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ArticleNucleic acids research1992

The rat poly pyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) interacts with a single-stranded DNA motif in a liver-specific enhancer.

P Jansen-Dürr, M Boshart, B Lupp, A Bosserhoff, R W Frank, G Schütz

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 1992. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

P Jansen-DürrInstitute of Cell and Tumor Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.
M Boshart
B Lupp
A Bosserhoff
R W Frank
G Schütz
DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We characterized and purified a protein from rat liver which specifically binds to a DNA motif present in a liver-specific enhancer of the rat tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) gene, when offered as single-stranded DNA. Binding is highly sequence-specific and coincides with a region known to be essential for function of the enhancer. Microsequencing revealed that this protein is the rat homologue of the mouse and human poly Pyrimidine Tract binding protein (PTB), which has been shown to bind to premRNA and may participate in RNA splicing. This finding was corroborated by subsequent Western blot experiments using a PTB-specific antibody. These findings indicate a possible dual role for this protein in RNA processing and transcription.

Indexed as

Enhancer Elements, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChromatography, AffinityDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelLiverMaleMolecular Sequence DataPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinPyrimidinesRatsRNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinPyrimidinesRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID1561080
PMCPMC312165
OpenAlexW2171878484

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