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Organization and expression of the chum salmon insulin-like growth factor II gene
John S. SussenbachWerner E.g. MüllerAlexey Y. PalamarchukVadim M. KavsanP. Elly Holthuizensubject
Untranslated regionBase pairMolecular Sequence DataBiophysicsBiologyTransfectionPolymerase Chain ReactionBiochemistryExonSalmonStructural BiologyGene expressionTumor Cells CulturedGeneticsAnimalsHumansProtein PrecursorsPromoter Regions GeneticInsulin-like growth factor IIMolecular BiologyGeneDNA PrimersGeneticsRegulation of gene expressionchemistry.chemical_classificationBase SequencefungiExonsCell BiologyTransfectionRecombinant ProteinsAmino acidGene structureOncorhynchus ketaFishGene Expression RegulationchemistryOncorhynchus mykissGene expressiondescription
AbstractIGF-II plays an important role in growth and development of vertebrates. In the present study, the characterization of the first fish IGF-II gene, chum salmon IGF-II, is described. The sIGF-II gene consists of four exons, spanning a region of 9 kbp, that encode the 214 aa IGF-II precursor. While the amino acid sequences of fully processed IGF-II of salmon and mammalian species are very similar, the prepro-peptide sequence deviates extensively in the signal- and E-peptide domains. The transcription initiation site of the sIGF-II gene was localized within a 30 nt region employing RT-PCR. Using sIGF-II promoter-luciferase constructs it was demonstrated that the sIGF-II gene has a relatively strong promoter that contains tissue-specific regulatory elements.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-10-27 | FEBS Letters |