title: Isolation of a sequence encoding human cystatin C. Conservation of exon-intron structure between members of the cysteine proteinase inhibitors superfamily.
abstract: The human cystatin C gene was cloned using a synthetic oligonucleotide predicted from a portion of its amino-acid sequence. The nucleotide sequence of the restriction fragment hybridizing with the oligonucleotide confirms the existence of one exon encoding amino acids 56-93 of human cystatin C and its relationship to kininogens. However the deduced amino-acid sequence differs in one position from the sequence of the cystatin C fragment deposited as amyloid fibrils in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of icelandic origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghiso
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frangione
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis
chemical_list: C525030:CST3 protein, human; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D004247:DNA