{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["3"],"submitter":["Houtman MJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["For many model organisms traditionally in use for cardiac electrophysiological studies, characterization of ion channel genes is lacking. We focused here on two genes encoding the inward rectifier current, KCNJ2 and KCNJ12, in the dog heart. A combination of RT-PCR, 5'-RACE, and 3'-RACE demonstrated the status of KCNJ2 as a two exon gene. The complete open reading frame (ORF) was located on the second exon. One transcription initiation site was mapped. Four differential transcription termination sites were found downstream of two consensus polyadenylation signals. The canine KCNJ12 gene was found to consist of three exons, with its ORF located on the third exon. One transcription initiation and one termination site were found. No alternative splicing was observed in right ventricle or brai"],"journal":["Frontiers in physiology"],"pagination":["9"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3277267"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Experimental Mapping of the Canine KCNJ2 and KCNJ12 Gene Structures and Functional Analysis of the Canine K(IR)2.2 ion Channel."],"pmcid":["PMC3277267"],"pubmed_authors":["Houtman MJ","Montagne DR","Kok BG","Takanari H","Vos MA","van der Heyden MA","van Eck M","de Boer TP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Experimental Mapping of the Canine KCNJ2 and KCNJ12 Gene Structures and Functional Analysis of the Canine K(IR)2.2 ion Channel.","description":"For many model organisms traditionally in use for cardiac electrophysiological studies, characterization of ion channel genes is lacking. We focused here on two genes encoding the inward rectifier current, KCNJ2 and KCNJ12, in the dog heart. A combination of RT-PCR, 5'-RACE, and 3'-RACE demonstrated the status of KCNJ2 as a two exon gene. The complete open reading frame (ORF) was located on the second exon. One transcription initiation site was mapped. Four differential transcription termination sites were found downstream of two consensus polyadenylation signals. The canine KCNJ12 gene was found to consist of three exons, with its ORF located on the third exon. One transcription initiation and one termination site were found. No alternative splicing was observed in right ventricle or brai","dates":{"release":"2012-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2012","modification":"2025-04-18T13:17:27.317Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:49:01Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3277267","cross_references":{"pubmed":["22363290"],"doi":["10.3389/fphys.2012.00009"]}}