CLONING OF THE GENE ENCODING THE MOUSE HOMOLOG OF THE HUMAN CALCIUM SIGNAL-MODULATING LIGAND

A cDNA done, representing the mouse homologue of the recently describe d gene encoding the human calcium signal-modulating ligand, was isolat ed from a mouse thymus library. This clone exhibits extensive conserva tion of the primary nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences that, when considered with a similar secondary protein structure, transcript size and distribution of expression, suggests a similarity in functio n.