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The Hematopoietic Growth Factor KL is Encoded by the Sl Locus and is the Ligand of the C-kit Receptor, the Gene Product of the W Locus

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Journal Cell
Publisher Cell Press
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 1990 Oct 5
PMID 1698557
Citations 235
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Abstract

Mutations at the steel locus (Sl) of the mouse affect the same cellular targets as mutations at the white spotting locus (W), which is allelic with the c-kit proto-oncogene. We show that KL, a hematopoietic growth factor obtained from conditioned medium of BALB/c 3T3 fibroblasts that stimulates the proliferation of mast cells and early erythroid progenitors, specifically binds to the c-kit receptor. The predicted amino acid sequence of isolated KL-specific cDNA clones suggests that KL is synthesized as an integral transmembrane protein. Linkage analysis maps the KL gene to the Sl locus on mouse chromosome 10, and KL sequences are deleted in the genome of the Sl mouse. These results indicate that the Sl locus encodes the ligand of the c-kit receptor, KL.

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