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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) homologous factors: new members of the FGF family implicated in nervous system development.

P M Smallwood, I Munoz-Sanjuan, P Tong, J P Macke, S H Hendry, D J Gilbert, N G Copeland, N A Jenkins, J Nathans

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 142 papers.

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142citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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142 citing papers in PubMed, 397 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

P M SmallwoodDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
I Munoz-Sanjuan
P Tong
J P Macke
S H Hendry
D J Gilbert
N G Copeland
N A Jenkins
J Nathans
Johns Hopkins University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Four new members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family, referred to as fibroblast growth factor homologous factors (FHFs), have been identified by a combination of random cDNA sequencing, data base searches, and degenerate PCR. Pairwise comparisons between the four FHFs show between 58% and 71% amino acid sequence identity, but each FHF shows less than 30% identity when compared with other FGFs. Like FGF-1 (acidic FGF) and FGF-2 (basic FGF), the FHFs lack a classical signal sequence and contain clusters of basic residues that can act as nuclear localization signals. In transiently transfected 293 cells FHF-1 accumulates in the nucleus and is not secreted. Each FHF is expressed in the developing and adult nervous systems, suggesting a role for this branch of the FGF family in nervous system development and function.

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AdultAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChromosome MappingDNA, ComplementaryExonsFibroblast Growth FactorsHaplorhiniHumansIntronsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNervous SystemSequence Homology, Amino AcidTissue DistributionDNA, ComplementaryFibroblast Growth Factors

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PMID8790420
PMCPMC38518
OpenAlexW2039358114

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