Cloning and characterization of the L15 ribosomal protein gene homologue from the crayfish Orconectes limosus

Authors
Tom, M Waterman, MR Bocking, D Dauphin-Villemant, C
Citation
M. Tom et al., Cloning and characterization of the L15 ribosomal protein gene homologue from the crayfish Orconectes limosus, BIOC BIOP R, 256(2), 1999, pp. 313-316
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
0006291X → ACNP
Volume
256
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
313 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-291X(19990316)256:2<313:CACOTL>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A cDNA homologue of the large unit rat ribosomal protein L15 was cloned fro m an epidermal cDNA library of the crayfish Orconectes limosus, being the f irst crustacean ribosomal protein gene cloned to date. It contains 204 amin o acids, deduced from the nucleotide sequence, and reveals 70-76% sequence identity with other arthropod and vertebrate ribosomal L15s. A single, abun dant 0.7-kb mRNA transcript was constitutively expressed and revealed simil ar expression levels, among various adult crayfish tissues. (C) 1999 Academ ic Press.