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Science 15 April 1988:
Vol. 240. no. 4850, pp. 327 - 330
DOI: 10.1126/science.3353727
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Science, Vol 240, Issue 4850, 327-330
Copyright © 1988 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Cloning of human androgen receptor complementary DNA and localization to the X chromosome

DB Lubahn, DR Joseph, PM Sullivan, HF Willard, FS French, and EM Wilson

Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.

The androgen receptor (AR) mediates the actions of male sex steroids. Human AR genomic DNA was cloned from a flow-sorted human X chromosome library by using a consensus nucleotide sequence from the DNA-binding domain of the family of nuclear receptors. The AR gene was localized on the human X chromosome between the centromere and q13. Cloned complementary DNA, selected with an AR-specific oligonucleotide probe, was expressed in monkey kidney (COS) cells and yielded a high-affinity androgen-binding protein with steroid-binding specificity corresponding to that of native AR. A predominant messenger RNA species of 9.6 kilobases was identified in human, rat, and mouse tissues known to contain AR and was undetectable in tissues lacking AR androgen-binding activity, including kidney and liver from androgen-insensitive mice. The deduced amino acid sequence of AR within the DNA-binding domain has highest sequence identity with the progesterone receptor.


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