title: Nucleotide sequence and genomic structure analyses of the p70 subunit of the human Ku autoantigen: evidence for a family of genes encoding Ku (p70)-related polypeptides.
abstract: cDNA encoding the p70 polypeptide subunit of the human Ku autoantigen was isolated. In vitro expression analysis of the cDNA demonstrates that it encodes the entire open reading frame. Nucleotide sequence analysis and comparison to other previously described sequences indicate the existence of several single-nucleotide and amino acid polymorphisms. Southern blot analyses demonstrate the presence of multiple copies of homologous DNA sequences in the human genome. These data support the hypothesis that multiple genes encode a family of Ku(p70)-related polypeptides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Craft
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimori
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hardin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D000072200:Ku Autoantigen; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D004247:DNA; D004265:DNA Helicases; C106893:XRCC5 protein, human; C000606509:Xrcc6 protein, human; D000072200:Ku Autoantigen