ELAVL4, also named as HuD, is a 380 amino acid protein, which belongs to the RRM elav family. ELAVL4 is expressed in brain and localizes in the nucleus. ELAVL4 may play a role in neuron-specific RNA processing and protects CDKN1A mRNA from decay by binding to its 3'-UTR. PC12 cells expressing T7±HuD were treated with thio-specific (BMH) or amine-specific (DSS) chemical crosslinking reagents, and the resultant crosslinked complexes in the cell extracts were analyzed by immunoblotting with anti-T7 antibody.
