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. 1985 Oct 25;13(20):7413–7425. doi: 10.1093/nar/13.20.7413

Study of the expression of myelin proteolipid protein (lipophilin) using a cloned complementary DNA.

A L Naismith, E Hoffman-Chudzik, L C Tsui, J R Riordan
PMCID: PMC322052  PMID: 3840591

Abstract

We have prepared a lambda gt10 cDNA library with the mRNA isolated from fetal calf brains which were actively myelinating. Using two oligonucleotides made according to the known amino acid sequence of myelin proteolipid protein (PLP or lipophilin), we have isolated several cDNA clones for this major intrinsic membrane protein of myelin. One of these clones, designated as pLP1, is found to contain 444 bp of coding sequence for the C-terminal half of PLP and 486 bp of 3' untranslated sequence. Using pLP1 as a hybridization probe, we have studied the regulation of PLP at the mRNA level during rat brain development. Our results show that the relative amounts of mRNA for PLP and that for the major extrinsic protein of the myelin membrane, myelin basic protein, increase coordinately during the course of myelination in the brain.

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