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The integrin alpha10 subunit: expression pattern, partial gene structure, and chromosomal localization
1Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Abstract:
Herein we report the cloning of cDNAs and incompletely processed hnRNAs from endothelia and heart that encode the alpha10 subunit forming part of the novel collagen type II-binding integrin alpha10beta1 of chondrocytes. Analysis of hnRNA clones and reported expressed sequence tags revealed the positions of 17 putative intron-exon splice junctions shared with those of the p150,95 (ITGAX) gene. Human alpha10 transcripts of 5.4 and 1.8 kb were not restricted to chondrocytes but, instead, were widely expressed in a panel of 24 tissue types, where the highest expression was found in muscle and heart. The human alpha10 subunit gene (ITGA10) was localized to band q21 of chromosome 1.
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