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. 1985 Feb;5(2):419-21.
doi: 10.1128/mcb.5.2.419-421.1985.

Specificity of gene expression in adipocytes

K M Zezulak, H Green

Specificity of gene expression in adipocytes

K M Zezulak et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1985 Feb.

Abstract

During the differentiation of preadipose 3T3 cells into adipose cells, the mRNAs for three proteins increase strikingly in abundance. To determine the degree of cell-type specificity in the expression of these mRNAs, we estimated their abundances in several nonadipose tissues of the mouse. None of these mRNAs was strictly confined to adipocytes, but the ensemble of three mRNAs was rather specific to adipocytes. Insofar as is revealed by these three markers, the distinctive phenotype of adipocytes is the result of the enhanced expression of a number of genes, none of which is completely silent in all other cell types.

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