title: Determination of the sequence coding for the beta subunit of the human high-affinity IgE receptor.
abstract: The cDNA encoding the beta subunit of the human high-affinity IgE receptor was cloned by a combination of various polymerase chain reactions (PCR). A major portion of the beta cDNA was amplified using primers homologous within the sequences of rat and mouse. The 3' unknown sequence was preferentially amplified using the RNA template-specific PCR and the improved two-step PCR. The 5' unknown sequence was specifically amplified by our newly developed PCR walking. Random heptanucleotides tagged with a unique sequence at the 5' end were used as the walking primer. Finally, the entire coding region was amplified and sequenced. The two extracellular loops of the human beta subunit were the least homologous to those of rat and mouse.
authors.affiliation: Shionogi Institute for Medical Science, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017455:Receptors, IgE; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D017455:Receptors, IgE; D004247:DNA