title: Cloning and characterization of the mouse gene encoding mammary-derived growth inhibitor/heart-fatty acid-binding protein.
abstract: From a mouse genomic library we isolated and characterized a gene, Fabph1, encoding mammary-derived growth inhibitor (MDGI)/heart fatty-acid-binding protein (H-FABP). Exon sequences were identical with a MDGI-encoding cDNA isolated previously from the mammary gland of pregnant mice. The product of this gene has also been detected in heart, where it had been termed H-FABP. It has an intron/exon structure similar to other FABP-encoding genes. In addition to this expressed gene, we isolated a related intronless pseudogene, Fabph-ps, with an open reading frame which was highly conserved when compared with Fabph1. Fabph1 was positioned on chromosome (Chr) 4 using interrelated sequence locus, Fabph-rs1, to Chr 8. A Mus spretus-specific related sequence, Fabph-rs2, was identified on Chr 17 by analysis of interspecies crosses. The 5'-flanking region of Fabph1 contains putative transcription factor-binding elements which could account for its constitutive expression in muscle tissue, as well as for its developmental stage-dependent expression in mammary epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Treuner
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kozak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gallahan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grosse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D000074026:Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C493409:Fabp3 protein, mouse; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; D000074026:Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger