title: Sequence and structural organization of the human gene encoding ciliary neurotrophic factor.
abstract: Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a potent polypeptide hormone whose actions appear to be restricted to the nervous system where it promotes survival, neurotransmitter synthesis and neurite outgrowth in certain neuronal populations. We have cloned the gene encoding human CNTF (hCNTF) and have characterized its structure and organization. The hCNTF gene appears to be a unique-copy gene with a simple genetic organization, since only a single intron interrupts the coding domain. The hCNTF gene is located on chromosome 11, as determined using human-hamster somatic cell hybrids. The CNTF protein is highly conserved in evolution. The amino acid (aa) sequences of rat and rabbit CNTF translated from cDNAs display approx. 85% homology with the deduced aa sequence encoding hCNTF.
authors.affiliation: California Biotechnology Inc., Mountain View 94043.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kloss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manthorpe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cordell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D020934:Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D020934:Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D004247:DNA