title: Isolation and characterization of the CRIPTO autosomal gene and its X-linked related sequence.
abstract: We have previously reported on the identification of a cDNA clone encoding a novel human growth factor, named "CRIPTO," that is abundantly expressed in undifferentiated human NTERA-2 clone D1 (NT2/D1) and mouse (F9) teratocarcinoma cells. We now report the organization and nucleotide sequence of two related genomic sequences. One (CR-1) corresponds to the structural gene encoding the human CRIPTO protein expressed in the undifferentiated human teratocarcinoma cells, and the other (CR-3) corresponds to a complete copy of the mRNA containing seven base substitutions in the coding region representing both silent and replacement substitutions. The 440 bp 5' to the CAP site of CR-1 are preserved in CR-3. CR-1 maps to chromosome 3, and CR-3 maps to Xq21-q22. Southern blot analysis reveals that multiple CRIPTO-related DNA sequences are present in the human as well as in the mouse genome.
authors.affiliation: International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dono
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Montuori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rocchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Ponti-Zilli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciccodicola
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Persico
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C070636:TDGF1 protein, human; C489450:Tdgf1 protein, mouse; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor