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ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2014

Developmental upregulation of an alternative form of pcp2 with reduced GDI activity.

Jaroslaw J Barski, Brad M Denker, Jiazhen Guan, Matthias Lauth, Fabio Spreafico, Andrzej Fertala, Michael Meyer

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Article in Cerebellum (London, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Jaroslaw J BarskiCenter for Experimental Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Medykόw 4, 40-752, Katowice, Poland, jbarski@sum.edu.pl.
Brad M Denker
Jiazhen Guan
Matthias Lauth
Fabio Spreafico
Andrzej Fertala
Michael Meyer
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USInstitute of Molecular Biology · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEMax Planck Institute of Neurobiology · DEMedical University of Silesia · PLThomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pcp2/L7 gene is characterized by its very cell type-specific expression restricted to cerebellar Purkinje cells and retinal bipolar neurons. Although remarkable progress as to the biochemical properties of the encoded protein has been made, knowledge on its physiological functions remains sparse. While characterizing a pcp2-driven transgenic strain, we observed the presence of a longer, so far unknown, pcp2 transcript. Different from another recently discovered splice variant, ret-pcp2, expression of this novel transcript is observed in bipolar as well as cerebellar Purkinje cells of mid-postnatal mice. The protein encoded by our novel variant appears to be less efficient in binding to Gα subunits compared to the original L7/pcp2 protein and it is also less inhibitory with respect to GTPγ binding. Its expression in the eye appears to be independent from eye opening in postnatal mice.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAlternative SplicingAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCerebellumGTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMolecular Sequence DataNeuropeptidesProtein IsoformsProtein Structure, TertiaryPurkinje CellsRetinaGTP-Binding Protein alpha SubunitsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsNeuropeptidesPcp2 protein, mouseProtein Isoforms

Identifiers

PMID24092530
PMCPMC3939015
OpenAlexW2100268334

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