Iy. Agoulnik et al., CLONING, EXPRESSION ANALYSIS AND CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION OF THE HUMAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR GENE GCNF, FEBS letters, 424(1-2), 1998, pp. 73-78
Germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF) is an orphan member of the nuclear rec
eptor gene superfamily. We report the cloning of a cDNA encoding a nem
variant of human GCNF from human testis and its expression analysis.
Southern blot analysis of the human genomic DNA indicates that the GCN
F gene is not closely related to other members within the nuclear rece
ptor superfamily. Chromosomal localization of the GCNF shows that the
gene is located on chromosome 9 at the locus q33-34.1. In situ hybridi
zation analysis of GCNF expression in the testis shows that human GCNF
is expressed exclusively in germ cells. (C) 1998 Federation of Europe
an Biochemical Societies.