title: RAR-beta 4, a retinoic acid receptor isoform is generated from RAR-beta 2 by alternative splicing and usage of a CUG initiator codon.
abstract: An isoform of retinoic acid receptor beta, RAR-beta 4, has been identified. RAR-beta 4 is expressed under the control of the same retinoic acid-responsive promoter as RAR-beta 2. RAR-beta 4, which is generated by alternative splicing from the same primary transcripts as RAR-beta 2, is initiated by a non-AUG codon, CUG. The amino acid sequence of RAR-beta 4 in regions B-F is identical to that of the other RAR-beta isoforms beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3. However, the RAR-beta 4 A region is much shorter (4 amino acids long) than those of these isoforms. RAR-beta 4 exhibits a tissue-specific pattern of expression and distinct transcriptional activation properties when compared with the other RAR-beta isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Institut de Chimie Biologique, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zelent
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chambon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003062:Codon; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003062:Codon; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D004247:DNA