Structure of a human gastrin gene.
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Wiborg O, Berglund L, Boel E, Norris F, Norris K, Rehfeld JF, Marcker KA, Vuust J
Structure of a human gastrin gene.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Feb;81(4):1067-9.
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A gastrin gene was isolated from a genomic library of human DNA. The human gastrin gene is about 4100 base pairs long and contains two intervening sequences. Thus, a 3500-base-pair intervening sequence is located 5 base pairs proximal to the ATG initiator codon, while a 129-base-pair intervening sequence separates the region coding for the principal hormonal form of gastrin, the heptadecapeptide, from the region coding for the major amino-terminal portion of the gastrin precursor. The 5' flanking region of the gene contains the conserved sequences, T-A-T-A-A and G-A-C-T-C-A-T-A-T, in positions similar to those of other eukaryotic genes.