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ACTB  -  actin, beta

Gallus gallus

Synonyms: Bact, actin
 
 
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Disease relevance of RCJMB04_4h19

  • In the present investigation we administered single i.v. injections of 1 x 10(10) genomes of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) encoding the human alpha-gal A gene driven by a modified chicken beta-actin (CAG) promoter to alpha-gal A knockout (Fabry) mice [1].
  • The hybrid cytomegalovirus enhancer/chicken beta-actin promoter along with woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element enhances the protective efficacy of DNA vaccines [2].
  • A recombinant baculovirus expressing the hemagglutinin gene of the influenza virus, A/PR/8/34 (H1N1), under the control of the chicken beta-actin promoter, was constructed [3].
  • To determine whether HIV-1 tat can transactivate a heterologous promoter lacking HIV sequences other than the TAR element, TAR was placed downstream of the chicken beta-actin promoter [4].
  • An alkaline phosphatase (AP) reporter construct driven by the chicken beta-actin promoter was packaged in either AAV6 or AAV2 capsids and delivered to rat hearts in vivo by direct injection [5].
 

High impact information on RCJMB04_4h19

  • A construct derived from the beta-actin locus was transfected into other chicken cell lines to determine the cell type specificity of the phenomenon [6].
  • After beta-actin, the cytosolic brain isoform of creatine kinase was the next most abundant bundle protein; at approximately 0.5 mM, creatine kinase is capable of maintaining high ATP levels despite 1 mM/s ATP consumption by the plasma-membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase [7].
  • Chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs) localize beta-actin mRNA to their lamellae, a process important for the maintenance of cell polarity and motility [8].
  • The localization of beta-actin mRNA to the leading lamellae of chicken fibroblasts and neurite growth cones of developing neurons requires a 54-nt localization signal (the zipcode) within the 3' untranslated region [9].
  • Sequences responsible for intracellular localization of beta-actin messenger RNA also affect cell phenotype [10].
 

Biological context of RCJMB04_4h19

  • The nucleotide sequence of the chick beta-actin gene was determined [11].
  • A comparison of the promoter region for PRPS1 with those of other housekeeping genes revealed a homology resembling that of the beta-actin gene [12].
  • The comparison of methylated and unmethylated beta-actin revealed that in the absence of a methyl group on H73, ATP hydrolysis and phosphate release occurred prior to, and seemingly independently of, filament formation [13].
  • In contrast, the expression of bcl-2 transgenes having the same (chicken beta-actin) promoter varies drastically when they are independently integrated at random insertion sites [14].
  • Treatment of chicken embryo fibroblasts with antisense oligonucleotides complementary to the localization sequence (zip code) in the 3' untranslated region leads to delocalization of beta-actin mRNA, alteration of cell phenotype, and a decrease in cell motility [15].
 

Anatomical context of RCJMB04_4h19

  • In primary myoblast cultures, beta-actin mRNA increased sharply during the proliferative phase before fusion and steadily declined thereafter. alpha-Cardiac actin mRNA increased to levels 15-fold greater than alpha-skeletal actin mRNA in prefusion myoblasts (36 h), and remained at elevated levels [16].
  • Hybridization experiments showed that at day 10 in ovo (stage 36), embryonic hindlimbs contain low levels of actin mRNA, predominantly consisting of the alpha-cardiac and beta-actin isotypes [16].
  • In contrast to the chick skeletal muscle actin gene the beta-actin gene lacks the Cys codon between the initiator ATG and the codon for the N-terminal amino acid of the mature protein [11].
  • The expression of cytoplasmic beta-actin and cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle alpha-actins during early avian cardiogenesis was analyzed by in situ hybridization with mRNA-specific single-stranded DNA probes [17].
  • Thus, the polymerization properties of yeast-expressed wild-type beta-actin can be compared with normally methylated beta-actin isolated from calf thymus [13].
 

Associations of RCJMB04_4h19 with chemical compounds

  • Yeast does not have the methyl transferase necessary to methylate recombinant beta-actin [13].
  • Actin isolated from the liver of the electric fish Torpedo marmorata appears to consist of a single isoelectric species with an apparent isoelectric point similar to the beta-actin component of mammalian brain [18].
  • Complementary phosphorothioate oligonucleotides against the zipcode delocalized endogenous beta-actin mRNA, whereas those complementary to the region just outside the zipcode, or sense oligonucleotides, did not [10].
  • To test the method, a single copy murine bcl-2 cDNA driven by either a chicken beta-actin promoter or a human beta-actin promoter has been inserted immediately 5' to the X-linked hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase locus by a directly selectable homologous recombination event [14].
  • Chicken 18S and 28S rRNA synthesis was inhibited, and actin mRNA levels measured with cloned cDNA encoding chicken beta-actin slowly declined in canavanine-treated cells [19].
 

Physical interactions of RCJMB04_4h19

  • The effect of heat shock on beta-actin mRNA is opposite to the apparent stabilizing effects of elevated temperatures on HSP70 mRNA [20].
 

Regulatory relationships of RCJMB04_4h19

  • Of these constant expressed genes, 28S rRNA and 18S rRNA are highly expressed; beta-actin intermediately expressed and GAPDH had a lower expression level in CE cell cultures [21].
  • The expression of cytokine mRNA was expressed relative to the level of beta-actin mRNA [22].
 

Other interactions of RCJMB04_4h19

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of RCJMB04_4h19

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