PMID- 10081937 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990506 LR - 20190701 IS - 0304-3940 (Print) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 261 IP - 1-2 DP - 1999 Feb 12 TI - Molecular cloning of the cone-rod homeobox gene (Crx) from the rat and its temporal expression pattern in the retina under a daily light-dark cycle. PG - 101-4 AB - The primary structure of the cone-rod homeobox protein (CRX), a member of the OTX-like homeobox protein family, in the rat was deduced from the cDNA nucleotide sequence. The deduced protein consisted of 299 amino acid residues with motifs conserved in mammalian CRXs, and was 98% identical to mouse CRX. Northern blot analysis showed that Crx mRNA levels in the rat retina were constant under a daily light-dark cycle. These findings suggest that the expression mechanism of rat Crx in the retina was different from that in the pineal, where Crx mRNA exhibits a daily expression rhythm. FAU - Sakamoto, K AU - Sakamoto K AD - National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, MITI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. FAU - Oishi, K AU - Oishi K FAU - Okada, T AU - Okada T FAU - Onuma, Y AU - Onuma Y FAU - Yokoyama, K AU - Yokoyama K FAU - Sugimoto, K AU - Sugimoto K FAU - Ishida, N AU - Ishida N LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AB021129 PT - Journal Article PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (cone rod homeobox protein) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Circadian Rhythm/*physiology MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - DNA Primers MH - DNA, Complementary MH - Darkness MH - Gene Expression/physiology MH - Homeodomain Proteins/*genetics MH - Lighting MH - Male MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Pineal Gland/chemistry/physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells/chemistry/*physiology MH - Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells/chemistry/*physiology MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Trans-Activators/*genetics EDAT- 1999/03/19 00:00 MHDA- 1999/03/19 00:01 CRDT- 1999/03/19 00:00 PHST- 1999/03/19 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/03/19 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/03/19 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3940(99)00008-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00008-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 1999 Feb 12;261(1-2):101-4. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00008-7.