title: Alternatively spliced platelet-derived growth factor A-chain transcripts are not tumor specific but encode normal cellular proteins.
abstract: Two platelet-derived growth factor A-chain proteins, termed short and long A chains, are generated as a result of alternative mRNA splicing of exon 6 of the A-chain gene. S1 nuclease mapping and polymerase chain reaction analyses demonstrate that both short and long A-chain transcripts are expressed in a variety of normal tissues. In addition, immunohistochemical localization of long A-chain protein reveals a cellular distribution identical to that observed with platelet-derived growth factor heteroserum.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Orkin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger