title: Nucleotide sequence of rat vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 cDNA.
abstract: Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) is an inducible transmembrane protein which is expressed by vascular endothelium following cytokine activation. VCAM-1 mediated the adhesion of certain blood leukocytes and tumor cells via the interaction with its counter-receptor, the integrin VLA4. When initially cloned from interleukin-1 (IL-1) stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells, VCAM-1 was reported to contain six immunoglobulin-like domains. However, subsequent cDNA clones and structural analysis of the human gene evealed an alternatively spliced seventh immunoglobulin domain. This seven domain form appears to be the predominant transcript in IL-1 activated endothelium. In this report, the cloning and nucleotide sequence of rat VCAM-1 is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fries
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gimbrone
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Cybulsky
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D004247:DNA