title: Cloning and characterization of two isoforms of the zebrafish thyrotroph embryonic factor (tef alpha and tefbeta).
abstract: We have cloned and sequenced two cDNAs representing two isoforms of the zebrafish thyrotroph embryonic factor (TEF) gene products (tef alpha and beta), a member of the PAR subfamily of bZIP transcription factors. The two isoforms encode two potential proteins of 300 and 293 amino acids respectively. Sequence comparison analysis indicate that the zebrafish tefs show high homology to PAR family of transcription factors of other species in the PAR domain, DNA binding domain and leucine zipper domain. Expression analysis by Northern blot and RT-PCR indicates that tef alpha and tefbeta are expressed in adult fish and throughout the zebrafish embryonic development. In addition, the two tefs are expressed in some adult tissues, but not others.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ge
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C489492:tefa protein, zebrafish