title: The genes for transcription factor nuclear factor I give rise to corresponding splice variants between vertebrate species.
abstract: Nuclear Factor I (NFI) proteins are DNA binding proteins functioning as transcription and replication factors. As part of a study of the diversity of the Nuclear Factor I protein family, we isolated and sequenced seven NFI cDNA clones from a chicken promacrophage library. Five of these clones are derived from the NFI-A gene, the other two from the NFI-C gene. Comparison of the deduced chicken NFI amino acid sequences with mammalian NFI sequences reveals that there are corresponding vertebrate isoforms, indicating a strong conservation of NFI structure during evolution. This finding leads to the prediction that more mammalian isoforms will be discovered corresponding to the chicken NFI variants reported here.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biologie III/Genetik Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sippel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008322:Mammals; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012326:RNA Splicing / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1; C070856:YBX1 protein, human