap was determined by dot blots. Variation in the number of copies of pap and in the organization of internal and flanking sequences was determined by Southern blot hybridization. The 229 strains studied were also classified by O:K:H serotyping and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. There was considerable heterogeneity in the presence of pap and distribution of pap-homologous DNA in these E. coli strains from natural sources. In general, there was less variation in pap among strains of the same specific O:K:H serotype and enzyme electrophoretic type than among random isolates. There were, however, E. coli strains identified as members of the same clone by O:K:H serotyping and enzyme electrophoresis that were pap positive and pap negative or had different Southern blot patterns for the pap probes (pap type). There were also isolates of the same pap type that differed in two of three O:K:H serotype antigens and the majority of enzymes that determined their enzyme electrophoretic type. These latter two observations were interpreted as evidence for the horizontal (infectious) transfer of the pap-homologous sequences among clones of E. coli.
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- Børresen, A L, et al.
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Prenatal diagnosis of glycerol-kinase deficiency associated with a DNA deletion on the short arm of the X-chromosome.
- 1987
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Ingår i: Clinical genetics. - 0009-9163. ; 32:4, s. 254-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Amniocentesis was performed in a woman who previously had given birth to a boy who died at 12 months of age with a diagnosis of glyceroluria and adrenal insufficiency. A high amount of glycerol (9.0 standard deviations above mean for controls) was found in the amniotic fluid. Enzyme activity of glycerol-kinase (ATP:glycerol-3-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.30) in the cultured amniotic fluid cells was very low. The pregnancy was terminated and a male fetus was aborted. Examinations of DNA isolated from the fetus did demonstrate deletions of two out of 16 DNA probes mapping to the short arm of the X-chromosome. The probes failing to hybridize to DNA from the fetus were C7 (DXS28) and L1.4 (DXS68), both mapping to Xp21.3 and located terminal to the Duchenne locus.
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- Jensson, O, et al.
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Hereditary cystatin C (gamma-trace) amyloid angiopathy of the CNS causing cerebral hemorrhage
- 1987
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Ingår i: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. - : Hindawi Limited. - 0001-6314 .- 1600-0404. ; 76:2, s. 102-114
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Hereditary CNS amyloid angiopathy occurring in Icelanders is the first human disorder known to be caused by deposition of cystatin C amyloid fibrils in the walls of the brain arteries leading to single or or multiple strokes with fatal outcome. One or more affected members have been verified by histological examination in 8 families containing 127 affected. These originated from the same geographic area. Abnormally low value of cystatin C found in the cerebrospinal fluid of those affected can be used to support or make diagnosis of this disease, also in asymptomatic relatives. By amino acid sequence analysis the amyloid fibrils in the patients are found to be a variant of cystatin C (gamma-trace), a major cysteine proteinase inhibitor. The variant protein has an amino acid substitution (glutamine for leucine) at position 58 in the amyloid molecule. It is postulated that a point mutation has occurred leading to production of amyloidogenic protein causing the disorder.
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- Lindahl, G, et al.
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Receptor for IgA in group A streptococci : cloning of the gene and characterization of the protein expressed in Escherichia coli
- 1989
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Ingår i: Molecular Microbiology. - : Wiley. - 0950-382X .- 1365-2958. ; 3:2, s. 239-247
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The gene for an IgA-binding protein from a group A streptococcal strain was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The IgA-binding protein, called protein Arp, was purified on IgA-Sepharose, allowing complete purification in a single step. Analysis of protein Arp by Western immunoblotting demonstrated a major IgA-binding band, with an apparent molecular weight of 42 kD. The purified protein was shown to bind serum IgA and secretory IgA, as well as monoclonal IgA of both subclasses. There was no binding to IgM, IgD or IgE, but a weak binding to IgG. Inhibition experiments with whole bacteria indicated that IgA and IgG bind at separate sites. Experiments with immunoglobulin fragments showed that protein Arp binds to the Fc region of both IgA and IgG. The equilibrium constant of the reaction between protein Arp and polyclonal human IgA was determined to be 5.6 x 10(8) M-1. Amino acid sequencing of protein Arp demonstrated a direct repeat of 7 amino acids in the NH2-terminal region, a feature previously found in several streptococcal M proteins. This suggests that protein Arp, like M proteins, may be a streptococcal virulence factor.
