title: Constitutive expression of a gene encoding a polypeptide homologous to biologically active human platelet protein in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed fibroblasts.
abstract: A molecular clone corresponding to a 1.2-kilobase mRNA enriched in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) was identified by differential screening of a cDNA library. The induction of the cloned sequence (denoted pCEF-4) in CEF infected by the temperature-sensitive mutant NY72-4 Rous sarcoma virus is rapid and independent of protein synthesis. DNA sequencing of the 1.2-kilobase insert of CEF-4 revealed an open reading frame that predicts an 11-kDa protein. The predicted pCEF-4 gene product is homologous to human connective tissue-activating peptide III (CTAP-III) and platelet factor 4 (PF-4). Serum stimulation of quiescent normal CEF results in a rapid but transient expression of pCEF-4 mRNA. Hence, pCEF-4 mRNA is expressed at the G0-G1 transition and during the first G1 phase of normal CEF reentering the cell cycle. The expression of pCEF-4 mRNA in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed CEF appears to be the result of transcriptional activation and stabilization of the transcript.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bedard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alcorta
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Luk
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Erikson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins