Structural organization of the human and mouse laminin beta2 chain genes, and alternative splicing at the 5' end of the human transcript.

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We have determined the structural organization of the human and mouse genes that encode the laminin beta2 chain (s-laminin), an essential component of the basement membranes of the neuromuscular synapse and the kidney glomerulus. The human and mouse genes have a nearly identical exon-intron organization and are the smallest laminin chain genes characterized to date, due to the unusually small size of their introns. The laminin beta2 chain genes of both species consist of 33 exons that span
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume271
Issue number23
Pages (from-to)13407-16
Number of pages9
ISSN0021-9258
Publication statusPublished - 1996

Bibliographical note

Keywords: Alternative Splicing; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Basement Membrane; Chromosome Mapping; Conserved Sequence; DNA Primers; Exons; Gene Expression Regulation; Humans; Introns; Laminin; Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Promoter Regions (Genetics); Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Species Specificity; Transcription, Genetic

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