Isolation and characterization of a cDNA coding for a novel human 17.3k myelin basic protein (MBP) variant

@article{Roth1986IsolationAC,
  title={Isolation and characterization of a cDNA coding for a novel human 17.3k myelin basic protein (MBP) variant},
  author={H. John Roth and Kathryn E. Kronquist and Piet J. Pretorius and Barbara F. Crandall and Anthony T. Campagnoni},
  journal={Journal of Neuroscience Research},
  year={1986},
  volume={16}
}
Human fetal spinal cord poly A (+) mRNA was found to direct the synthesis of three major myelin basic protein (MBP) variants with molecular weights of 17K, 18.5K, and 21.5K when translated in reticulocyte lysates. In order to investigate the structural relationships between these MBP variants and their corresponding mouse variants, human fetal spinal cord and mouse brain cDNA libraries were constructed and screened for MBP cDNAs. A number of MBP cDNA clones were isolated and characterized. One… 
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