2001
Bile salt export pump is highly conserved during vertebrate evolution and its expression is inhibited by PFIC type II mutations
Cai S, Wang L, Ballatori N, Boyer J. Bile salt export pump is highly conserved during vertebrate evolution and its expression is inhibited by PFIC type II mutations. AJP Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology 2001, 281: g316-g322. PMID: 11447010, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.281.2.g316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBiological TransportCholestasis, IntrahepaticCloning, MolecularConserved SequenceEvolution, MolecularHumansLiverMolecular Sequence DataMutationPhylogenyRNA, MessengerSequence Homology, Amino AcidSkates, FishSpodopteraTaurocholic AcidTransfectionConceptsSf9 cellsATP-dependent transport proteinsFull-length cloneATP-dependent export pumpLiver cDNA libraryNorthern blot analysisStructure-function relationshipsVertebrate evolutionEvolutionary originHuman BSEPBile salt export pump BSEPMutant proteinsSkate Raja erinaceaHigher vertebratesCDNA libraryTransport proteinsSixfold stimulationVertebratesType II mutationAmino acidsRaja erinaceaDefective expressionBlot analysisExport pumpMutations
2000
A Primitive ATP Receptor from the Little Skate Raja erinacea *
Dranoff J, O'Neill A, Franco A, Cai S, Connolly G, Ballatori N, Boyer J, Nathanson M. A Primitive ATP Receptor from the Little Skate Raja erinacea *. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2000, 275: 30701-30706. PMID: 10900200, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003366200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLittle skate Raja erinaceaSkate Raja erinaceaDegenerate oligonucleotide probeRaja erinaceaP2Y receptor pharmacologySingle polymerase chain reaction productXenopus oocyte expression systemLiver cDNA libraryATP receptorsHigher organismsEvolutionary forerunnerCommon ancestorOocyte expression systemPhylogenetic analysisP2Y receptorsCDNA clonesPrimitive organismsCDNA libraryGene productsSubstrate preferenceMolecular basisExpression systemNucleotide specificityMammalian tissuesRange of nucleotides