Cloning and sequencing of a Xenopus homologue of the inducible orphan receptor NGFI-B☆
1993
A cDNA clone encoding the NGFI-B transcription factor, a growth factor inducible member of the steroid/thyroid receptor superfamily, has been isolated from a Xenopus neurula (stage 17 embryo) library. Sequencing of this clone reveals an open reading frame encoding a 577 amino acid protein. Comparisons with its counterparts in rat, mouse and human show that the Xenopus protein has a well conserved DNA binding domain whereas homology in the carboxy terminal region, which includes the putative ligand binding domain, is lower than that typically observed in members of the steroid/thyroid receptor superfamily. This relative lack of homology suggests that, in Xenopus, the as-yet uncharacterised ligand may have subtle distinctions from its mammalian counterparts.
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