| First Author | Ballantyne CM | Year | 1992 |
| Journal | Genomics | Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 1076-80 |
| PubMed ID | 1362180 | Mgi Jnum | J:3547 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:52059 | Doi | 10.1016/s0888-7543(05)80132-6 |
| Citation | Ballantyne CM, et al. (1992) Characterization of the murine Icam-1 gene. Genomics 14(4):1076-80 |
| abstractText | Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1, CD54) is a cell adhesion molecule that interacts with the leukocyte beta 2 integrins, LFA-1 and Mac-1. Murine inflammatory models are being utilized increasingly to define the role that ICAM-1 induction plays in the initiation of inflammation. We have isolated murine genomic clones that contain the Icam-1 gene including over 2 kb of 5' flanking sequence. The gene for murine Icam-1 spans over 13 kb and is composed of seven exons and six introns. Each of the extracellular immunoglobulin-like domains of ICAM-1 is encoded by a single exon that ends with the first base of the next codon. Examination of ICAM-1 expression in vivo shows that mRNA levels of ICAM-1 are low in all organs except for the lung but increase markedly in multiple organs at 3 h after administration of endotoxin. The 5' flanking region of the murine gene contains a putative TATA box and potential SP-1, AP-1, and AP-3 sites in positions nearly identical to those in the human gene. |
