title: Studies of cloning, chromosomal mapping, and embryonic expression of the mouse Rab geranylgeranyl transferase beta subunit.
abstract: The mouse Rab geranylgeranyl transferase beta subunit has been cloned from a mouse E8.5 embryonic cDNA library. Sequence comparison reveals 97.4% sequence identity at the amino acid level to the rat clone isolated from an adult rat brain cDNA library. This gene, given a gene symbol of Rabggtb, is mapped in the distal region of mouse chromosome 3. It is ubiquitously expressed in adult animals but displays an interesting pattern of expression during a specific time of embryonic development. The expression of this gene can be detected in the whole embryos during early embryonic stages and is specifically concentrated in the developing brain, heart, and liver between gestation stages of E11.5 and E13.5. In addition, the expression of this gene is induced by retinoic acid in a mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line, P19.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chinpaisal
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014166:Transferases / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; C095279:Rab geranylgeranyl transferase beta-subunit; D014212:Tretinoin; D012313:RNA; D014166:Transferases