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. 1984 Jul;4(7):1313–1319. doi: 10.1128/mcb.4.7.1313

Differential expression of two neural cell-specific beta-tubulin mRNAs during rat brain development.

J F Bond, G S Robinson, S R Farmer
PMCID: PMC368913  PMID: 6095061

Abstract

We recently demonstrated that beta-tubulin mRNA expression is regulated during rat brain development. This is manifested by a dramatic decrease in both 1.8- and 2.9-kilobase (kb) mRNAs when extensive neurite elongation is occurring. Coincident with these decreases is the increased production of a 2.5-kb mRNA. (J.F. Bond and S.R. Farmer, Mol. Cell. Biol. 3:1333-1342, 1983). In the present study, we have isolated and characterized three different cDNAs corresponding to beta-tubulin mRNAs (R beta T.1, R beta T.2, and R beta T.3). Hybridization of 3' untranslated region subclones of R beta T.1 and R beta T.2 cDNAs to RNA from a variety of rat tissues and cells revealed that these two cDNAs are neural cell specific. R beta T.1 corresponds to an abundant 1.8-kb mRNA expressed only at early stages of rat brain development. R beta T.2 corresponds to the 2.5-kb mRNA expressed at later stages. These data strongly suggest that there is differential expression of the beta-tubulin multigene family during rat brain development.

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