title: Structure and chromosome location of Smtn, the mouse smoothelin gene.
abstract: Smoothelins are cytoskeleton-associated proteins that are found in contractile smooth muscle. Two isoforms have been identified: smoothelin-A, expressed in visceral tissues and smoothelin-B, found in vascular tissues. The mouse smoothelin gene (Smtn) was isolated and characterized. It was assigned to chromosome 11 band A2-A3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. The gene consists of 20 exons and spans 23 kb. Its structure is conserved between mouse and human. The proximal promoter of both smoothelin-A and smoothelin-B contains several transcription factor-binding sites but lacks a consensus TATA box.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, CARIM, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. sander@molcelb.unimaas.nl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rensen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merkx
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doevendans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geurts Van Kessel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Eys
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C491050:Smtn protein, mouse; D004247:DNA