title: Isolation of cDNA clones encoding the mouse protein V-1.
abstract: The amino acid (aa) sequence of rat V-1, a developmentally regulated brain protein, was used to isolate clones encoding mouse V-1, a protein of 118 aa, from an embryoid body cDNA library. The aa sequences of rat and mouse V-1 are identical. V-1 shares several properties (including a 23 of 24 aa match of a tryptic peptide) with myotrophin, a protein that induces cardiac myocyte hypertrophy. Attempts to show that V-1 produced in Escherichia coli could induce the cardiac myocyte hypertrophy ascribed to myotrophin were unsuccessful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pennica
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Luoh
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000139:chemically induced*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C065700:myotrophin