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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1990

Murine beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase: both the amounts and structure of the mRNA are regulated during spermatogenesis.

N L Shaper, W W Wright, J H Shaper

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1990. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Stage-specific gene expression is a fundamental characteristic of rat spermatogenic cells and Sertoli cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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  18. Molecular structure of Tcp-10 genes from the t complex responder locus.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 1991
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  20. List of cloned mouse genes with unique expression patterns during spermatogenesis.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 1991
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N L ShaperCell Structure and Function Laboratory, Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
W W Wright
J H Shaper
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

MOUSE GALTRANSFERASE: STRUCTURE/EXPRESSION IN DEVELOP.R01CA045799 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SHAPER, JOEL H. · 1987 to 2004
$1.7M
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION OF A GOLGI ENZYMER01GM038310 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SHAPER, JOEL H. · 1988 to 1996
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GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE &SPERMATOGENESISR01HD021648 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WRIGHT, WILLIAM WALLACE · 1987 to 1989
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NCI NIH HHS CA45799NICHD NIH HHS HD21648NIGMS NIH HHS GM38310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously we have shown that the gene encoding murine beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta 1,4-GT; UDPgalactose:N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-glycopeptide 4-beta-D-galactosyltransferase, EC 2.4.1.38) is unusual in that it specifies two sets of mRNAs of about 3.9 and 4.1 kilobases (kb). Translation of the 3.9- and 4.1-kb mRNAs results in the predicted synthesis of two related membrane-bound forms of the protein of 386 amino acids (short form) and 399 amino acids (long form), respectively. In this study we have examined the expression of beta 1,4-GT during murine spermatogenesis. Spermatogonia contain a 4.1-kb transcript that is comparable in size to the beta 1,4-GT mRNA identified in somatic cells. During differentiation from spermatogonia (2n) to pachytene spermatocytes (4n), the amount of beta 1,4-GT mRNA is reduced to barely detectable levels. Continued differentiation to round spermatids (n) is coincident with a renewed production of beta 1,4-GT mRNA to levels comparable with those detected in spermatogonia. However, the characteristic 4.1-kb mRNA detected in spermatogonia is replaced by two truncated transcripts of 2.9 and 3.1 kb. By S1 nuclease analysis, the 2.9- and 3.1-kb transcripts were shown to encode the same open reading frame as the 4.1-kb transcript found in somatic cells. The shorter round spermatid transcripts arise as a consequence of the use of alternative poly(A) signals. Lastly, we show that, in direct contrast to all somatic tissues and cell lines examined to date, male germ cells synthesize only the long form of the beta 1,4-GT polypeptide.

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Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGenesSpermatogenesisAnimalsBase Sequencebeta-N-Acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide beta-1,4-GalactosyltransferaseCodonDNA ProbesGalactosyltransferasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred StrainsMolecular Sequence DataOrgan SpecificityProtein BiosynthesisRNAbeta-N-Acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide beta-1,4-GalactosyltransferaseCodonDNA ProbesGalactosyltransferasesRNARNA, Messenger

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