PRIMARY SEQUENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION OF RIBOSOMAL-PROTEIN GENES FROM THE DOMESTIC CAT

Ribosomal proteins complex with ribosomal RNA to form the subunits of the ribosome, and as such, serve essential functions in protein synthe sis. Accumulating evidence suggests that ribosomal proteins are bifunc tional molecules with roles in diverse cellular processes in addition to protein synthesis. Previous studies have demonstrated that expressi on of four ribosomal proteins, L41, S3a, S4, and S17, is elevated in m alignant lymphomas of the domestic car. Reported here is the nucleotid e sequence of cDNA clones encoding feline ribosomal proteins L41, S3a, S4, and S17. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.