title: Cloning and expression pattern of a murine semaphorin homologous to H-sema IV.
abstract: The semaphorin/collapsin family of proteins comprises molecules thought to be important for the guidance of growing axons. All members of this family, which includes both secreted and cell-surface molecules, share a conserved domain of approximately 500 amino acids. Here, we report the cloning of a novel murine semaphorin, termed M-sema IV. It displays 96.3% identity to the human semaphorin H-sema IV and is therefore likely to be the respective murine homologue. In addition, an isoform was identified, which contains an additional 31 amino acids in the semaphorin domain. M-sema IV appears to be expressed ubiquitously in adulthood. During embryogenesis, in situ hybridization revealed M-sema IV expression in subregions of the central nervous system and various other tissues like skin, kidney, lung and intestine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Virology, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eckhardt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyerhans
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; C099436:semaphorin IV