title: Cloning, expression and tissue distribution of the gene encoding rat fibroblast growth factor receptor subtype 4.
abstract: The rat homologue of the gene encoding the fibroblast growth factor receptor subtype 4 (FGFR4) was cloned from rat lung mRNA, and the cDNA sequence was found to be 95% similar and 92% identical to the human homologue. Northern blot analysis of adult rat tissues demonstrated that a 3.1-kb mRNA encoding FGFR4 is detectable only in the lung and kidney. The receptor variant described here encodes two potential immunoglobulin-like domains, 21 hydrophobic amino acids encoding a potential transmembrane domain, and a split tyrosine kinase motif. However, the acidic box and hydrophobic signal peptide domains are not present in this cDNA isolate.
authors.affiliation: Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE 19880-0400.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Horlick
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stack
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015870:Gene Expression; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D004247:DNA