title: Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the cDNA for the mouse counterpart to adult hamster liver purified growth inhibitory factor.
abstract: A cDNA clone encoding the mouse counterpart to adult hamster liver purified growth inhibitory factor (PGIF) was isolated from a mouse liver cDNA library by using antibodies raised against PGIF and sequenced. It contained a single open reading frame with a coding capacity for a 323 amino acid protein. Sequence analysis showed that it shared high homology with rat- and human liver arginases: the cDNA clone was 92% identical for rat arginase at the nucleotide level and was 93% identical to it at the deduced amino acid level. These results suggest that PGIF derived from adult hamster liver was identical or closely related to an isoform of hamster liver arginases.
authors.affiliation: Center for Adult Diseases Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uenaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inui
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001119:Arginase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; C105037:purified growth inhibitory factor, liver; D001119:Arginase