| First Author | Ikeda H | Year | 1996 |
| Journal | Biochem Mol Biol Int | Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 647-51 |
| PubMed ID | 8950022 | Mgi Jnum | J:37471 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:84864 | Doi | 10.1080/15216549600201243 |
| Citation | Ikeda H, et al. (1996) Isolation and sequence determination of cDNA encoding mouse rab 4 and candidate approach for the beige mutation in mice. Biochem Mol Biol Int 40(4):647-51 |
| abstractText | The Chediak-Higashi syndrome is characterized by partial albinism and recurrent infections with giant granules in granulocytes. This syndrome has been proposed to have a defect in vesicular transport. Rab 4 is a member of a family of Ras-related small GTP-binding proteins, which has been mapped in the locus of the Chediak-Higashi syndrome. We isolated a full length cDNA of rab 4 from a cDNA library of mouse liver. The clone is 1428 base pairs (bp) in length and contains a 639 bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 213 residues. The deduced amino acid sequence is highly homologous to rab 4 from rat and human. We analyzed rab 4 as a candidate gene of the beige mouse, but we could not find any change in the sequence of the coding region of rab 4 mRNA. |
