title: Identification and characterization of a new splicing variant of vascular endothelial growth factor: VEGF183.
abstract: We report the discovery of a new splicing variant of vascular endothelial growth factor named VEGF183. It is six amino acids shorter than its closest relative, VEGF189, due to the utilization of a conserved alternate splicing donor site within exon 6a. Highly expressed in heart tissue, VEGF183 is detected in transiently transfected COS cells as 28-32-kDa monomers under reduced condition, and 46-kDa dimers under non-reduced condition - the functional unit for all VEGF isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, 3-249 Millard Hall, 435 Delaware St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pei
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019556:COS Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors; D008222:Lymphokines; C467484:VEGFA protein, human; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors