title: Molecular characterization and chromosome assignment of the porcine gene for leukemia inhibitory factor LIF.
abstract: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in early conceptus development in pig. We isolated a PAC clone containing the porcine LIF gene and determined the complete DNA sequence of the gene, which spans about 6.3 kb and consists of five exons including three alternative first exons (1D, 1M, 1T) spliced onto common second and third exons. The LIF-D transcript encodes a protein of 202 amino acids sharing 87, 84, and 78% identity with respectively human, ovine, and murine leukemia inhibitory factors. The LIF-M and LIF-T transcripts both encode a truncated protein of 158 amino acids. Two SNP markers within untranslated regions of the LIF cDNA were identified. One SNP is located in the 5'-UTR of the alternative exon 1T while the other SNP is located in the 3'-UTR of exon 3. Based on fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping, the porcine LIF gene was assigned to chromosome 14q2.1-->q2.2.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17p, D-30559 Hannover, Germany. Andreas.Spoetter@tiho-hannover.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spötter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drögemüller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuiper
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brenig
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leeb
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Distl
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015850:Interleukin-6; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D021101:Radiation Hybrid Mapping; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013552:Swine / Q000235:genetics*; D020506:Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; C507837:LIF protein, human; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines; D020506:Untranslated Regions