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Tissue-specific expression of a chicken calmodulin pseudogene lacking intervening sequences.

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Stein, JP; Munjaal, RP; Lagace, L; Lai, EC; O'Malley, BW; Means, AR
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
November 1983

An eel calmodulin cDNA probe has been used to isolate a calmodulin gene from a chicken DNA library. Sequence analysis revealed this calmodulin gene (cCM1) to contain the nucleotides that code for 148 amino acids, a termination codon, and 486 residues of 3'-noncoding sequence before an A-A-T-A-A-A poly(A) addition signal. The amino acid sequence derived from these nucleotides is 87% homologous to that of bovine brain calmodulin. cCM1 is one of two calmodulin genes in the chicken genome but is unique in that it does not contain intervening sequences to interrupt the structural segments of the protein. This suggests that cCM1 originated as a processed gene copy derived from the other calmodulin gene, cCL1, a circumstance usually associated with pseudogenes. In contrast, cCM1 appears to be a functional member of a multigene family whose expression is specific for muscle cells.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

November 1983

Volume

80

Issue

21

Start / End Page

6485 / 6489

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Distribution
  • Species Specificity
  • Genes
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Chickens
  • Calmodulin
  • Base Sequence
  • Animals
  • Amino Acid Sequence
 

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Stein, J. P., Munjaal, R. P., Lagace, L., Lai, E. C., O’Malley, B. W., & Means, A. R. (1983). Tissue-specific expression of a chicken calmodulin pseudogene lacking intervening sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 80(21), 6485–6489. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.21.6485
Stein, J. P., R. P. Munjaal, L. Lagace, E. C. Lai, B. W. O’Malley, and A. R. Means. “Tissue-specific expression of a chicken calmodulin pseudogene lacking intervening sequences.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 80, no. 21 (November 1983): 6485–89. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.21.6485.
Stein JP, Munjaal RP, Lagace L, Lai EC, O’Malley BW, Means AR. Tissue-specific expression of a chicken calmodulin pseudogene lacking intervening sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Nov;80(21):6485–9.
Stein, J. P., et al. “Tissue-specific expression of a chicken calmodulin pseudogene lacking intervening sequences.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 80, no. 21, Nov. 1983, pp. 6485–89. Pubmed, doi:10.1073/pnas.80.21.6485.
Stein JP, Munjaal RP, Lagace L, Lai EC, O’Malley BW, Means AR. Tissue-specific expression of a chicken calmodulin pseudogene lacking intervening sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Nov;80(21):6485–6489.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

DOI

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

November 1983

Volume

80

Issue

21

Start / End Page

6485 / 6489

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Distribution
  • Species Specificity
  • Genes
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Chickens
  • Calmodulin
  • Base Sequence
  • Animals
  • Amino Acid Sequence