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- Lundwall, Åke
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Characterization of the gene for prostate-specific antigen, a human glandular kallikrein
- 1989
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Ingår i: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. ; 161:3, s. 9-1151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The gene for the human glandular kallikrein, prostate-specific antigen, has been cloned. The sequence of 7130 nucleotides encompassing the gene and 633 bp of 5' and 639 bp of 3' flanking DNA has been determined. The translation initiation site was slightly heterogeneous, yielding 5' non-translated leader sequences of 41 and 35 bp. The gene is divided into five exons, with introns located at positions identical with those found in other glandular kallikrein genes. The nucleotide sequence is very similar to that of the human kallikrein gene hGK-1, with 76 to 93% of the nucleotides being identical in the exons and 76 to 87% in the introns. The similarity also extends approximately 200 bp into the sequence flanking the 5' end of hGK-1 and several other, both human and rodent, glandular kallikrein genes.
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- Dahlbäck, Björn, et al.
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Primary structure of bovine vitamin K-dependent protein S
- 1986
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Ingår i: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. ; 83:12, s. 203-4199
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Protein S is a vitamin K-dependent plasma protein that functions as a cofactor to activated protein C in the inactivation of coagulation factors Va and VIIIa. The nucleotide sequence of a full-length cDNA clone, obtained from a bovine liver library, was determined and the amino acid sequence was deduced. In addition, 95% of the structure was determined by protein sequencing. Protein S consists of 634 amino acids in a single polypeptide chain and has one asparagine-linked carbohydrate side chain. The cDNA sequence showed that the protein has a leader sequence, 41 amino acid residues long. The amino-terminal part of the molecule containing gamma-carboxyglutamic acid is followed by a region, residues 42-75, with two peptide bonds that are very sensitive to cleavage by thrombin. Residues 76-244 have four cysteinerich repeat sequences, each about 40 residues long, that are homologous to the precursor of mouse epidermal growth factor. In contrast to the other vitamin K-dependent plasma proteins, the carboxyl-terminal part of protein S is not homologous to the serine proteases.
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- Nilbert, Mef, et al.
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Complex karyotypic anomalies in a bizarre leiomyoma of the uterus.
- 1989
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Ingår i: Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer. - : Wiley. - 1045-2257 .- 1098-2264. ; 1:2, s. 131-134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cytogenetic investigation of short-term cultures from a bizarre leiomyoma of the uterus, a tumor type not hitherto karyotypically characterized, revealed two abnormal clones with multiple complex rearrangements. Three-fourths of the aberrant cells were hypodiploid with the composite karyotype 38-44, XX,-6,-7,-10,-11,+20,-22, r(1), der(2) (:2p23cen2q13::1q211qter), der(2)t(2;9)(p21;q13), t(5;?)(q35;?), t(5;?),(q35;?), + der(5)t(5;15)(q11;q15), der(8)t(8;11)(q24;q13), t(15;?)(p12;?), der(16)t(12;16)(q13;p13),+r,+mar. The remaining abnormal mitoses were hypotetraploid, with chromosome numbers ranging from 74 to 86. These massively rearranged cells showed the same markers that were found in the hypodiploid clone, but in duplicate, indicating that this clone had arisen through polyploidization of hypodiploid cells. Flow cytometry revealed a DNA index of 1.03.
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- Stenflo, Johan, et al.
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beta-Hydroxyasparagine in domains homologous to the epidermal growth factor precursor in vitamin K-dependent protein S
- 1987
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Ingår i: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. ; 84:2, s. 72-368
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Vitamin K-dependent protein S is involved in the regulation of blood coagulation. It is a 75-kDa single chain protein with an NH2-terminal gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing domain followed by a thrombin-sensitive region and four domains arranged in tandem, each of which is homologous to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) precursor. The NH2-terminal EGF-like domain contains beta-hydroxyaspartic acid, which has been identified in vitamin K-dependent proteins. The following EGF-like repeat has a very pronounced sequence homology (10 consecutive residues identical) to one of the EGF-like units in the EGF precursor. We now show that, in protein S, this EGF-like repeat has one beta-hydroxyasparagine residue formed by hydroxylation of asparagine. The two COOH-terminal EGF-like repeats also contain beta-hydroxyasparagine, an amino acid not previously found in proteins. Sequence comparisons have enabled us to identify a consensus sequence that seems to be required by the hydroxylase(s).
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