CLONING, STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION AND TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF THE RABBIT TRANSFERRIN GENE

Authors
GHAREEB BAA THEPOT D PUISSANT C CAJEROJUAREZ M HOUDEBINE LM
Citation
Baa. Ghareeb et al., CLONING, STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION AND TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF THE RABBIT TRANSFERRIN GENE, Biochimica et biophysica acta, N. Gene structure and expression, 1398(3), 1998, pp. 387-392
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biophysics
Journal title
Biochimica et biophysica acta, N. Gene structure and expression → ACNP
ISSN journal
01674781
Volume
1398
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
387 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-4781(1998)1398:3<387:CSOATE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We cloned the rabbit transferrin (rTf) cDNA and gene, and quantified t he expression of the rTf gene at the RNA level in various organs. The tissue-specific pattern of expression of rTf gene is different to thos e in other species, with a high expression in mammary gland and kidney . The exon/intron structure of the rTf gene (17 exons/16 introns) is s imilar to those of transferrins from other species. The sequence of th e rTf cDNA already published is corrected and lengthened in the 5' reg ion, and a likely polymorphism is documented. (C) 1998 Elsevier Scienc e B.V. All rights reserved.