Increased density of somatostatin binding sites in respiratory nuclei of the brainstem in sudden infant death syndrome |
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Authors: | V Carpentier H Vaudry E Mallet A Laquerriére P Leroux |
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Affiliation: | Department of Life Sciences (Biology), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We report the isolation and characterization of a Xenopus sequence, XNLRR-1, that is closely related to a gene for mouse neuronal leucine-rich repeat protein (NLRR-1). The cDNA clone is 4179 bp long and encodes a putative transmembrane glycoprotein of 718 amino acids, containing 12 leucine-rich repeats followed by one C2-type immunoglobulin-like domain and one fibronectin type-III repeat. XNLRR-1 is transcribed mainly in the developing eye area and the ventricular zone from diencephalon to hindbrain and slightly in spinal cord in Xenopus tadpoles. The similarity of the XNLRR-1 gene to other known cell adhesion molecules, together with the expression pattern, suggests that XNLRR-1 is involved in interactions at the neuronal cell surface. |
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