title: Organization of the interferon-inducible 2',5'-oligoadenylate-dependent ribonuclease L (RNase L) gene of mouse.
abstract: Interferons (IFNs) induce a 2',5'-oligoadenylate (2-5A)-dependent ribonuclease L (RNase L) following virus-infection of mammalian cells. RNase L degrades both viral and cellular RNAs and restricts virus-proliferation. We have studied organization of RNase L gene in genomic DNA from the mouse liver by Southern blot analysis. Several BamHI, BglII, EcoRI, HincII, HindIII, NcoI, PstI, SacI, and XbaI restriction fragments hybridized to (32)P-labeled mouse RNase L cDNA and the 5'-proximal exon probes. Mouse RNase L gene exists as a single copy (>16 kb DNA) gene. A 5 kb HindIII and a 2.5 kb EcoRI DNA were detected as 5'-upstream DNA of the gene which may contain mouse RNase L promoter. Our results will help studying mouse RNase L gene promoter in further details.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
authors.forename: Mitali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Pramod C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region; D000818:Animals; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D007372:Interferons / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D007372:Interferons; D004722:Endoribonucleases; C031956:2-5A-dependent ribonuclease