First Author | Xie Y | Year | 1993 |
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | Volume | 90 |
Issue | 12 | Pages | 5569-73 |
PubMed ID | 8516303 | Mgi Jnum | J:13113 |
Mgi Id | MGI:61322 | Doi | 10.1073/pnas.90.12.5569 |
Citation | Xie Y, et al. (1993) Molecular cloning and adhesive properties of murine platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90(12):5569-73 |
abstractText | We describe the isolation and characterization of a functional murine platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM) 1 cDNA clone from a mouse lung library. At the nucleotide level, the coding sequence of murine PECAM-1 is 73% identical to human PECAM-1, and at the amino acid level, the sequence is 79% homologous to its human counterpart. Southern hybridization reveals that one copy of the gene exists in the mouse genome; Northern hybridization reveals a single mRNA species in mouse lung tissue. COS-7 and mouse L cells transfected with murine PECAM-1 expressed a 130-kDa glycoprotein on their surfaces that reacted with anti-murine PECAM-1 monoclonal antibody and comigrated on SDS/PAGE with human PECAM-1. Stable L-cell transfectants aggregate with each other in a PECAM-dependent, homophilic manner. |