title: Cloning and genomic characterization of LST1: a new gene in the human TNF region.
abstract: The leucocyte specific transcript - 1 (LST1) represents the human homolog of the mouse B144 transcript, encoded within the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) region of the human major histocompatibility complex class III interval. The gene is localized about 4 kilobases upstream of the lymphotoxin beta gene. It spans a polymorphic genomic region encompassing the microsatellites TNFd and TNFe in intron 3 and a polymorphic Pvu II restriction site 260 base pairs downstream of the polyadenylation signal. Isolation of a full-length cDNA clone revealed that LST1 codes for IFN-gamma-inducible 800 nt transcripts, which are present in lymphoid tissues, T cells, macrophages, and histiocyte cell lines. The cDNA contains three long open reading frames (ORF) with the most likely ORF encoding a transmembrane protein. Its close linkage to the TNF genes and pattern of expression point toward a possible role for LST1 in the immune response.
authors.affiliation: University of Innsbruck, University Hospital for Internal Medicine, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Holzinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Baey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kick
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zwierzina
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C093604:LST1 protein, human; C490562:Lst1 protein, mouse; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger