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Molecular Characterization of A Novel Transmembrane Gene DC2

The hsDC2, an unknown gene, was located on chromosome 4q25. Its genetic protein product contains 149 amino acids with the molecular weight of 16.8 kDa approximately. Predicted by bioinformatics, hsDC2 might be a transmembrane protein with three transmembrane helices on the endoplasmic reticulum. Based on the results of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, it revealed that hsDC2 was expressed in many tissues. It was showed that there were more mRNA expression in the cancer tissue. Using real-time quantitative PCR to analyze cancer cell lines, we found that hsDC2 might be related to differentiation status of cells. Among the well-differentiated cells such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line NPC TW01, hepatoma cell line Hep3B and temperature-induced differentiated human fetal osteoblast cell line (hFOB), there were more hsDC2 mRNA expression. We also obtained some useful information from bioinformatics databases. To further elucidate the biological functions of the gene, glutathion S-transferase-hsDC2 fusion protein was used to generate anti-hsDC2 polyclonal antibody. However, we still need further research to clarify the biological function of hsDC2.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0728104-001327
Date28 July 2004
CreatorsChen, Li-chun
Contributorsnone, Chung-Lung Cho, Jiin-Tsuey Cheng
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0728104-001327
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