Isolation of the gene and hypothalamic cDNA for the common precursor of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and prolactin release-inhibiting factor in human and rat

J. P. Adelman; A. J. Mason; J. S. Hayflick; P. H. Seeburg

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Isolation of the gene and hypothalamic cDNA for the common precursor of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and prolactin release-inhibiting factor in human and rat

J. P. Adelman, A. J. Mason, J. S. Hayflick, P. H. Seeburg

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Cloned cDNAs encoding the precursor protein for gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) and prolactin release-inhibiting factor (PIF) were isolated from libraries derived from human and rat hypothalamic mRNA. Nucleotide sequence analyses predict precursor proteins of 92 amino acids for both species and show identity between the human placental and human hypothalamic precursor proteins. Whereas the Gn-RH peptide structure is completely conserved in human and rat, the PIF domain of the precursor displays 70% interspecies homology. Genomic analyses revealed the presence of a single Gn-RH-PIF gene in human and rat containing sequences corresponding to the cDNA distributed across four exons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	179-183
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	83
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.1.179
State	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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Isolation of the gene and hypothalamic cDNA for the common precursor of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and prolactin release-inhibiting factor in human and rat. / Adelman, J. P.; Mason, A. J.; Hayflick, J. S. et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 83, No. 1, 1986, p. 179-183.

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