Elsevier

Gene

Volume 136, Issues 1–2, 22 December 1993, Pages 355-360
Gene

Short communication
A human gene that shows identity with the gene encoding the angiotensin receptor is located on chromosome 11

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Abstract

We report the cloning of a gene, intronless in its coding region, which we have named APJ. This gene was cloned using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), with a set of primers designed on the basis of the conservation that members of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) have in their transmembrane (TM) regions. The putative receptor protein, APJ, shares closest identity to the angiotensin receptor (AT1) ranging from 40 to 50% in the hydrophobic TM regions of these receptors. The transcripts for this gene were detected in many regions of the brain. PCR analysis of somatic cell lines found APJ-related sequences to be only present on chromosome 11, and high-resolution mapping by fluoresence in situ hybridization (FISH) sublocalized APJ on band q12.

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