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1: J Biol Chem. 1993 Mar 5;268(7):4930-8.Click here to read Links

Structure and developmental regulation of Golli-mbp, a 105-kilobase gene that encompasses the myelin basic protein gene and is expressed in cells in the oligodendrocyte lineage in the brain.

Mental Retardation Research Center, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.

We have identified a novel transcription unit of 105 kilobases (called the Golli-mbp gene) that encompasses the mouse myelin basic protein (MBP) gene. Three unique exons within this gene are alternatively spliced into MBP exons and introns to produce a family of MBP gene-related mRNAs that are under individual developmental regulation. These mRNAs are temporally expressed within cells of the oligodendrocyte lineage at progressive stages of differentiation. Thus, the MBP gene is a part of a more complex gene structure, the products of which may play a role in oligodendrocyte differentiation prior to myelination. One Golli-mbp mRNA that encodes a protein antigenically related to MBP is also expressed in the spleen and other non-neural tissues.

PMID: 7680345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]