Primers for screening cDNA library have been designed according to EST AA45
3734 which is corresponding to the mouse LIM domain binding protein Ldb1. A
rrayed human fetal brain cDNA library has been screened by PCR and routine
hybridization method. A 2398 bp-cDNA clone has been obtained. The cDNA enco
des a 347 amino acids protein highly homologous to the mouse Ldb1, Xenopus
Xldb1 and Drosophila Chip. It also contains an LIM binding domain and a nuc
lear localization signal. It has been named LDB1 (LIM domain binding protei
n 1), GenBank accession number is AF052389. Northern blot showed a 2.4 kb b
and, and the expression amounts of LDB1 in heart, brain and lung were consi
derably higher than those in other tissues.