| Literature DB >> 3500041 |
M B Ladner1, G A Martin, J A Noble, D M Nikoloff, R Tal, E S Kawasaki, T J White.
Abstract
Bone marrow progenitor cells differentiate into mononuclear phagocytes in the presence of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1). Characterization of the human CSF-1 gene shows that it contains 10 exons and 9 introns, which span 20 kb. Analysis of multiple CSF-1 transcripts demonstrates that alternate use of exon 6 splice acceptor sites and 3' noncoding sequence exons occurs. These alternatively spliced transcripts can encode either a 224 or a 522 amino acid CSF-1. Implications of differential splicing for the production and function of CSF-1 are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3500041 PMCID: PMC553691 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02561.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EMBO J ISSN: 0261-4189 Impact factor: 11.598